The O’Tar,” is an award that is given annually for the best Hair Transplant Forum International article of the year. The award is dedicated to O’Tar Norwood, MD (1930–2020), who along with Dow Stough, MD, co-founded the ISHRS in 1993. Dr. Norwood also created and published the first Hair Transplant Forum International (a.k.a., the Forum) in 1990.
2026
Georgios Zontos, MD, MSc, PhD, FISHRS
“Non-Shaven Follicular Unit Excision (NS-FUE): Technical Refinements, Clinical Outcomes, and Comparison with Conventional and Long Hair FUE”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 36, No. 2
2025
Anil Garg, MBBS, MS, MCh, FISHRS
Seema Garg, MBBS, MSc, FISHRS
“Enzymatic Dissociation and Identification of Hair Follicle Stem Cells for Reversing Miniaturization in Androgenetic Alopecia”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 35, No. 3
Disclaimer: The ISHRS in giving this award is not endorsing a treatment or process that is described in the article
2024
Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FISHRS
“A Ten-Year Retrospective Analysis on the Long-Term Survival of Hair Transplants”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 33, No. 5
2023
Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS
“The Value of Long Hair Preview in Body Hair Transplantation”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 32, No. 6
Honorable Mention
- Author: Ito Meireles Filho, MD
- Co-Author: Henrique N. Radwanski, MD
The ‘Punching-Out’ Technique to Reduce the FUT Scar”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 33, No. 1
Honorable Mention
- Author: Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS
- Co-Author: Michael Pan, MD
“Common FUE Graft Harvesting Problems and Solutions”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 33, No. 2
2022
Michael L. Beehner, MD, FISHRS
“A Study Comparing Survival of Hair Follicles Stored Cold and at Room Temperature”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 31, No. 5
2021
Mauro Speranzini, MD, FISHRS
Solon Eduardo Gouveia Souza, MD
“Forty Steps to Harvest a Graft”
HT Forum Int, Vol. 31, No. 2