The ISHRS is proud to present this regional workshop hosted by Dr. Damkerng Pathomvanich. This two and a half day didactic live surgery workshop will include lectures, live surgery demonstrations on FUT, FUE, donor scar repair, eyebrows, eyelashes, and body hair transplantation.
Learning objectives – Upon completion of this program, you will be able to:
- Identify the difference between Asian hair transplantation compared with Caucasian HT.
- Differentiate proper Asian hairline design from that of Caucasian to achieve more natural results in these ethnic groups.
- Assess the different methods of donor harvesting with minimal transection.
- Identify the different technique for trichophytic donor closure in Asians.
- Evaluate techniques of FUE in Asians.
- Prepare follicular unit grafts from donor tissue under magnification using strip and follicular unit extraction techniques with a minimum amount of transection damage to hair follicles.
- Identify techniques that achieve the optimum cosmetic outcome in eyebrow and hair transplantation for Asians.
- Assess the technique of implanter uses for grafts insertion vs conventional methods.
Target Audience – Physicians from beginner to advanced level of experience in hair restoration surgery.
CME Credit – CME Credit will not be offered for this workshop. Rather, a certificate of attendance will be issued.
Evaluation Surveys – The CME Committee kindly requests that you complete the evaluation survey. Your feedback is very valuable to us. We make changes to the program and faculty based on your comments so we may continually improve the ISHRS Regional Workshops program.
Submit an Abstract for the Free Paper Session – Attendees are welcome to submit an abstract for a free paper oral presentation at the workshop. There are limited slots, so please submit your abstract early to Dr. Damkerng Pathomvanich at:
path_d@hotmail.com . Deadline to submit an abstract is March 31, 2010, and should not exceed 250 words. Each selected abstract will be 10 minutes total = 7-8’ presentation + 2-3’ Q&A.
Faculty Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
All faculty are required to complete a form disclosing relevant grants or other financial support; consultancies; organization affiliations; family; departmental or personal financial involvement; patent right; and other relevant conflicts of interest pertaining to their topic. Such disclosures will be published in the program materials provided onsite at the workshop.
Learner Bill of Rights
The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) recognizes that you are a life-long learner who has chosen to engage in continuing medical education to identify or fill a gap in knowledge or skill; and to attain or enhance a desired competency. As part of the ISHRS's duty to you as a learner, you have the right to expect that your continuing medical education experience with the ISHRS includes:
- Content that:
- Is driven and based on independent survey and ananlysis of learner needs
- Promotes improvements or quality in healthcare
- Is current, peer-reviewed and evidence-based
- Offers balanced presentations that are free of commercial bias
- Is vetted through a process that resolves any conflicts of interests of planners and faculty
- Is driven and based on learning needs, not commercial interests
- Addresses the stated objectives or purpose
- Is evaluated for its effectiveness in meeting the identified educational need
- A learning environment that:
- Is based on adult learning principles that support the use of various modalities
- Supports learners' ability to meet their individual needs
- Respects and attends to the special needs of learners with respect to the ADA
- Respects the diversity of the group of learners
- Is free of promotional, commercial, and/or sales activities
- Disclosure of:
- Relevant financial relationships that planners, teachers, and authors have with commerical interests related to the content of the activity
- Commercial support (funding or in-kind resources) of the activity
- Anecdotal content
Disclaimer
As an educational organization, the ISHRS does not specially approve, promote or accept the opinions, ideas, procedures, medications or devices presented in any paper, poster, discussion, forum or panel at its Regional Workshops. By attending this program, in no way does it suggest that participants are trained and/or certified in the discipline of hair restoration surgery. Faculty, topics, and schedules are subject to change without prior notification, and will not be considered reasons for refund requests.
