Program Schedule
Updated as of June 14, 2010
  

Friday, June 25, 2010

 
Note: You should have breakfast and coffee prior to coming to the meeting room. There will be water available during the morning lectures until the morning break at which point coffee will be available.
 
7.00 AM – 8.00 AM Registration Desk outside the Lecture Hall
Montien Riverside Hotel (Vimanthip Room)
   
8.00 AM Moderator: Therasa Marie R. Cacas MD
   
8.00 AM – 8.15 AM Introduction / Welcoming speech
Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FACS
   
8.15 AM – 8.30 AM The Art and Science of Hair Transplantation
Dow B. Stough MD
   
8.30 AM – 8.40 AM How to Set Up a Hair Transplant Clinic
Sungjoo Tommy Hwang, MD, PhD
   
8.40 AM – 8.50 AM Anatomy of Asian Scalp, Follicular Distribution, Scalp Laxity
  Compared to Caucasians
  Kenichiro Imagawa, MD
   
8.50 AM – 9.00 AM Hairline Placement in Asians
  Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FACS
   
9.00 AM – 9.15 AM How to Administer Local Anesthesia Safely and with Minimal Pain
  John P. Cole, MD
   
9.15 AM – 9.30 AM Donor Site Selection and Harvesting with Minimal Transection,
  Strip Method
  Mario Marzola, MBBS
   
9.30 AM – 9.45 AM Donor Site Selection and Harvesting with Minimal Transection,
  FUE Method
  John P. Cole, MD
   
9.45 AM – 10.00 AM Coffee break
   
10.00 AM – 10.15 AM Lesson Learned from Thailand – Tension Donor
  Dissection Technique
  Dow B. Stough, MD
   

10.15 AM – 10.30 AM
 
      10.15-10.22
      10.22-10.30

The Choice between Pre-made Incisions and Stick-and-Place

Dow B. Stough, MD
Jerry Wong, MD

10.30 AM – 10.45 AM

Giga Session in Asians

  Jerry Wong, MD
   
10.45 AM – 11.00 AM Candidates for Hair Transplantation
  Mario Marzola, MBB
   
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM Q&A, Panel Discussion
  Moderators: Dow B. Stough, MD & Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD
   
11.30 AM Lunch Box outside the lecture hall
   
11.30 AM – 5.30 PM Live Surgery Observation at Thai Jaksu Medical Complex 4th floor
  (located across the street from Montien Riverside Hotel)
 
  Live Surgery Demonstrations
  Moderator: Dow Stough, MD (OR lounge)
   
 

Case 1:

  Hair transplantation female NW class III: 800 grafts 
  Donor harvesting:
  First,
  Kenichiro Imagawa MD/Tommy Hwang MD - strip
  To follow,
  John Cole, MD - FUE, 250 grafts demonstration (max)
  Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD - Assistant Faculty
  Kulakarn Amonpattana, MD - Assistant Faculty
  Cutting grafts:
  Tommy Hwang assistants cut piece from strip (half)
   
  Pre made incisions:
  All Pre mad incisions by Jerry Wong MD
  Insertion:
  Right side: Tommy Hwang Choi implanter
  Left side: John Cole assistants for FUE grafts
  DHT Clinic Assistants
   
  Case 2: 
  Hair transplantation in African descent 400-500 grafts
  Kulakarn Amonpattana, MD - W-Plasty
  Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FACS
  Mario Marzola, MD
  Assistants: DHT Clinic nurses
   
  Coffee and snacks available 3.00 PM – 4.00 PM
 
5.30 PM Adjourn
   
6.30 PM Gala Dinner at Montien Riverside Hotel (Chao Phraya Room)
 
  

Saturday, June 26, 2010

   
Note: You should have breakfast and coffee prior to coming to the meeting room. There will be water available during the morning lectures until the morning break at which point coffee will be available.
   
7.00 AM – 8.00 AM Registration Desk, located immediately outside of Vimanthip Function Room, Montien Riverside Hotel  
     
7.00 AM - 8.00 AM Business Meeting for Asian Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
  Moderator: Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD
   
8.00 AM Moderator: Therasa Marie R. Cacas, MD
   
8.00 AM - 8.15 AM Aesthetic Eyebrow Transplantation for Asians
  Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FACS
 
8.15 AM - 8.30 AM Beautiful Eyelash - How To Do It Right
  Kenichiro Imagawa, MD
 
8.30 AM - 8.45 AM Moustache, Beard and Sideburn Transplantation
  Jerry Wong, MD
 
8.45 AM - 9.00 AM Application and Tools for FUE in Asians
  John P. Cole, MD
 
9.00 AM - 9.15 AM Body Hair Transplantation, A Personal Approach
  John P. Cole, MD
 
9.15 AM - 9.30 AM How to Prevent Complications in Hair Restoration Surgery
  Mario Marzola, MBBS
   
9.30 AM - 9.45 AM Q&A
  Moderator: Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD
  Co-Moderator: Jerry Wong, MD
   
9.45 AM - 10.00 AM Coffee Break
   
10.00 AM - 10.15 AM How to Make Your Hair Practice Safe, Busy and Easy
  Mario Marzola, MBBS
   
10.15 AM - 11.30 AM Free Papers
  Moderator: Dow B. Stough MD
   
     10.15 - 10.21 Repair Strategies of Artificial Fiber Implantation and Hair Bearing Flaps
  Kenichiro Imagawa, MD
   
     10.22 - 10.27 Surgical microscope-assisted hair transplantation
  Yean-Lu Chang, MD
   
     10.28 - 10.33 Comparison of hydrogen peroxide 3% as an anti-septic and normal
saline as control on hair-graft survival rate after hair transplantation
Hamidreza Kahnamuee, MD
   
     10.34 - 10.39 Why I Change from FUE to Strip in Asian
  Bertram Ng, MBBS
   
     10.40 - 10.45 Minimizing Scar for Donor Wounds Closed with Moderate to Severe Tension
  Therasa Cacas, MD
   
     10.46 - 10.51 Methodology to Enhance Efficiency of Area Estimation of Recipient
Site
  Shobit  Caroli, MD
   
     10.52 - 10.57 My Experience in Hair Transplantation for the Chinese Population
  Wen Yi Wu, MD
   
     10.58 - 11.03 A Simple Way to Isolate adn Cultivate Dermal Papilla Cells from
Human Hair Follicle
  Ratchathorn Panchaprateep, MD and Pravit Asawononda, MD
   
     11.04 - 11.09 Unusual Complications of Hair Transplant Surgery - 2 case reports
Radha Rani Palakhurti, MD
   
     11.10 - 11.15 Eyelash transplantation by Choi Transplanter
  Nguyen Xuan Cuong, MD
   
     11.16 - 11.21 Supervision of Technicians by Remote Monitoring
  Sanjiv Vasa, MD
   
     11.22 - 11.30 Q&A
   
11.30 AM Lunch Box available outside the lecture room (Montien Riverside Hotel)
   
11.30 AM Live Patient Viewing
   
11.30 AM - 5.00 PM Live Surgery Observation at Thai Jaksu Medical Complex 4th floor
  (located across the street from Montien Riverside Hotel)
   
  Live Surgery Demonstrations
  Moderator: Dow Stough, MD, Jerry Wong, MD (OR lounge)
 
  Case 1: Eyebrow  and Eyebrow transplantation
  Donor Harvesting:
  Eyebrow:
  Damkerng Pathomvanich MD, FACS (using conventional needle)
  Tommy Hwang, MD (using Choi needle)
  Eyelash:
  Kenichiro Imagawa, MD (stick and place)
  Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FACS, (Pluck and sew)
   
  Assistant: DHT Clinic nurse
   
  Case 2: Body hair transplantation (FUE)
  John Cole MD; Mario Marzola, MBBS
  Kulakarn Amonpattana, MD - Assistant Faculty
  Assistant: John Cole Assistants
   
  Coffee and snacks available 3.00 PM – 4.00 PM
   
5.00 PM Adjourn
   
5.00 PM Hotel pick up at the lobby for Siam Niramit
  (Bus will leave at 5.30 PM sharp)
   
6.30 PM - 7.00 PM Buffet Dinner at Siam Niramit, World Class Spectacular Performance: The
  Largest Stage Production in the World
   
8.00 PM Show starts
   
 

Sunday, June 27, 2010

   
Note: You should have breakfast and coffee prior to coming to coming to the meeting room. There will be water available during the morning lectures.
 
7.00 AM - 8.00 AM Tentative meeting Day 2 for Asian Hair Society
   
8.00 AM Moderator: Therasa Marie R. Cacas, MD
   
8.00 AM - 8.30 AM Open Microphone Discussion
  Moderators: Dow B. Stough, MD; Mario Marzola, MBBS
   
8.30 AM - 8.45 AM Rounding the Corners – The Frontal Temple Junction
  Jerry Wong, MD
   
8.45 AM - 8.55 AM Donor Wound Closure: How I Do It
  Kenichiro Imagawa, MD
   
8.55 AM - 9.05 AM Donor Wound Closure: How I Do It
  Mario Marzola, MBBS
   
9.05 AM - 9.15 AM Why I Use Choi Implanter in Hair Transplantation
  Sungjoo Tommy Hwang, MD, PhD
   
9.15 AM - 9.45 AM Strip vs. FUE
   
     9.15 - 9.30

Strip
Jerry Wong, MD

     9.30 - 9.45

FUE
John P. Cole, MD

   
9.45 AM - 10.00 AM Stem Cell and Growth Factor for Hair Loss Treatment, Fact or Fiction
  Damkerng Pathomvanich, MD, FACS
   
10.00 AM - 10.15 AM The Ideal Stock Solution
  John P. Cole, MD
   
10.15 AM - 10.30 AM Current Trend in Management of Hair Loss in Women
  Dutasteride vs. Finasteride
  Dow Stough MD
   
10.30 AM - 11.00 AM Q&A and Panel Discussion
  Moderator: John P. Cole, MD
   
11.00 AM Adjourn