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American
Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
The need for the American Board of Hair Restoration
Surgery (ABHRS) first surfaced in June 1995 at a Hair Replacement Surgery
Seminar in Chicago. A group of speakers began discussing the need for a
certifying board in hair replacement surgery. The discussion during the
subsequent twelve months became more resolute as the press began to focus on
hair replacement surgery, due to the many sensational stories on television and
in print. In 1996, the American Hair Loss Council (AHLC) invited all of the
specialty groups whose physicians performed hair restoration surgery to
participate in a meeting to discuss the development of a Board Certification
process for hair restoration surgery. The presidents of the American Academy of
Cosmetic Surgery, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, the
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the American
Society of Dermatologic Surgery were each invited to send three representatives
to a meeting to discuss the development of a certification process.
Two significant events stimulated this first
meeting. First, the AHLC was receiving many inquiries from the public about how
to recognize a competent hair restoration surgeon. Secondly, the AHLC had been
contacted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and advised of its plan to
conduct an industry audit, on both the surgical and non-surgical aspects of
hair replacement. This audit precipitated a discussion about self-regulation
within the AHLC that led to that organization's invitation to its professional
peers to discuss the development of a certification process.
These representatives met twice. They recommended
that an independent examining body be organized to develop a credentialing and
examination process, the successful completion of which would assure the public
of the individual's educational ability to perform safe, aesthetically
sensitive hair replacement surgery.
On June 10, 1996, the organizational meeting for a
hair replacement surgery certification examination was held at the Hotel
Intercontinental in New York City. This meeting heralded a new era in hair
restoration: the formation of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery.
Each of the societies represented at this meeting agreed that their respective
organizations would accept and recognize this board as the only board
certification focusing on hair restoration surgery.
The first formal board meeting was held in Nashville
on September 20, 1996. Officers were elected and committee chairpersons were
appointed. They embarked on the development of a written and oral examination,
each of which is statistically validated with regard to their ability to
discriminate between those whose practice habits were consistent with safe,
aesthetically sensitive hair restoration surgery.
The ABHRS recently was recognized internationally.
In 2000, at the request of the president of the European Society of Hair
Restoration Surgery, the ABHRS began to offer its international candidates the
option of having their certificates read "International Board of Hair
Restoration Surgery." A certificate with this designation certifies
successful completion of the same credentialing and examination process as the
Diplomates of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery. Now with multiple
examinations administered, the ABHRS exam stands as the only psychometrically
and statistically validated examination dedicated to the specialty of hair
restoration surgery.
Dr. Vaibhav Shah
www.vaibhavshahblog.blogspot.com
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