CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME: Ronald L. Shapiro M. D.
DATE OF BIRTH: 4/13/53
PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington D.C.
MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Institution Location Dates Subject/Degree
· Emory University Atlanta, Ga. 9/71-3/75 B.A in Chemistry (G.P.A.-3.8)
· University of London London, England 6/75-9/75 Psychology/ Education (Emory Abroad Program)
· Emory University School Atlanta, Ga 9/75-6/79 M.D. Degree of Medicine
· Emanuel Hospital Portland, Ore 7/79-7/80 Internal Medicine Internship
· Emanuel Hospital Portland, Ore 7/80-7/82 Internal Medicine Residency
· Harbor General Hospital Torrence, Ca. 6/81-7/81 Elective in Surgical Trauma E.R .
· Emory Unirversity Atlanta, Ga. ` 4/82-5/82 Elective in Pediatric E.R.
· Grady Memorial Hospital
ACADEMIC HONORS
Phi Beta Kappa
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
· Board Certified Diplomat in Internal Medicine- 9/82
· Board Certified Diplomat in Emergency Medicine- 9/87
· Board Certified in Hair Restoration Surgery - 9/99
MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES
· American Medical Association
· American College of Emergency Physicians
· Southern Medical Association
· International Society of Hair Restoration Physicians
· American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
· European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
· Italian Society of Hair Restoration
· American Society of Lazer Surgery
CLINICAL HAIR TRANSPLANT EXPERIENCE
· Professional Hair Institute Minneapolis, Minn. 12/91- 1/94 Practicing Physician
· New Hair Institute Ft. Lee, NJ 11/93 - 1997 Practicing Physician
· Shapiro Medical Group Tampa, Fla and Minneapolis, Minn. 1/994-present Medical Director
LECTURES, LIVE SURGERIES AND WORKSHOPS PRESENTED BY DR. RON SHAPIRO AT MAJOR CONFERENCES
· Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) - Las Vegas, Nevada - September 1995
o Live Surgery Demonstration - “Total Micrograft Mega Session”
· Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) - Nashville, Tennessee - October 1996
o Speaker - “Total Micrograft Mega Sessions . . . Maximizing Yield and Density”
o Workshop (1 hour teaching session) - “Total Micrograft Mega Sessions/Dense Packing”
· Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) - Barcelona, Tennessee - October 1997
o Speaker - “Follicular Unit & Small Minigraft Mega Sessions . . . Maximizing Yield, Density, and Naturalness”
o Speaker - “An Overview of Total Small Graft Mega Sessions for Beginners”
o Workshop (1 hour teaching session) - “Total Small Graft Mega Sessions using Follicular Units and Small Mingrafts”
o Live Surgery Demonstration - “Follicular Unit Mega Sessions Using Back Light and Magnification”
· Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) - Washington, D.C. - September 1998
o Medical Director of Beginners Program
o Speaker - “Clinical Significance of Transection and Sebaceous Gland Damage in Graft Survival”
o Advanced Workshop (1 hour teaching session) - “Small Graft Mega Sessions using Follicular Units and the Microscope
o Live Patient Presentation - “Cosmetic Significance of Follicular Units vs Small Minigrafts”
· Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) - San Francisco, California - September 1999
o Medical Director of Beginners Program
o Speaker - “Recreating the Lateral Hairline” or “Lateral Hump”
o Speaker - “How to Begin Using the Microscope With Only One Microscope”
o “A Systematic Approach for Creating an Undetectable Hairline in One Session Using Follicular Units”
o Live Patient Presentation
· Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) - Kona, Hawaii - September 2000
o Speaker - “Pearls on Placing Follicular Units”
o Video Presentation of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation
o Live Patient Presentation
· World Association of Hair Transplant Surgery - Orlando, Florida - February 1996
o Lecture - “Pearls in Mega Sessions”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “The Technique of Mega Sessions and Micrografting”
· World Association of Hair Transplant Surgery - Orlando, Florida - April 1997
o Speaker - “Total Micrograft Mega Sessions - Maximizing Results”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Micrograft Mega Session”
· World Association of Hair Transplant Surgery - Orlando, Florida - March 1998
o Speaker - “Mega Sessions Using Follicular Units and Small Minigrafts Cut to Size”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Follicular Unit Mega Sessions Using the Microscope”
· World Association of Hair Transplant Surgery - Orlando, Florida - March 1999
o Speaker - “Mega Sessions Using Follicular Units and Small Minigrafts Cut to Size”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Follicular Unit Mega Sessions Using the Microscope”
· World Association of Hair Transplant Surgery - Orlando, Florida - March 2000
o Speaker - “Creating a Natural Hairline with Follicular Units”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Follicular Unit Mega Sessions Using the Microscope”
· World Association of Hair Transplant Surgery - Orlando, Florida - March 2001
o Speaker - “Pearls on Placing Follicular Units”
o Speaker - “Creating a Natural Hairline with Follicular Units”
· European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery - Rome, Italy - June1996
o Speaker - “Total Micrograft Mega Sessions . . . The Issues of Density and Yield”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Micrograft Mega Session”
· European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery - Rome, Italy - June 1997
o Medical Director Beginners Course for Physicians
o Speaker - “Total Small Graft Mega Sessions . . . Maximizing Yield, Density, and Naturalness”
o Live Surgical Demonstrations - “The Technique of Mega Sessions and Follicular Unit Micrografting”
· European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery - Rome, Italy - June 1998
o Speaker - “Follicular Unit Mega Sessions - What the Beginner Should Know”
o Speaker - “Cosmetic Significance of Follicular Units vs Small Minigrafts Cut to Size”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Follicular Unit Mega Sessions”
· European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery - Paris, France - June 1999
o Speaker - “Cosmetic Significance of Follicular Units vs Small Minigrafts Cut to Size”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Follicular Unit Mega Sessions”
· European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery - Istanbul, Turkey - June 2000
o Speaker - “Creating a Natural Hairline in One Session”
o Speaker - “Follicular Unit Transplantation - State of the Art”
· European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery -Barcelona, Spain - May 2001
o Speaker - “Follicular Unit Transplantation - State of the Art”
o Live Surgical Demonstration
· Italian Society of Hair Restoration Surgery - Rome, Italy - January 2000
o Speaker - “Creating a Natural Hairline with One Session”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Follicular Unit Mega Session”
· Italian Society of Hair Restoration - Sicily, Italy - May 2001
o Speaker - “Creating a Natural Hairline with One Session”
o Live Surgical Demonstration - “Total Follicular Unit Mega Session”
· First Live Korean Workshop on Hair Restoration - Seoul, Korea - April 2001
o Creating a Natural Hairline
· Mediterranean Conference on Cosmetic Surgery - Barcelona, Spain - March 2001
o Overview of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation
· First Global Convocation on Hair Restorration Surgery - New Orleans, Louisiana - January 1998
o Speaker - “Mega Sessions Using Follicular Units and Small Minigrafts - Maximizing Results”
· Second Global Convocation on Hair Restorration Surgery- Palm Spring, California - April 1999
o Speaker - “Mega Sessions Using Follicular Units and Small Minigrafts - Maximizing Results”
· Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery - Orlando, Florida - January 1996
o Speaker - “Look Before You Leap - An Approach to MegaGraft Hair Transplantation”
· Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology - San Francisco, California - January 1997
o Speaker - “Total Micrograft Mega Sessions - Maximizing Results”
· American Society of Dermatological Surgery - Miami Beach, Florida - May 1999
o Speaker - “Potential Pitfalls of Total Follicular Unit Grafting”
· Annual Meeting of Brazilian Society of Dermatology - Brazil - August 1997
o Speaker - “Pearls of Mega Sessions and Dense Packing”
· First Annual Expert Teachers Conference on Hair Restoration - Guadalajara, Mexico - January 1999
· Second Annual Expert Teachers Conference on Hair Restoration - Guadalajara, Mexico - January 2000
HAIR TRANSPLANTATION RESEARCH AND PAPERS
· "Non-Tufted Insisional Slit Grafting", (Assisted in Major Revision of Moser Medical Groups Paper)
American Journal of Dermatology - October 1994
· "Follow up on Live Demonstration Surgery At the ISHRS Meeting With Comment on Yield and Density with Megasessions"
"Hair Transplant Forum" - 1996
· "Pearls in Megasessions "
International Journal of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery - December 1995
· Classification and Description off Follicular Unit Transplantation and Mini-Micrografting Techniques
Jounal of Dermatolgic Surgery and Oncology- September 1998
· "The Cosmetic Signifcance of Follicular Units Vs Small MiniGrafts Cut to Size in Hair Transplantation" <http://www.regrowhair.com/content/Article_Follicular_Unit_Grafts%20.htm>
International Journal of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery - December 1998
· "Creating a natural hairline" <http://www.regrowhair.com/content/article_a_natural_hairline.htm>
MEDIA AND PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Television News - (NBC) Channel 11 News Extra Extra Report on Hair Transplantation aired 1995 and 1996
Television -Live Surgery Demonstration Italian National Television - Chosen to perform surgery on live Italian national television in 1997. Italian Hair Transplant Conference - June 1997
Book - “The Bald Truth” Author: Spencer Kobren. One of only seven physicians recommended for doing state of the art techniques. Published 1998.
Book - “The Bald Truth for Women” Author: Spencer Kobren. One of only seven physicians recommended for doing state of the art techniques. Published 2000.
Book - “Turning 35 at 50” Author: Brad Peterson. A man has a team of medical experts work on him for one year with nutrition, exercise, plastic surgery, etc. The goal is to turn back the clock fifteen (15) years. Dr. Shapiro was chosen to do the patients hair transplant. To be submitted for publication.
Book - “Cosmetic Surgery in the year 2000” Author: Beatrice Puga. To be published 2001.
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HELD IN MEDICAL SOCIETIES
· Board of Governors International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery 1999
· Board of Governors American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery 2000
· Merk Physician Advisory Board on Propecia 2000
PHYSICIANS AND INTERNATIONAL CLINICS VISITED
· Unger Clinic Toronto, Canada - 1/93
· Moser Clinic Vienna, Austria - 1/93
· William Rasman (NHI) Beverly Hills California - 11/93
· Dow Stough Clinc, Hot Spring Arkansas - 1/97
· James Arnold Clincic, San Jose,California - 1/97
· Seeger Clinic, Toronto Canada - 6/97
PRIMARY CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE EXPERIENCE
Group Location Dates Position
· Medicus Medical Group Portland, Oregon 7/81-7/85 Emergency Room Physician
· Copenhaver, Bell and Ass Clearwater Hospital, 7/82-12/94 Emergency Room Physician
· Emergency Medicine Group. Clearwater, Fla.
· Mease Hospital, 7/84-12/94 Dunedin, Fla.
· Morton Plant Hospital 7/86-12/94 Clearwater ,Fla
· Westhore Medical Center Tampa, Fla 6/84-6/86 Medical Director
STATE LICENSES
State Date Certified Licence Number
· Oregon State Medical License 4/81 # MD12631
· Florida State Medical Licensee 6/82 # ME0039907
· Minnesota State Medical Licensee 11/91 # 35092
· New Jersey State Medical Licensee 2/92 # 57581
· Georgia State Medical License 10/92 # 36284
· Tennessee State Medical License 9/92 # 023995
· Virginia State Medical License 10/92 # 0101 049459
· Pennsylvania State Medical License 12/92 # 050348-L
· California State Medical Licensee 6/94 # G 080952
· D.E.A Number # AS 1424871
HOBBIES
Sports (tennis, soccer, gymnastics, karate, windsurfing, scuba), Computers, Theater, Travel, Magic