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John
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John P. Cole,
MD is one of the few surgeons in the world that performs
hair transplant surgery using a Follicular Unit Extraction
technique called FIT (Follicular Isolation Technique). Using
this method along with the surgical instruments which he
invented for this technique, Dr. Cole is able to perform
hair transplant procedures that leave no visible scarring to
the naked eye. Dr. Cole also practices body hair
transplantation and is one of the few highly respected
doctors for hair transplant repair work. Dr. Cole is also
one of the few doctors in the world who is engaging in hair
multiplication research.
John P. Cole, MD practices in Atlanta, Georgia, Chevy Chase,
Maryland, Cleveland, Ohio, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dr. Cole attended Mercer University on an academic
scholarship from the United States Army and graduated summa
cum laude with a degree in biology and chemistry in 1981. He
continued on to the Medical College of Georgia, where he
received his medical degree in 1985. Dr. Cole completed his
postgraduate medical training at the University of Missouri
in the field of internal medicine. He has dedicated his
practice solely to the field of hair transplant surgery
since 1990. He has maintained a private practice in hair
restoration since that time. He is a member of the
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, the
American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, and the
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
Dr. Cole was among the first thirty physicians to become a
Diplomat of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery.
He serves on the Board of Directors and examination
committee for the American Board of Hair Restoration
Surgery. In the interest of sharing his knowledge to improve
the field of hair transplantation, Dr. Cole has written and
presented many papers, both to hair transplantation
societies and at educational seminars.
Dr. Cole maintains a keen interest in development of
instruments to refine hair transplantation procedures,
creative research in follicular anatomy, and has developed
mathematical formulas to accurately measure human
performance in hair restoration surgery. In 1999 Dr. Cole
was awarded a research grant from the International Society
of Hair Restoration Surgery for his work on regional
variation in hair diameter and hair density. He presented
the current findings from this research at the 2000 meeting
of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. In
December 2000, Dr. Cole orchestrated the Beginner’s Program
at the International Society of Hair Restoration’s annual
medical conference in Hawaii whereby he trained over 75
physicians in the processes and techniques of hair
transplantation. Dr. Cole is an invited speaker to the first
Korean Workshop on Hair Restoration, the 2001 European
Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in Barcelona, and the
2001 Italian Society of Hair Restoration Surgery meeting in
Sicily. Dr. Cole will function as Co-chair at the Aegean
meeting of hair restoration surgery in Athens, Greece in
2002. At the 2000 International Society of Hair Restoration
Surgery meeting Dr. Cole and Dr. Devroye were awarded First
Place by the International Society of Hair Restoration for
his poster presentation entitled, "Computer Applications in
Hair Transplantation." Dr. Cole was awarded the Archimedes
Award in 2001 and the Michelangelo Award in 2002 by the
Italian Society of Hair Transplant Surgery. He was named to
the Research Committee of the International Society of Hair
Restoration Surgery in 1999. Dr. Cole functioned as director
of the Beginners Program at the International Society
Meeting of Hair Restoration Surgery meeting in Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico. He is in charge of the audio-visual
committee of the ISHRS meeting in Puerto, Vallarta. His most
recent scientific project is developing improved optics to
the dissection and harvesting of white hairs using physics
and lasers. Dr. Cole is chairman of the International
Society of Hair Restoration Surgery meeting in Chicago,
Illinois.
Dr. Cole has invented numerous instruments to improve the
speed and efficiency of hair restoration surgery. These
include instruments to harvest the donor region, instruments
to prepare the recipient sites, and most recently a
translucent slivering board to assist in the preparation of
thin strips of donor tissue over 1 cm in length and 1 mm
wide. This slivering board is transparent and allows for
both top and bottom fiberoptic lighting. The combination of
both improves visualization of the grafts and decreases
trauma to the individual hairs. The production of thin
slivers speeds the production of grafts, approaching a rate
of 450 per hour, with minimal risk of damage to the hairs.
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Teaching
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ISHRS
Beginners course 98, 99, 2000, 2001. Italy 1997
beginners course. European 2001 Beginners course. Korean
Live surgery workshop 2001. Numerous physicians have
visited Dr. Cole for advanced training in hair
transplant surgery. Dr. Cole's office is always open to
those wishing to advance the field of hair transplant
surgery. Dr. Cole Served on the faculty of the WHRS 1999
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Dr. Cole has
published several articles in the Hair Transplant Forum on
nomenclature, the use of trigonometry to accurately
calculate the donor harvest, how to estimate the recipient
area, how to estimate the size and number of follicular
units, how to maximize donor yield, how to measure the
distance between the grafts based on the density and the
pattern of distribution, how to predict coverage, and
predicted yield.. ;He co-authored the chapter on Donor
Harvesting for Dr. Walter Unger’s new text entitled Hair
Transplantation. Dr. Cole was interviewed by Cosmetic
Surgery Times on Donor Harvesting in 1998, which resulted in
a featured article. |
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Presentations
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Maximizing
Donor yield, donor harvesting, mathematics of follicular
transplantation, microscope vs loops comparison, etiology of
hair loss, mustache transplantation, the metamorphic changes
to surgically excised hairs, biological switches, geometry
of scalp reduction surgery, and the physics of light. Dr.
Cole has held numerous seminars across the United States on
the cause and treatment of androgenic alopecia to the lay
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Interests
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Dr. Cole’s
other interests include computers, electronics, flying,
snowboarding, water skiing, snow skiing, baseball, wake
boarding, golf, dressage, and raising his children.
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