Member News – 2nd Quarter 2018 Update - American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery

In November of this year, we will be raising our dues slightly from $650 to $750 with still the $50 discount if you pay early. We have not raised dues in a decade, unlike every other board certifying agency out there.

We have worked very hard to improve our online presence through a brand-new website and ongoing search-engine optimization for you, and we hope you continue to see the value of what the board provides. We look forward to your continued support of the ABHRS and your maintenance of an active certification with the ABHRS.

Note from Dr. Samuel Lam, Treasurer

You’ve been heard! A big shout out to Dr. Tim Carman and Lou Amico (Web Developer) there is a re-certification practice exam available on the website for those diplomates who will be re-certifying or to use as a periodic reference tool. To take the Re-certification Practice Exam follow the steps to create a username, password and submit payment of $75.00.

ABHRS Brochures – (this is different than the patient brochure). If you are attending a meeting, workshop, or seminar the Administrative office has Brochures that can be sent to you to take with you to hand out as a means to help promote the ABHRS Certification Process.

Calendar of Events

Upcoming examination – the next certification exam (oral and written) will be administered in conjunction with the 26th World Congress of the ISHRS at the Loews Hollywood Hotel on October 9th.
Re-certification Exam will be administered on October 10th at 6:00pm at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood, California.
President’s Reception will be held on October 11th at 8:00pm at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood, California to the first 100 Diplomates who sent in their RSVP.
Re-certification – if your certification expires December, 2019 and you have chosen not to re-certify in the Fall of 2018 in Hollywood, California you will have two opportunities in 2019 to sit for the re-certification. First opportunity will be in Chicago, Illinois at the Hilton O’Hare on Saturday, May 4, 2019. The deadline to register for this examination is January 15th. Second opportunity will be in conjunction with the 27th World Congress of the ISHRS annual meeting in Thailand in November of 2019, details will be published at a later date.

Encourage Your Colleagues

As you, our Diplomates help to encourage your colleagues to become board certified with the ABHRS we ask that you pass this information onto any colleagues interested in joining our membership. Please encourage them to visit our website and learn about preparing for the exam where they will find the following helpful resources to assist in their examination preparation.

Reference Books, Journals & Other Resources
Oral Exam Review and Practice Oral Exam videos
Advanced/Board Review Course
Purchase a practice written exam. You can signup and pay for the Practice Exam on our website.

I invite every member to reach out to your leadership team with questions or concerns. We are here for you!

Sincerely,
Robert Niedbalski, D.O.
ABHRS President 2018

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WHEREAS, the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS) is a surgical certifying board organized to examine physicians in the area of hair restoration surgery; and

WHEREAS, the ABHRS is a surgical certifying board organized to promote the safe practice of hair restoration surgery;

NOW, THEREFORE, the ABHRS has established the following policy: As a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, I pledge myself to…

Use every opportunity to improve public understanding of the role of the Hair Restoration Surgeon.

Cooperate in every reasonable and proper way with other physicians and work with them in activities contributing to the advancement of quality patient care.

Maintain the confidentiality of privileged information entrusted or known to me by virtue of my role as a hair restoration surgeon within the constraints of the law.

Accept no personal compensation from any party that would influence or require special consideration in the provision of care to any patient.

Provide patient care impartially, provide no special privilege to any individual patient based on the patient’s race, color, creed, sex, national origin or handicap.

Use only legal and ethical means in the provision of care to my patients and strive to expose those physicians deficient in character or competence, or who engage in fraud or deception.

Maintain the highest standard of personal conduct.

Abide by the highest ethical standards in activities designed to attract patients to my practice including recognition and enforcement of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery advertising policy which requires Diplomate status should not be embellished, to utilize truthful advertising, and to designate my ABHRS membership as ABHRS Diplomate as opposed to “Board Certified” by the ABHRS.

Maintain loyalty to the goals and objectives of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery as stated in the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery By-Laws.

Promote and encourage the highest level of medical ethics in providing competent medical service with compassion and respect for human dignity.

Recognize and discharge my responsibility and that of the Medical and/or Osteopathic profession to uphold the laws and regulations relating to the practice of hair restoration surgery.

Strive for excellence in all aspects of medical practice.

Continue to study, apply and advance scientific knowledge, make relevant information available to patients, colleagues and the public, obtain consultation, and use the talents of other health professionals when the best interests of a patient so indicates.

The ABHRS Guidelines For Truth in Representation And Advertising have been established to help members avoid what can be universally considered as misleading or unacceptable messages.

We have encouraged ABHRS/IBHRS members to review their individual as well as group practice websites and marketing materials to assure that misleading or ambiguous language as defined in the following infractions are not included. Members of the public who are seeking professional services from a hair restoration surgeon should consider these terms as “red flags”. If they are used in a doctor’s marketing material or website, the consumer should beware.

The following issues/concepts are considered misleading or inappropriate:

False Statements and Copyright / Trademark Infringement

Including inaccurate credentials. E.g., claiming ABHRS (American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery) Diplomate status or IBHRS (International Board of Hair Restoration Surgery) status when the individual has not earned this designation, or claiming inaccurate expertise in hair restoration surgery in general.

The use of other physicians’ before & after photos as their own.

Violating the copyright of others with the illegal use of photos or text.

Ambiguous use of the ABHRS Logo which implies non-ABHRS/IBHRS diplomates are also diplomates.

Inappropriate Use of Staff

Specifically, the surgical act of creating extraction incisions for removal of live tissue, whether during follicular unit transplantation (FUT), or follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedures, is a non-delegable act, and must be performed by the physician of record. In addition, the creation of incisions for placement of grafts is also non-delegable, and must be performed by the physician of record. Evidence of unlicensed, non-physicians performing surgical procedures clearly outside of legally enforceable standards of care is in clear violation of ABHRS ethical guidelines.

Inappropriate, Misleading, Inaccurate Terminology

The use of the following, or similar terminology that misrepresents the physical realities of high quality hair transplant surgery:

“Scarless surgery”

“No incision”

“No touch”

“No cutting”

“Cloning”

“Hair multiplication”

“Non-invasive”

“Guaranteed results”

“Unlimited grafts”

“No risk”

“Pain free”

“Eliminates the need for additional procedures”

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