ADVISORY BOARD

The Daniel Alain Advisory Board features some of the most prominent minds in the dermatology and hair loss industry. This prestigious group of top physicians and researchers plays a critical role in guiding the company's clinical research programs and providing insight into the latest developments in hair loss. The Advisory Board works closely with Daniel Alain's research and development team to advance the company's product offerings and ensure Daniel Alain remains at the forefront of the industry.

Dr. John Cole, MD

In 1990 John P. Cole, MD, became a pioneer in total follicular unit hair transplantation and microscopic dissection, focusing on transforming hair restoration surgery from cosmetically unacceptable results into aesthetically pleasing results. Following the lead of Drs. David Seager and Bobby Limmer, in 1994, Dr. Cole adopted microscopic dissection of strip-based surgery (FUT). In 1998 Dr. Cole became one of the first diplomats of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS) and later served on the examination committee and board of directors of the ABHRS. Dr. Cole led the Newcomer program of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRR) in 2000 and 2001. In 2002 Dr. Cole chaired the 10th annual meeting of the ISHRS in Chicago, IL. In 2003 Dr. Cole formed the first conference to teach FUE at the Aegean Masters’ discussion, where he led FUE to DHI. DHI promptly began spreading FUE throughout Europe. In 2019 Dr. Cole partnered FUE Europe with Spencer Kobren and The Bald Truth to become the first conference to have a live radio broadcast from the FUE Europe meeting in Manchester, UK. In 2020 Dr. Cole was the first scientific director of The Global Hair Loss Summit, which became the widest-attended webinar devoted to surgical, non-surgical, and regenerative medicine focused on treating hair loss. Dr. Cole has chaired 13 major international conferences, and Dr. Cole has also been a scientific director for more conferences devoted to FUE than any other physician.    

Dr. Cole received his first patent for innovative surgical instruments in 1998 and has acquired six additional patents from the USPTO, along with numerous patent-pending devices. In 2003 Dr. Cole pioneered the successful methods of performing follicular unit extraction (FUE), began developing the instruments necessary to perform FUE, and formed his instrument company, Cole Instruments. Cole Instruments has several international distributors of the devices designed and manufactured by Dr. Cole. Dr. Cole also began teaching FUE to other physicians in 2003 and continues training physicians to perform FUE. Today FUE is the most popular hair restoration surgery procedure globally, and FUE still depends on the principles and mechanisms described by Dr. Cole in 2003. In 2003 Dr. Cole opened the first FUE clinics in Europe (Nicosia, Cyprus, and Brussels, Belgium) and, in 2007, the first FUE clinic in Asia (Seoul, South Korea). In 2005 Dr. Cole developed the first complex motion profile device, including rotation, oscillation, and rotation, followed by oscillation for FUE. Dr. Cole filed patents on all significant alterations in punch designs for FUE in 2006. Manufacturers continue to copy these designs. Dr. Cole has been an invited speaker at the Korean Dermatology Society (2011), Taiwan Dermatology Association (2013), Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery (2010), Japan’s regenerative hair loss summit (2013), and the first international hair loss conferences in Beijing, China (2017) and Seoul, South Korea (2018). In 2013 Dr. Cole became the 20th recipient of the Gold Follicle from the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery 2013. In 2014 Dr. Cole opened a hands-on FUE training center with Dr. Ozgur Oztan in Ankara, Turkey. In 2019 Dr. Cole received the Lifetime Achievement Award from FUE Europe, which made him the first to receive both a Gold Follicle Award and Lifetime Achievement award.

Dr. Cole entered the field of regenerative medicine in 2007. In 2015 Dr. Cole developed a means to lyse platelets to achieve five times the concentration of high molecular weight proteins compared to standard activated PRP with calcium gluconate or thrombin. In 2016 Dr. Cole brought topical finasteride to the United States after success in the clinic he helped establish in Rome, Italy, with Dr. Chiara Insalaco. Dr. Cole strongly advocates adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to treat androgenic alopecia, scarring alopecia, and alopecia areata. He has experience with the mechanical and enzymatic digestion of adipose. Dr. Cole works with PDO threads, Alma TED, and injectable dutasteride.

Dr. Cole remains one of the strongest proponents of FUE and a leader in regenerative medicine for hair loss. Dr. Cole is currently editing the first textbook (Springer Nature) related to regenerative medicine for hair loss. Dr. Cole frequently lectures for FUE Europe, IMCAS, ISAPS, SOFCEP, and FATS on regenerative medicine and hair loss. In addition, he serves as vice president of the Academy of Regenerative Medicine and Surgery Society (AIRMES). He has authored numerous papers and chapters related to regenerative medicine and hair restoration surgery. Dr. Cole currently practices in Atlanta, GA, and New York, New York.

Dr. Rachita Dhurat, MD Dermatology

Professor & Head, Department of Dermatology LTM Medical College & LTMG Hospital, Sion Mumbai 400022 Experience: 32 years in dermatology as a teacher

Special Awards & Recognition

• Systopic oration at international congress of dermatology, Delhi, Dec 2013 for microneedling for hair stimulation.
• Dr Marquis oration at Cuticon Nov 2018, Nagpur
• Pioneering work in Microneedling, PRP & dutasteride for hair stimulation.
• Fellow of Philippine academy of dermatology & cosmetic beauty
• Scientific Advisor to Folica Bio, USA

Conducted 30 workshops for dermatologists on PRP across India
Committee member IADVL, Maharashtra branch
Life member of Cosmetic Dermatology Society (India) (CDSI)
Founder of ‘Trichology Update’
Organising Chairperson for national conference on Trichology (Trichology Update) from 2015 -2020

Publication - 180 articles, 7 textbooks

Invited Faculty at International Level

Invited speaker at the following international conferences:

• Word Congress of Hair Research (WCHR) Israel, 2011
• Word Congress of Hair Research Jeju, South Korea 14-17 May 2014
• World congress of Dermatology, Vancouver 2015
• American Academy of Dermatology, Orlando, 2017
• Egypt Dermatology Society, 2017 and 2018
• 5-CC congress, Barcelona Sept 2018
• Phillippines Dermatology Society, 2017
• 1st World Congress of Trichoscopy, Poland 2018
• IMCAS, Paris, Jan 2019
• American Academy of Dermatology, March 2019
• World Congress of Hair Research, Barcelona April 2019
• World Congress of Dermatology, Milan June 2019
• IMCAS Paris - 2022 Jun3-5th
• 1st Barcelona Hair Meeting, 29th September - 1st October, Sitges, Barcelona 2022

Dr. Daniel Fonseca

Professor Daniel Fonseca specializes in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He is a Professor at Niltons Lins University in Brazil, where he coordinates the medical specialization programs.

He has 8 years experience in managing Intensive Care Units and has conducting large scale clinical studies.

He served as Medical Director of Hospitals Samel for almost 10 years where managing the Medical Board and the Healthcare Insurance arm of the hospital. Professor Fonseca oversaw the operation providing healthcare to over 100,000 patients.

Several of the programs he initiated earned the prize of Best Hospital in Brazil 2021.

He was a pioneer in initiatives to treat COVID 19 with non-invasive ventilation and participated in several large multi-center international drug trials.

His current focus is the junction between dermatology and internal medicine.

Dr. Sergio Galvan

Dr. Sergio Vañó Galván is a dermatologist, trichologist and hair surgeon, director of the Trichology Unit of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital and the Trichology and Hair Transplant Unit of Pedro Jaén Group Clinic, in Madrid. He holds a PhD in Medicine and an Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Alcalá. He is the Secretary General of the Spanish Society of Dermatology (AEDV).

He is the current coordinator of the Spanish Group of Trichology. Dr. Vañó-Galván leads an active research group in the study of different forms of alopecia (#TricoHRC). Dr. Vañó-Galván has published more than 275 scientific articles in Pubmed (h-index of 28) and he is a regular guest speaker in international congresses of hair research.

He is the Secretary General of the European Hair Research Society and member of the American Hair Research Society. He is Director of the International Master's Degree in Trichology and Hair Transplantation at the University of Alcalá.

Dr. Vañó-Galván is expert in hair research, androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, cicatricial alopecias, trichoscopy and hair transplant. He is an active user of social networks (@SergioVanoG, more information at: www.sergiovano.com).

Dr. Jerry Shapiro

Professor Jerry Shapiro has been specializing in hair disorders for 36 years.  He presently is Professor of Dermatology at New York University School of Medicine in Manhattan. He has trained over 35 fellows internationally. He has written three textbooks some of which have been translated into Russian and Portuguese. He is now working on a Chinese version. Published over 250 peer reviewed articles, dozens of book chapters and given over 600 lectures internationally. He has an international reputation as a teacher, mentor, researcher and hair clinician. He has one of the busiest hair clinics internationally with an international client base.

Dr. Rodney Sinclair

Dr. Rodney Sinclair is a Professorial Associate in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Director of Sinclair Dermatology. He is Congress President for the World Congress of Hair Research, Melbourne, 2022.

He is co-founder and Past-President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research (ASDR), co-founder and current President of the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society (AHWRS) and Past–President of the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria. He is a Vice-President of the International Society of Dermatology and Vice President of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology. He is assistant editor of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology.

Rod Sinclair was born in Melbourne and attended Melbourne High School. He graduated MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 1987, was awarded the Australasian College of Dermatology Travelling Fellowship to Oxford in 1993 and completed Fellowship of the Australasian College of Dermatologists in 1995 being awarded the Founders Medal. He graduated Doctor of Medicine by thesis from the University of Melbourne in 2004. He was Professor/Director of Dermatology at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne from 2005-2013, before moving to the Epworth Hospital in 2012 and then establishing Sinclair Dermatology in 2014. He was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the American Dermatology Association in 2012 and in 2021 was awarded Honorary Life membership of both the British Association of Dermatologists and the Ukrainian Hair research Society.

Prof. Carlos Wambier, MD, PHD

Prof.Carlos Wambier, MD, PhD is recognized worldwide as an expert in the field of cosmetic procedural dermatology, with expertise in injectables (fillers, neurotoxins, and lipolysis), lasers (Q-switched nano and picosecond laser for tattoo removal and pigmentary disorders), and drug-delivery procedures for both medical and cosmetic indications (such as scars and hair growth).Prof. Wambier obtained his medical degree (2004), medical residency in dermatology (2009), and science doctor in dermatology (PhD, 2012) all from the University of Sao Paulo. He became an expert in hair growth, wound healing, inflammation, drug eruptions, photodynamic therapy, and leprosy during his years involved in research at Ribeirão Preto Medical School. After that period, he dedicated his efforts for Chemical Peeling when he became Associate Professor (tenure track) of Dermatology at the State University of Ponta Grossa until 2018.

Prof.Wambier has given over 80 lectures in national and international dermatology meetings, and over 100 peer-reviewed articles published. Has been a chair of the main academic meetings of dermatology worldwide, including the World Congress of Dermatology, in Milan, 2019, he was chair of Basic Cosmetic Dermatology session, and the World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology, in Lima, 2019, he was chair of the Pigmentary Lesions session. Many other organization/lectures in the CILAD, RADLA, AAD, ASDS, SBD.  Dr.Wambier has been selected as one of the few oral examiners for the Brazilian Board of Dermatology during a period it was implemented (2015-2016). Has served as an Ad hoc consultant for funding agencies, such as WHO and Araucaria Foundation.

In 2019 Dr.Wambier was involved in multiple clinical trials about the use of novel JAK inhibitors for the treatment of severe Alopecia Areata, during his post-doctorate year at Yale University, during that period, he developed a new method for evaluating the Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) score, with the use of the thumb as a precise measurement of 1% of the scalp surface area.

Since 2020 Prof.Wambier is the Medical Director of Clinical Trials at the Brown Dermatology, RI, USA, and is is the Director of the Center for Lasers and Aesthetics of Brown Dermatology, in South Kingstown - RI, where he runs the Brown Dermatology Hair Clinic.

Dr.Wambier is the Vice President-elect of the International Peeling Society for 2024-2026.