Dr. Rose is truly a leader in the specialized field of hair restoration and is internationally recognized in the field of hair replacement. He attended the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and received his MD degree. While at Downstate Medical Center Dr. Rose did research on T and B cell homing mechanisms. He was selected for an elective at the National Institutes of Health, and a research elective in the Department of Allergy and Immunology at an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
After medical school, Dr. Rose completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut Medical Center. He later completed a residency in Dermatology at Temple University Skin and Cancer Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1988. Dr. Rose began his hair replacement training and hands on experience during his residency. Subsequently, Dr. Rose entered private practice in Dermatology, establishing his own practice in 1991 in Florida. He has been particularly recognized for his work in hair replacement surgery, liposuction and laser surgery. Dr. Rose has served on the teaching faculty of the University of South Florida, Dermatology Section.
Most recently, Dr. Rose has been recognized for his work in developing the instrumentation for a procedure termed Follicular Isolation Technique. Using this technique, individual follicular units are isolated from the donor area leaving a minute wound that heals without leaving a scar visible to the naked eye. Patients who are interested in having a shaved head can utilize this technique without fear of having a linear scar, typical of strip harvesting. Along with several other physicians such as Bob Limmer, Ron Shapiro, Bill Rassman, David Seager, Carlos Uebell and John Cole, Dr. Rose has helped develop the concepts and techniques of ?mega session? grafting and follicular unit transplantation. Dr. Rose has also been involved with the culturing of Dermal Papilla cells which can then be implanted into the scalp. These implanted cells could provide a source of growing hairs. The work is being done in association with a company named Intercytex. Preliminary work on mice using human dermal papilla cells has resulted in the growth of human hairs on the mice.
Dr. Rose has also been a faculty member at many workshops and has demonstrated the technique of follicular unit grafting. He has lectured on various topics such as hairline creation and backlighting. He has been involved in clinical research projects performed at the live surgery workshops and the data has been presented at ISHRS and European Society meetings. He has lectured for Pharmacia on the subjects of medical therapies for hair loss and the use of medications for hair loss in women. Dr. Rose is involved in basic science research studying the role of apoptosis in male pattern alopecia. Dr. Rose is recognized for developing the concept of backlighting and some of the devices used for this purpose.
As part of his ongoing interest in contributing to the field of hair replacement, Dr. Rose has served as the Director of the Beginner?s Course for the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery and in 2000 he served as Chairman of the Scientific Program for the annual ISHRS meeting. He serves on the Board of Governors of the ISHRS and is chairman of the Pro Bon Committee of the ISHRS. Dr. Rose is currently President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.
Dr. Rose has written many published articles in a variety of fields within areas of his expertise. He has covered such topics as Skin Cancer, Actinic Keratosis, Laser surgery, and a wide range of aspects concerning hair transplant surgery, just to name a few. Dr. Rose also contributed to several chapters of the latest edition of the textbook Hair Transplantation.
Dr. Rose?s goal is make every hair restoration procedure look totally natural!
