Dr Bessam Farjo graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1988 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, attaining the qualifications of MB, ChB, BAO, LRCP & SI. He spent 4 years working in the national health scheme (NHS) hospitals in Ireland and the UK training in the field of general surgery.

In 1992, he travelled to Toronto, Canada, and joined a training course in hair restoration surgery at the office of Dr Larry Fremont. He started practicing hair in Manchester later that year. In 1993, he co-founded the Farjo Medical Centre with his wife, Dr Nilofer Farjo, exclusively practicing hair restoration surgery and medicine in Manchester and London. They currently operate a busy practice to the tune of over 300 hair restoration surgical procedures a year.

In 1993, he joined the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) and has served on its Board of Governors since 2002 and is the society’s current vice-president. He is due to become the 1st European President of the ISHRS in September 2007. He is one of a handful of doctors who have attended every annual meeting since the society’s inception.

In 1996, he co-founded the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons and served as President during 2002-2004.

In 2001, he was granted fellowship of the International College of Surgeons and in 2003 fulfilled the requirements and passed the examination of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS).

In 2002, Dr Farjo was host, program chairman and congress organiser of the 5th Annual conference of the European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in London, England. He served as Board Governor and Vice-President until 2005.

He is a registered member of the Institute of Trichologists (est. 1902) and has been a Board Governor and medical advisor since 2000. In 2006, he was bestowed with the title of Fellow of the Institute of Trichologists in recognition of contributions to the Institute as well as his involvement in the in research and field advancements. He is also the Editor the Institute’s Trichologist journal.

Other affiliations include member of the European Hair Research Society, Fellow of the European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and Founder member of the Trichological Society.

He has to-date over 25 different hair and scalp presentations/publications to his credit at more than 40 different meetings, workshops and conferences around the world. Along with Dr Nilofer Farjo, He is the only British hair transplant surgeon recognised by his peers as regular educational contributor at international meetings and congresses he attends to exchange views and information with his colleagues worldwide. In fact during the last few years alone he has lectured in the USA, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Egypt, Turkey, Mexico, Australia, Romania and Poland.

The Farjo Medical Centre is registered with the UK’s Healthcare Commission as a surgical facility of the highest standard. All surgeons and their facilities in the UK must register and comply with these standards.

Dr Farjo has featured many times over the years on television and radio in the shape of documentaries, celebrity features and expert opinion including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Discovery, News of the World, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Independent, The Times and many more. Most recent features publicised his work on former Eastenders’ star Shaun Williamson, Rugby and TV personality Kyran Bracken and entrepreneur and Dragon’s Den judge Duncan Bannatyne OBE. Visit Dr. Farjo’s website

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Dr. Devroye has offices in Belgium, London, Spain and France.

A little more about Dr. Jean Devroye:

Jean Devroye is a “Doctor in Medicine and Surgery”.
He completed his studies at the University of Liège, in Belgium. In 1999, with his wife Genevieve, his more loyal support, he decided to move to the United States and dedicate his time to Hair Transplant Surgery.

At present he only performs hair transplants, which have become a real passion for him.

Thanks to Dr Cole (Atlanta, USA), Dr Wolf (Cincinnati, USA), Dr Shapiro (Minneapolis, USA) and Dr Bernstein (New York, USA), who are among the best hair transplant surgeons in the world, Dr Devroye gained a lot of experience in the theoretical and practical field.

Dr Devroye was able to take advantage of several opportunities to learn more about the innovations in the field of hair transplant surgery and benefited extensively from the years of experience of these great surgeons. A few years ago he decided to export the “Follicular Unit Method” to Europe and provide the best solutions and approaches in Hair Transplant Surgery to a European audience.

At present Dr Devroye works in the United States and in Belgium. He operates only in Brussels but schedules consultations in Brussels, London, Paris, Madrid and Barcelona. Dr Devroye regularly attends the conferences organized by the ESHRS as a Board Member (European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery). He was Chairman of the Brussels Congress, which took place in June 2005.  Next to this he also attends the congresses organized by the ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery).

Dr Devroye sees Hair Transplant as an art. That is why each procedure is performed in a very precise way. He considers each case to be unique. The doctor is also interested in new ideas. He likes the idea of being able to expand his knowledge in order to provide his patients with the best possible solutions and work.

Credits:

2007: Paris ESHRS meeting. Live surgery FUE in association with Dr Ronald Shapiro and Dr Jerry Wong
2006: San Diego USA Poster ISHRS meeting
2006: Los Angeles Workshop : eyelashes transplantation
2006: Zurich Suisse Congress ESHRS meeting, live surgery demonstration
2006 : Orlando Workshop ISHRS
2005 : Sydney Australia ISHRS meeting
2005: Brussels ESHRS meeting, chairman, live surgery demonstration
2004 : Vancouver Canada ISHRS meeting
2003 : Berlin ESHRS meeting
2003 : New York USA ISHRS meeting
2002: Londres ESHRS meeting, live surgery demonstration with Dr Ron Shapiro
2001 : Puerto Vallarta Mexique Congrès ISHRS
2001 : Barcelone ESHRS meeting
2000: Hawaï Hawaï ISHRS meeting 1er price poster with Dr John Cole
1999 : Paris ESHRS meeting
1999 : San Franscico ISHRS meeting

Dr Devroye regularly visits some of his colleagues all around the world. He considers it the best way to find out about the latest in the hair transplant field and to enhance his general knowledge. Many thanks to Dr John Cole, Dr Bob Berstein, Dr Ron Shapiro, Dr Paul Rose, Dr Pierre Bedard, Dr Down Stough, Dr Paul Straub for their welcome.

In the course of numerous workshops, he has had the opportunity to study a variety of techniques from several of his colleagues. He is strongly influenced by what he has read or has seen on those occasions but h e has only incorporated in his own work the innovations which actually enhance the procedure - even if they lengthen the intervention. Visit Dr. Devroye’s website

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