Dr. A. Finner

Specialisme:   Haartransplantatie - FUT-Methode - FUE-Methode - Frêchet-Extender Wenkbrauwtransplantatie Education   01/2000-08/2001 Doctoral Thesis: Exogenous Hair Damage- Light Microscopy of Human Hair Shafts after in-vitro Damage and Application of Hair Care Products, PD J. Welzel, Prof. H. H. Wolff, Department of Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Germany (cum laude)     04/2003 Full Licence to Practice Medicine     1992-1999 Medical School, Medical University of Luebeck, Germany     12/1998 Preliminary Licence to practice Medicine     07-08/1998 Practical Training in Dermatopathology, Prof. Ackerman, Philadelphia     1994 USMLE Step I     Postgraduate Training and Work Experience   since 2008 Private Practice for Hair and Skin (with special expertise in hair and hair transplantation), Berlin and Leipzig since 11/2007 Member of Expert Group to establish European S3- Guidelines for Androgenetic Alopecia 12/2007 German Federal Board Exam in Dermatology and Venereology 10/2006-10/2007 Vice Chair, Evidence Based Medicine Task Force, Intl. Society of Hair Restoration Surgery 08/2007 European Board Exam in Dermatology and Venereology 06/2006- 11/2007 Senior Resident, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Surgery Unit, Outpatient Department and Hair and Cosmetics Clinic, University Medical Center Magdeburg, Chair: Prof. Harald Gollnick 05/2006 North American Hair Research Society mentorship grant to visit Prof. Vera Price at the Hair Clinic of  the Univ. of Calif. SF and Hair surgeons in San Francisco 03/2005-04/2006 Fellowship in Hair and Hair Transplantation, Dept. of Dermatology and Skin Science, UBC Hair and Hair Transplantation Centre, Daily Hair and Scalp Clinic, Dermatology Rounds, Hair Transplantation etc., Vancouver, Canada, Director: Prof. Jerry Shapiro 10/2001- 02/2005 Postgraduate Medical Education (Residency), Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Physiology, Hair and Cosmetic Clinic Physician, Charité- University Medical Center Berlin, Germany, Chairs: Prof. C. Orfanos, Prof. W. Sterry 06/2004 Member of the Organizing Committee, 4th Intercontinental Meeting of Hair Research Societies, Berlin, Germany, Chair: Prof. U. Blume-Peytavi 04/2003 Educational Visit, Dept. of Dermatology, Columbia University and private practices of Dr. B. Katz and Dr. R. Bernstein, New York City     Articles, Conferences and Lectures:   06/2004 Clinical Workshop Director and Poster (Exogenous Hair Damage), 4th Intercontinental Meeting of Hair Research Societies, Berlin, Germany 2003-2005 Regional Medical Education Lectures Berlin   “Endocrinologic Hair Disorders and Hirsutism” “Microarray in Alopecia areata” “Congenital Hair anomalies” “Hair analysis”                                                       “Acquired Hair anomalies” 2003-2007 Industry-sponsored Clinical Study Physician    “Minoxidil in Men with hair loss in different Hair Colours” “Depigmenting Topicals” „Influence of a topical on UV-induced pigmentation” “Lykopin in skin after oral intake” “Wound healing stimulation” “Topical Steroid and Vitamin D in Scalp Psoriasis” „Acne combination treatment adapalene and benzoylperoxide“ „Isotretinoin versus Doxycyclin in Rosacea“ 04/2006 Article „Evidence Based Hair Restoration- Designing Clinical Trials“, Hair Transplant Forum International 05/2006    Live Workshop und Meeting, European Society of Hair Restoration, Zurich 06/2006 Posters (Scarring Hair Loss, Hair Transplantation) and Lecture (Alopecia areata), European Hair Research Society Meeting, London 10/2006 Lecture (Digital Imaging in Hair Transplantation) und Workshop Director (Hair and Scalp Dermatology), International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) Annual Meeting, San Diego 12/2006 and 02/2007 Lecture on Hypertrichosis und Hirsutism, Hair Expert Meetings , Paris und Baden-Baden 04/2007 Lecture „Digital Imaging to measure trichologic parameters in bei hair transplantation“, 44. Meeting of the German Dermatologic Society, Dresden 06/2007 Lecture „Evidence Based Hair Transplantation“ and Poster „MTX in Alopecia areata“, International Hair Congress 2007, Vancouver 10/2007 Workshop Director (Hair and Scalp Disease) und Lecture „Designing clinical trials in Hair Transplantation“, ISHRS Meeting Las Vegas 11/2007 Lecture „Hair Transplantation“, MSD symposion on androgenetic alopecia, Berlin 05/2008 Television Program on Healthy Hair and Hair Transplantation, Public Regional TV RBB 06/2008 Lecture „Evidence Based Hair Transplantation“, European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, Madrid, Spain 07/2008 Lecture „Hair Transplantation Today“, European Hair Research Society, Genoa, Italy 2005 Co- author of Article „What can we learn from animal models of Alopecia areata?“ Lu W, Shapiro J, Yu M, Barekatain A, Lo B, Finner A, McElwee K. Dermatology. 2005;211(1):47-53. 2006 Co-author of Article “Hair follicles and their role in skin health” Yu M, Finner A, Shaprio J, Lo B, Barekatain A, McElwee KJ. Expert Review of Dermatology. December 2006, Vol. 1, No. 6, Pages 855-871. 2006 Co- author of Article „Alopecia areata: pathogenesis and potential for therapy“Expert Rev Mol Med 2006 Jun 20;8(14):1-19. 2007 Author of Article “Androgenetic Alopecia” Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2007 Jun;36(2):379-98. 2008 Author of Article “Secondary Cicatricial alopecia” Dermatologic Therapy. 2008 Author of Book chapter “Evidence Based Hair transplantation” in textbook “Ageing of Hair”, eds. R. Trueb and D. Tobin, in press 2008 Author of Book chapter “Secondary Cicatricial and other permanent alopecias”, in textbook „Hair Growth and Disorders“ eds. Blume-Peytavi, Tosti, Whiting, Trueb. Springer 2008 2009 Lectures on Hair Transplantation at Meeting of German Dermatologic Society, ISHRS and regional meetings