John P. Cole

John Peter Cole, MD is a Hair Transplant Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. He is recognized as a pioneer in the industry, being one of the first U.S. doctors to practice both Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Body Hair Transplantation (BHT).[1] Dr. Cole attended Mercer University on an academic scholarship from the United States Army. He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biology and chemistry in 1981. In 1985, he received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia.[2] Dr. Cole completed his postgraduate medical training at the University of Missouri, in the field of internal medicine. He has dedicated his practice solely to the field of hair transplant surgery since 1990.[3] Dr. Cole was among the first thirty physicians to become a Diplomat of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery. There, he served on the Board of Directors and the examination committee.[4]

The Cole Isolation Technique

After reading about the successes Dr. Ray Woods, of Australia, had with Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), Dr. Cole began creating his own technique for FUE in 2001. Originally known as the Follicular Isolation Technique (FIT), he gradually refined his method until it evolved into the Cole Isolation Technique (CIT) used today. In addition to his proprietary technique, Dr. Cole developed a line of instrumentation to be used with CIT. The development of the Cole Isolation Technique meant that patients could undergo hair replacement surgery via a minimally invasive procedure that left no visible linear strip scar.[5]

Inventions

Dr. Cole has invented numerous instruments[6] to improve the speed and efficiency of hair restoration surgery. He has developed various tools, designed for use with his CIT hair transplant method, which are used to harvest the donor region and to prepare the recipient sites. Other instruments Dr. Cole has created include:

Board Certification

Academic Appointments

Awards

Sanctions and Discipline

Medical Board of Georgia, 2010 ($20,000 fine) [9] Medical Board of California, Department of Consumer Affairs, 2011[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.thebaldtruth.com/resources/hair-transplant-surgeons/john-cole/
  2. ↑ http://www.iahrs.org/DisplayProfile.asp?ID=%C7%E2&sID=%B6%9A
  3. ↑ http://www.hairtransplantdocs.com/hair-transplant-surgeons/Georgia/John-Cole-MD/details.html
  4. ↑ http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss-articles/article335.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.forhair.com/pdfs/CIT%20info.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.coleinstruments.com/
  7. ↑ http://www.ishrs.org/doctor-search/bio.php?RegID=36855
  8. ↑ http://www.abhrs.com/members/all/GA
  9. ↑ http://services.georgia.gov/dch/mebs/retrieveBoardOrder.do?licenseNumber=029158&boardTypeId=2
  10. ↑ http://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20110309%5cDMRAAADE1%5c&did=AAADE110309174620546.DID&licenseType=G&licenseNumber=84836#page=1
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