William
H. Reed, MD
William
Reed, M.D. was born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He graduated
from Tulane University with a BS degree in 1969 and
from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1973. Following
graduation he did a surgical pathology internship and
residency at Stanford University and a clinical pathology
residency at University of California, San Diego. He
changed his career path in 1976 by beginning to practice
emergency medicine. He practiced emergency medicine
in San Diego for the next nineteen years when he stopped
to begin the full time pursuit of a career in hair transplantation
surgery. In 1982, he broaden his interests in clinical
medicine by cofounding La Jolla Medical Clinic and beginning
to practice family medicine there.
Dr.
Reed's interest in hair transplantation began in 1993,
when, motivated by his own hair loss, he discovered
the emerging use of small hair grafts. He had two hair
transplantations himself in 1994 and opened La Jolla
Hair Restoration Medical Center in 1995.
Dr.
Reed feels it imperative for a transplant practice to
adhere to the following:
• to perform only one procedure a day
• to have the physician performing the surgery
perform a thorough preoperative consultation with the
patient
• to have a careful quality assurance program as
part of a hair transplant practice.
• to have careful followup to assess patient satisfaction
Dr.
Reed is board certified in emergency medicine. He has
served on executive committees and primary care advisory
committees of different IPAs (Independent Physician
Associations). He is an active member of the International
Society of Hair Restoration Surgery and their annual
conferences. He has made presentations annually since
1998, has been on the faculty for its Beginner's Workshop
and has served as co-facilitator in its workshops program.
He has served on its Science and Education Committee.
He has also been on the faculty and has made presentations
at the society meetings of the American Society of Dermatologic
Surgery and the Live Surgical Workshop sponsored by
the World Hair Society and the International Society
of Hair Restoration Surgery. He has performed studies
and made presentations on the survival of minigrafts,
on the comparison of survival and other parameters of
follicular unit grafts produced from multi-blade harvesting/loupe
dissection vs elliptical excision/microscopic dissection
as a well a study assessing the use of intentional transection
of the hair follicle to assess the survival, miniaturization
and aesthetics of the follicle for use in feathering
the hairline. Dr. Reed will contribute to two chapters
in the upcoming edition of Hair Transplantation edited
by Unger and Shapiro.
Dr.
Reed enjoys participating in many sports as time allows:
kung fu, inline skating, skiing, hiking, yoga and weight
training. He enjoys studying their associated medical
disciplines: sports medicine, anti-aging medicine and
mind/body medicine. He enjoys reading nonfiction, particularly
regarding metaphysics and science.
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