Paul
M. Straub, MD
Dr.
Straub received a BS in Physics from the University of
Pittsburgh. He spent three years in the Army Security
Agency, translating and interpreting scientific documents
in the German Language. He received his MD degree from
the University of Louvain in Belgium, doing his studies
in the Flemish language. He completed an internship and
a
surgical residency at Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital,
Johnstown, Pa. then did a three year residency in Otolaryngology
and Head and Neck Surgery at the prestigious New York
Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 1971 he opened a practice in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, because he wanted to care for
his aging mother for as long as she lived.
This practice consisted of doing ear surgery, cancer surgery
of the head and neck, as well as plastic surgery of the
head and neck such as face lifts, rhinoplasties, otoplasties,
etc. In 1972 he began to do hair transplants, which was
a part of head and neck surgery. After his mother passed
away, Dr. Straub gave the extremely successful practice
to two young surgeons and moved to California. Since October
1979 he as devoted his entire practice
to hair restoration.
Dr.
Straub has done more than 17,000 hair restoration procedures
since 1972. He is one of the founders and past president
of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.
He wrote the bylaws and the code of ethics for the society.
He remains as chairman of the bylaws committee and the
ethics committee. The code of ethics which he
wrote has been adopted by many international societies
including the American Society of
Hair Restoration Surgery, the European Society of Hair
Restoration Surgery and the Italian Society of Hair
Restoration Surgery.
Dr.
Straub has written many scientific articles appearing
in the Hair Transplant Forum and other scientific journals.
He has contributed three chapters to two textbooks on
hair restoration surgery. He has been a lecturer on
hair surgery at medical meetings several times a year
for most of the past 20 years.
Dr.
Straub’s intense interest in medical ethics was
fueled by a period of time when he was under contract
to work for a large hair transplantation business. He
got the impression that the business was only interested
in how much money they could make even if it was not
in the patients best interest. As soon as he could legally
break the noncompetition contract, he left and in 1985
he opened Straub Medical Center in Torrance, California
where he could practice medicine in what he regarded
as the best ethical manner.
Dr.
Straub uses no salespeople or consultants. He does all
of his own anesthesia and much more of the surgical
procedure than is done in most offices.
Dr.
Straub is married and has three children ages 17, 14,
and 10. After his family, his hobbies are flying and
running. He has flown his own single engine seven times
overn the Atlantic Ocean and one time around the world.
He has flown his own airplane to every continent except
Antarctica. He holds one world record for long distance
flight in a
single engine plane. He has run more than 80 marathons
and continues to run five marathons a year. In 1971,
he was a member of the mountaineering party of four
who made the first ascent of the 3/4 mile vertical wall
beside Angel’s Falls in Venezuela which is the
world’s highest waterfall.
Dr.
Straub is board certified in Otolaryngology and Head
and Neck Surgery. He is a fellow of the American College
of Surgeons.
Dr.
Straub is a member of the Los Angeles County Medical
Society, the American Medical Society, the California
Medical Society, The American Society of Cosmetic Surgery,
the International, the American, the World, the European
and the Italian Societies of Hair Restoration Surgery,
also the Flying Physicians Association and Angel’s
Flight.
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