John
P. Cole, MD
John
P. Cole, MD practices in Atlanta, Georgia, Chevy Chase,
Maryland, Cleveland, Ohio, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dr. Cole attended Mercer University on an academic scholarship
from the United States Army and graduated summa cum
laude with a degree in biology and chemistry in 1981.
He continued on to the Medical College of Georgia, where
he received his medical degree in 1985. 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. He has maintained a private practice
in hair restoration since that time. He is a member
of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery,
the American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, and
the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
Dr.
Cole was among the first thirty physicians to become
a Diplomat of the American Board of Hair Restoration
Surgery. He serves on the Board of Directors and examination
committee for the American Board of Hair Restoration
Surgery. In the interest of sharing his knowledge to
improve the field of hair transplantation, Dr. Cole
has written and presented many papers, both to hair
transplantation societies and at educational seminars.
Dr.
Cole maintains a keen interest in development of instruments
to refine hair transplantation procedures, creative
research in follicular anatomy, and has developed mathematical
formulas to accurately measure human performance in
hair restoration surgery. In 1999 Dr. Cole was awarded
a research grant from the International Society of Hair
Restoration Surgery for his work on regional variation
in hair diameter and hair density. He presented the
current findings from this research at the 2000 meeting
of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.
In December 2000, Dr. Cole orchestrated the Beginner’s
Program at the International Society of Hair Restoration’s
annual medical conference in Hawaii whereby he trained
over 75 physicians in the processes and techniques of
hair transplantation. Dr. Cole is an invited speaker
to the first Korean Workshop on Hair Restoration, the
2001 European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in
Barcelona, and the 2001 Italian Society of Hair Restoration
Surgery meeting in Sicily. Dr. Cole will function as
Co-chair at the Aegean meeting of hair restoration surgery
in Athens, Greece in 2002. At the 2000 International
Society of Hair Restoration Surgery meeting Dr. Cole
and Dr. Devroye were awarded First Place by the International
Society of Hair Restoration for his poster presentation
entitled, "Computer Applications in Hair Transplantation."
Dr. Cole was awarded the Archimedes Award in 2001 and
the Michelangelo Award in 2002 by the Italian Society
of Hair Transplant Surgery. He was named to the Research
Committee of the International Society of Hair Restoration
Surgery in 1999. Dr. Cole functioned as director of
the Beginners Program at the International Society Meeting
of Hair Restoration Surgery meeting in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico. He is in charge of the audio-visual committee
of the ISHRS meeting in Puerto, Vallarta. His most recent
scientific project is developing improved optics to
the dissection and harvesting of white hairs using physics
and lasers. Dr. Cole is chairman of the International
Society of Hair Restoration Surgery meeting in Chicago,
Illinois.
Dr.
Cole has invented numerous instruments to improve the
speed and efficiency of hair restoration surgery. These
include instruments to harvest the donor region, instruments
to prepare the recipient sites, and most recently a
translucent slivering board to assist in the preparation
of thin strips of donor tissue over 1 cm in length and
1 mm wide. This slivering board is transparent and allows
for both top and bottom fiberoptic lighting. The combination
of both improves visualization of the grafts and decreases
trauma to the individual hairs. The production of thin
slivers speeds the production of grafts, approaching
a rate of 450 per hour, with minimal risk of damage
to the hairs.
Teaching:
ISHRS Beginners course 98, 99, 2000, 2001. Italy 1997
beginners course. European 2001 Beginners course. Korean
Live surgery workshop 2001. Numerous physicians have
visited Dr. Cole for advanced training in hair transplant
surgery. Dr. Cole's office is always open to those wishing
to advance the field of hair transplant surgery. Dr.
Cole Served on the faculty of the WHRS 1999 and 2002.
Articles:
Dr. Cole has published several articles in the Hair
Transplant Forum on nomenclature, the use of trigonometry
to accurately calculate the donor harvest, how to estimate
the recipient area, how to estimate the size and number
of follicular units, how to maximize donor yield, how
to measure the distance between the grafts based on
the density and the pattern of distribution, how to
predict coverage, and predicted yield.. ;He co-authored
the chapter on Donor Harvesting for Dr. Walter Unger’s
new text entitled Hair Transplantation. Dr. Cole was
interviewed by Cosmetic Surgery Times on Donor Harvesting
in 1998, which resulted in a featured article.
Presentations:
Maximizing Donor yield, donor harvesting, mathematics
of follicular transplantation, microscope vs loops comparison,
etiology of hair loss, mustache transplantation, the
metamorphic changes to surgically excised hairs, biological
switches, geometry of scalp reduction surgery, and the
physics of light. Dr. Cole has held numerous seminars
across the United States on the cause and treatment
of androgenic alopecia to the lay public.
Dr.
Cole’s other interests include computers, electronics,
flying, snowboarding, water skiing, snow skiing, baseball,
wake boarding, golf, dressage, and raising his children.
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