Why Dr. Kabaker is recommended.
Dr. Sheldon Kabaker is renown among hair restoration physicians for his superb surgical skill, which he developed and refined over the past thirty years. He has also shared his techniques and advancements widely with his colleagues in writing, teaching courses, and by lecturing widely.
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Dr. Kabaker performs microscopic follicular unit grating with excellent results. However, he is also world renown for performing dramatically effective scalp surgeries such as flaps and tissue expansion. However, these techniques are used only for a small minority of patients who are ideally suited for these procedures.
Dr. Kabaker is also a
master of the female hairline lowering procedure, which can dramatically lower
a woman's hairline in one surgical session. To learn more about this procedure,
for which Dr. Kabaker is world renowned, view the female
hair loss section of this site.
For those who are the appropriate candidates, his clinic offers male face lifts with simultaneous hair transplant sessions. Therefore, sagging cheeks and neck along with the balding scalp can be treated efficiently.
Dr. Kabaker holds a position of Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also a founding member of the Board of Governors of the ISHRS and served as President of the ISHRS from 1998-1999.
Education
Dr. Kabaker received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1964. He underwent his internship at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and subsequently saw active duty in Vietnam. He continued his surgical training at the University Hospital in Cleveland, the Hines VA Hospital in Illinois, and the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center.
After this period of extensive postgraduate training, he completed a fellowship in facial plastic surgery, studying under Dr. Richard Webster of Boston, MA, a renowned facial plastic surgeon.
Certification
Dr. Kabaker has met rigorous requirements to become Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is one of only a handful of physicians in the United States to hold these multiple credentials.
Professional Appointments
Dr. Kabaker has served on the boards of directors of the American Hair Loss Council, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) (president, Oct. '98-Oct. '99), the Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, and the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS).
Dr. Kabaker is the winner of the 2003 ISHRS Manfred Lucas Lifetime Achievement Award. This highly coveted award represents many contributions to the advancement of physician and staff education and is awarded to a single physician at the end of the ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery) scientific meeting each year. Congratulations to Dr. Kabaker for receiving this honor.
