Meeting Dates
In-Person Meeting: October 23-25, 2025
Pre-Courses take place Wednesday/October 22, 2025
Live Surgery Workshop: Sunday/October 26, 2025
On-Demand Meeting: : November 18, 2025 – February 18, 2026
In-Person Meeting Location:
Intercontinental Berlin
Budapester Str. 2
10787 Berlin
Germany
This year’s in-person World Congress will include:
- Pre-Congress Courses on Wednesday (optional, ticket required)
- A Live Surgery Workshop on Sunday/October 26 (separate ticket required)
- General Sessions from Thursday through Saturday
- 3-day Surgical Assistants Program from Thursday through Saturday
- CSI Poster Presentations
- Master Classes on topics of special interest
- Live Patient Viewing
- ISHRS and ABHRS Morbidity & Mortality Conference
- Women in Hair Restoration Surgery lunch
- Round table discussions
- Exhibits
- Welcome Reception
- Gala Dinner, Awards, and Dance
Those who are unable to join us in Berlin will have the option to purchase access to the recorded meeting to view the recorded sessions on demand for three months following the live meeting.
Target Audience
Who will benefit from attending?
• Experienced hair restoration surgeons
• Physicians with an interest in hair restoration surgery who are new to the field
• Surgical assistants, technicians, and other office personnel employed by ISHRS Physician Members
CME
The meeting is not sanctioned for CME PRA Category 1 Credits. However, the meeting will comply as much as possible with the policies and best practices of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. All individuals in a position to control the content of the activity, including speakers and authors, moderators, and planning committee members, will properly disclosure relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests pertinent to their talk or the subject of the meeting.
A certificate of attendance suitable for framing will be provided to all delegates.
Official Language
The official language of the meeting is English. Simultaneous interpretation will not be provided. Those who need language assistance are encouraged to consider technology like that offered by Timekettle to assist with translation of the meeting.
Meeting Attire
The attire for the in-person educational sessions is business.
This attire for the gala is to be inspired by a fusion of cirque, the Roaring Twenties, and Babylon Berlin. Or as has been a tradition of the ISHRS, you may wear a costume reflective of your native country for the Gala.
WiFi
Complimentary wifi is offered in guest rooms and the ISHRS meeting space.
Persons with Disabilities
The ISHRS fully complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of support services, please notify the ISHRS headquarters office at 1-630-262-5399 or info@ishrs.org as soon as possible, and preferably before September 19, 2025.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
In-person Meeting Registration:
All registration fees, less a $100.00 administration fee, will be refunded upon written notice of cancellation to the ISHRS office received on or before September 18, 2025.
There will be no refund of fees for cancellation or for lack of attendance without notification. It is your responsibility to ensure that your cancellation request has been received by the ISHRS headquarters office. All refund requests must be in writing. “No shows” who have not pre-paid will be invoiced for the total registration fee.
On-Demand Meeting Registration:
All on-demand meeting registration fees, less a $100.00 administration fee, will be refunded upon written notice of cancellation to the ISHRS office received on or before October 7, 2025. No refunds will be given after this date.
2025 World Congress Program Committee
Chair | Samuel M. Lam, MD, FISHRS | USA
Master Class Chair | Steven P. Gabel, MD, FISHRS | USA
Long Format Video Co-Chair | Jae-Hyun Park, MD, PhD, FISHRS | South Korea
Long Format Video Co-Chair | Sharon A. Keene, MD, FISHRS | USA
Short Format Video Co-Chair | David S. Josephitis, DO, FISHRS | USA
Short Format Video Co-Chair | Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS | Guatemala
Short Format Video Co-Chair | Emina Vance, MD | USA
CSI Chair | Vance Elliott, MD, FISHRS | Canada
CSI Co-Chair | Luis A. Nader, MD, FISHRS | Mexico
Live Surgery Workshop Chair & Fun Chair | Nina Otberg, MD | Germany
Live Surgery Workshop Co-Chair | Andreas Finner, MD, FISHRS | Germany
Live Patient Viewing Co-Chair | Malgorzata Kolenda, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Poland
Live Patient Viewing Co-Chair | Karin Leonhardt, MD | Germany
ABHRS Board Review Course Chair | Hanieh Erdmann, MD | Germany / UAE
ABHRS Board Review Course Co-Chair | Mayank Singh, MBBS, MS, MCh | India
Basics Course Chair | Francisco Le Voci, MD | Brazil
Basics Course Co-Chair | Guillermo Guerrero, MD | Mexico
M&M Chair | Daniel J. Lee, MD | USA
M&M Co-Chair | Georgios Zontos, MD, MSc, PhD, FISHRS | Greece
Newcomers Chair | Nicole E. Rogers, MD, FISHRS | USA
Surgical Assistants Chair | Tina M. Lardner | USA
Coffee with the Experts Chair | Marco N. Barusco, MD, FISHRS | USA
Immediate Past Chair | Henrique N. Radwanski, MD | Brazil
Committee Member | Randa Erfan, MD, PhD | Egypt
Committee Member | Aditya Gupta, MD, PhD, FISHRS | Canada
Committee Member | David Perez-Meza, MD, FISHRS | Mexico/Spain
Committee Member | Jose Rogerio Regis, Jr., MD | Brazil
Committee Member | Asim Shahmalak, MBBS, FISHRS | United Kingdom
Committee Member | Geza Sikos, MD, FISHRS | Hungary
Meeting Staff
Executive Director & CME Director | Victoria Ceh, MPA
Programs Director | Melanie Stancampiano
Meeting & Exhibits Manager | Jule Uddfolk, CMP
Membership Manager & Registrar | Katie Masini
Project Manager | Rita Kaufman, CAE
Project Manager | Marissa LaDue
Project Manager | Elizabeth Plancon
Project Manager | Lori Skurka
Project Manager | Kelly Van Zandt
Meeting Planner | Rachel Ross
Integrated Communications Manager | Blanca Stella Mejia
Marketing & Website Support | Josh Ceh
Registrar, Database & Technical Support | Jeffrey Miller
Registration | Alyssa Antun
Registration | Ethan Jonke
Registrar, Bookkeeper | Sue Reed
Finance | Melinda Urbas, CPA, Desmond & Ahern, Ltd.
Finance | Daniel Pepoon, Merill Lynch
Managing Editor and Advertising Sales, Forum | Cheryl Duckler
Webmaster | Lee Hodson
PR Consultant | Karen Sideris
Graphic Designer | Maureen Schambach
Survey Researcher | Ron Hazen
Meeting Secretariat
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
1932 S. Halsted St.
Suite 413
Chicago, IL 60608 USA
Tel: +1-630-262-5399
Fax: +1-630-262-1520
E-mail: info@ishrs.org
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