William R. Rassman, MD

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William R. Rassman received his Doctorate of Medicine from the Medical College of Virginia in 1966. He completed a surgical internship at the University of Minnesota, and obtained a cardiovascular fellowship with Dr. C.W. Lillehei. Dr. Rassman completed his surgery training at Cornell Medical School and Dartmouth Medical Centers. He served as a Major in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War. Dr. Rassman is Board Certified in Surgery.

Dr. Rassman is a world leader in hair health, hair transplantation and hair restoration. He is a professional inventor with multiple U.S. and worldwide patents. He has pioneered and published almost every modern technique in the hair restoration field, including the Fast Track® method, Follicular Unit Transplantation (today’s standard of care), follicular unit extraction (minimally invasive surgery for hair restoration), and numerous pioneering instruments for the field. He has been featured on numerous national television programs, such as ABC's Extreme Makeover, MTV's The Urban Myth Show, the Discovery Channel, and Comedy Central's The Man Show. He currently serves as the medical director at the New Hair Institute, in Los Angeles, California.