Invited Speakers

Dermatologist focused on trichology and hair transplantation
Director of the Trichology Unit at IMR
Physician at Príncipe de Asturias Hospital
Professor in the International Master's Degree in Trichology and Hair Transplantation (Alcalá University)
Speaker at national and international conferences
Author of numerous publications in the field of trichology
Active in networks and media for patient information

Dr Tosti is Fredric Brandt Endowed Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami. She trained in Dermatology in Bologna, Italy, which is the oldest university in the world ,and was full Professor of Dermatology in Bologna before moving to Miami in 2010.

Dr Tosti is internationally recognized as an expert on hair and nail disorders . She started a clinic dedicated to hair disorders at the University of Bologna in 1982, the very first hair clinic in the world— as there were very few people interested in hair at that time. She was president and founding member of the European Hair Research Society and is now Past President of the American Hair Research Society. She is founding member and past President and Secretary General of the International Society of Trichoscopy. She was president of the European Nail Society and Council of Nail Disorders. She is board member of the International Society of Dermatology. She is regularly invited worldwide as a speaker and she has been directing sessions and symposia at the AAD, EADV and World Congress of Dermatology .She organized several meetings on diagnosis and treatment of hair and nail disorders in Italy including a very successful annual Course on hair, nail and cosmetics in Capri . She is founder member of the International Academy of Trichoscopy an educational organization.
She is author of more than 600 peer reviewed papers (h index 74 on Scopus) and editor/co-editor of 30 books including 10 published book on diagnosis and treatment of hair disorders .She is editor in chief of Skin Appendage Disorders.
Dr Tosti trained hundreds of dermatologists from all around the world and is proud to say that many of them are today recognized as experts in hair and nail disorders.

Bessam has been exclusively dedicated to practicing hair restoration surgery and medicine since 1993.

He is a Fellow and Past President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), Past President and co-founder of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery, Diplomate and Past Board Director of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, Fellow and Past Board Governor of the Institute of Trichologists, and Director and Co-Founder of the International Trichology Congress.

Since 2000, he has been involved with hair research collaborations with Universities of Manchester, Birmingham, London, Bradford and Durham as well as Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, Intercytex plc and HairClone Ltd (co-founder).

He is widely published in peer reviewed journals and has contributed numerous textbook chapters in the hair restoration and research field. In 2012, he jointly received one of the highest awards in hair restoration surgery, the ISHRS Platinum Follicle, for his work in hair loss and hair biology research.

Prof. BM Piraccini is Full Professor in Dermatology.
She trained in Dermatology in Bologna, Italy, where she got her Residency and PhD in Dermatology, with special focus on hair and nail disorders.
Prof Piraccini has developed an active role in teaching and research over the past 30 years. She has trained several Italian and international dermatologists in the science of hair and nail diseases, contributing to the development of a network of experts that carry on scientific studies together. She is a regular speaker at national and international conferences, and regularly organizes masterclasses, courses and congresses in Italy. She has been directing courses, sessions and symposia at the AAD, EADV and World Congress of Dermatology .
She was president of the European Hair Research Society and of the European nail Society. She is board member of the Council of Nail Disorders and member of the EADV Task Force for Hair Disorders. She serves on the Editorial Board of Skin Appendage Disorders and JAAD Reviwew.
Prof. Piraccini is author of more than 560 peer reviewed papers (Scopus h index 60) and editor/co-editor of 10 books on diagnosis and treatment of hair disorders.

Associate Professor of Dermatology at Universidade Federal Fluminense; MD, MsC, PhD .
Board Certificate Dermatologist, Professor of the Postgraduate Dermatology Course and of the Residency Training Program in Dermatology, at Fluminense Federal University, Brazil. Thesis advisor at the Department of Dermatopathology. Founder of the Alopecia Clinic at Antonio Pedro Federal Hospital.

Isabella Doche, MD, PhD
Board-certified dermatologist
PhD and Post-PhD at the University of São Paulo (Brasil)
Research professor at the University of São Paulo (Brasil)
Former Board of Directors from the AHRS (American Hair Research Society)
Author of the book “Fundamentals of hair and scalp dermoscopy”

Board-Certified Dermatologist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD)
Coordinator of the Trichology Unit at "Hospital Regional da Asa Norte" (HRAN), Brasília, Brazil
Master’s Degree from the "Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro" (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PhD Candidate at the "Universidade de Brasília" (UnB), Brasília, Brazil

Matilde Iorizzo, MD PhD Dermato-Venereologist – Specialist in Hair and Nail Disorders
Dr. Matilde Iorizzo is a dermatologist with over 20 years of experience, specializing in hair and nail diseases. After earning her MD, Residency, and PhD at the University of Bologna (Italy) under the mentorship of Prof. Antonella Tosti, she moved to Switzerland, where she currently practices as an FMH dermato-venereologist in private practice in Lugano and Bellinzona. She also collaborates with the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano, where she serves as a Tutor and Lecturer.
Alongside her clinical work, Dr. Iorizzo is actively involved in research. She has authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters and co-authored two books on nail diseases. Dr. Iorizzo serves on the Editorial Board of Skin Appendage Disorders and as Hair & Nail Section Editor for JEADV Clinical Practice and for Dermatology Practical & Conceptual Journal.
She also holds leadership roles in several professional organizations, including being the Vice President of the European Nail Society, Board Member of the Council for Nail Disorders, Coordinator of the Swiss Trichology Study Group and co-Chair of the EADV Task Force for Hair Disorders.

Dr.Nilofer Farjo MB ChB, FISHRS

Farjo Hair Institute: Director and Hair transplant surgeon
Manchester and London, UK

Nilofer Farjo graduated in 1988 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. After training in hair transplant surgery in Toronto Canada in 1992, she co-founded clinics in the UK exclusively practising hair restoration surgery. Further education includes becoming a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery in 2003 with updated exam passed in 2023.

Nilofer has taken an active role in teaching and research over the past 31 years. She is a regular speaker at local and international conferences, co-chairs live surgery workshops in her clinic, and chaired the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) annual congress in Chicago in 2015.

Her roles in specialist associations include founding member and past president of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery; Fellow, Board member and Past President of the ISHRS, committee member (current chair of the Scientific Research and Grants Committee) and past editor of the Hair Transplant Forum International journal; past Treasurer of the European Hair Research Society (2013-2018); Member of the British Hair and Nail Society. In 2024 she has been invited to give the keynote lecture for the Indian Association of Hair Surgery for which she will receive the Golden Peacock Award.

Her publications include book chapters in leading hair transplant, plastic surgery, and dermatology textbooks. This includes section editor for the 6th Edition of Hair Transplantation by Unger and Shapiro, published 2022. Through collaborations on hair biology research with six UK Universities and several private companies she has many peer reviewed publications. In 2012 she won the Platinum Award for hair research from the ISHRS.