Dr Richard C. Shiell's Curriculum Vitae

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BIOGRAPHY

Dr Shiell was born in 1938 and was a 1964 graduate of the Melbourne University School of Medicine. He became interested in the newly developed surgical technique of Hair Transplantation and performed the first Australian operation in September 1967.

The procedure met with immediate public acceptance and in 1969, with patients arriving from all over Australia, he set up practice as a full-time specialist in this technique. Overseas travel in 1970 and 1974 enabled him to make contact and exchange ideas with the small number of other hair restoration specialists in the USA and Britain. From 1976 to 1982 he acted as surgical adviser to Britain’s largest chain of hair transplant clinics (Transform Ltd) while continuing to expand his own Australian Clinics in Melbourne and Sydney.

International hair transplantation conferences commenced in the USA from 1975 onwards and Dr Shiell has been an invited speaker and Faculty member at many of these, as well as others in England, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, Greece, Japan, The Philippines and Malaysia. He is known and respected by his colleagues for his knowledge and wide experience, and he is equally renowned for his willingness to teach and to share his vast experience with other members of his profession. He has been influential in introducing and promoting many new instruments and techniques in the field of Hair Replacement Surgery.

Dr Shiell is co-author of the textbook Hair Transplant Surgery (published in 1984 by Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois) and has contributed chapters to several other books. He has authored many scientific papers and has been a prolific contributor to the specialty journal Hair Transplant Forum since it was founded in 1989. He was the Editor from 1996-98 and Editor Emeritis since 1999.

Dr Shiell was the Foundation President of the Australian Society of Hair Transplant Surgeons in 1984 and a Foundation Member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in 1993. He has never missed a meeting of either organization and serves on the Website Committee and the Scientific and Education Committees of the International Society. In 1997, in Barcelona, he received the International Society’s Golden Follicle Award for Services to the Profession and in 1999, in San Francisco, the Society presented him with its highest honour, the Manfred Lucas Award.

Dr Shiell was the first Australian to gain admission to the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and a Foundation Member of the Australian College of Cosmetic Surgery. He was also a foundation member of the Australian Hair and Wool Research Society and has been a speaker at the International meetings conducted by the Society in Melbourne and Perth. He is currently the President of that organization

Richard has been married to his wife Patricia for 35 years and has four adult children and 6 grandchildren. His main interests outside the field of medicine are tennis and music. He plays flute and horn in a number of ensembles.

BOOKS PUBLISHED

HAIR TRANSPLANT SURGERY ( with NORWOOD O.T.)
Published Charles C.Thomas Springfield, Illinois, USA (1984)

MONTSERRAT TO MELBOURNE -The Story of a Shiell Family in Australia (with Dorothy Anderson.)
Published Pakenham Press 1984

CHAPTERS CONTRIBUTED TO TEXTBOOKS

The Physician-Patient Relationship
In HAIR TRANSPLANTATION (4th Edition)
edited Walter P. Unger. Published Marcel Dekker (2003)

Hair Transplantation in the Transsexual Male
In HAIR TRANSPLANTATION (4th Edition)
edited Walter P. Unger. Published Marcel Dekker (2003)

Artificial Hair Implants
In HAIR TRANSPLANTATION (4th Edition)
edited Walter P. Unger. Published Marcel Dekker (2003)

Modern Hair Restoration Surgery
in CLINICS IN DERMATOLOGY
edited Rodney D. Sinclair, Published Elsevier Science Inc. (2000)

The Surgical Management of Androgenetic Alopecia
in HANDBOOK OF DISEASES OF THE HAIR AND SCALP
by Rodney D. Sinclair Published by Blackwell Science (1999)

Hair Transplantation in the Genetically Male Transsexual
in HAIR REPLACEMENT-Surgical and Medical
edited Dowling B. Stough M.D.
Published Mosby-Year Books, Inc. St. Louis Mo.(1995)

Poor Growth after Hair Transplantation
in HAIR REPLACEMENT-Surgical and Medical
edited Dowling B. Stough M.D.
Published Mosby-Year Books, Inc. St. Louis Mo.(1995)

The Frechet Flap
in HAIR REPLACEMENT-Surgical and Medical
edited Dowling B. Stough M.D.
Published Mosby-Year Books, Inc. St. Louis Mo.(1995)

Alternative Approaches to Graft Transplantation
in HAIR TRANSPLANTATION, edited Walter P. Unger M.D.
Published Marcel Dekker Inc. New York (1995)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICAL JOURNALS

Kossard S, Shiell R.C. Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in a Man Following Hair Transplantation
Archives of Dermatol

Bernstein R.M, Rassman W.R, Rashid.N, Shiell R.C. The Art of Repair in Surgical Hair Restoration- Part II.: The Tactics of Repair.
Derm. Surg.2002; 28:873-893.

Bernstein R.M, Rassman W.R, Rashid.N, Shiell R.C. The Art of Repair in Surgical Hair Restoration, Part I.: Basic Repair Strategies.
Derm. Surg.2002; 28:783-794.

Shiell R.C. Review of Surgical Hair Restoration Techniques
KPJ Medical Digest 1:48(2002)

Shiell R.C. Medico-legal Memories
Internat. J. Cosmet. Surg. & Aesth. Dermatol. 3;2:63 (2001)

Shiell R.C. The Scalp Biopsy- Making it more Efficient
Derm. Surg. 1999;25:914

Shiell R.C. Update on Hair Transplantation Techniques
Exp Dermatol 1999, 8;4:303-304

Shiell R.C. Hair Transplant Megasession Technique: A Review
Am. J. of Cosmetic Surg. 14;2, 119-123 (1997)

Shiell R.C Follicular Transplantation - Commentary on paper by Bernstein R and Rassman W.
Dermatologic Surgery 23: 784 (1997)

Shiell R.C Aesthetics of Follicular Transplantation - Commentary on paper by Bernstein R. and Rassman W.
Dermatologic Surgery, 23: 799 (1997)

Shiell R.C. Maximum Coverage in Hair Transplantation - Commentary on paper by Walter P. Unger Dermatologic Surgery 22:161 (1996)

Shiell R.C Post transplant cysts- letter to the Editor
Dermatol. Surg, 22;9:822 (1996)

Shiell R.C. A Redefinition of Male Pattern Baldness - Letter to the Editor
Dermatol Surg 21:909 (1995)

Shiell R.C. and Knudsen R. Hair Replacement Surgery
Med. J. Aust. 153;436 (1990)

Shiell R.C. and Kossard S. Problems Associated with Synthetic Fiber Implants for Hair Replacement
Med. J. Aust. 152;560 (1990)

Shiell R.C., Norwood O.T., and Morrison I.D. Complications and Problems of Scalp Reductions
Facial Plastic Surgery 2;3 ( Spring 1985)

Shiell R.C. Sharp Trephines The Key to Optimum Punch-Graft Surgery
Facial Plastic Surgery. 2;3 (Spring 1985)

Shiell R.C,. Norwood O.T. and Morrison I.D. Complications of Scalp Reduction Surgery
J. Dermatol. Surg. Oncol. 9;10 (1983)

Shiell R.C. An Improved Method of Suturing the Donor Site in Hair Transplant Surgery
Plast. and Reconstr. Surg. (1982)

Shiell R.C. Hair Facts and Fallacies Part 1. Hair Growth and Common Scalp Conditions.
Aust. Family Physician 1;232 (1972)

Shiell R.C. Hair Facts and Fallacies Part 2. Baldness and it’s Treatment.
Aust. Family Physician 1;291 (1972)

Shiell R.C. Clinical Experience With a New Synthetic Vasoconstrictor.
Med. J. Aust. 1;957 (1971)

Shiell R.C. Hair Transplants in the Treatment of Male Pattern Baldness.
Annals of Gen. Pract. 15;25 (1970)

PLUS OVER 200 CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAGAZINE “HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM INTERNATIONAL”