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Dr. Blane Schilling, MD

Resident Medical Reviewer · Family Medicine Physician and Integrative Wellness Specialist

Dr. Blane Schilling, MD is a family medicine physician and integrative wellness specialist with 30 years of clinical experience. He reviews medically sensitive articles for medical accuracy, safety context, contraindications, evidence quality, and practical reader risk across supplements, procedures, treatments, and wellness topics.

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Dr. William Rassman, MD

Dr. William Rassman, MD

NHI Medical

Marina del Ray, CA, US

50+ years experience

About

Dr. William R. Rassman is a distinguished hair transplant surgeon with a career spanning over five decades. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of Virginia in 1966 and completed his residency in general surgery at Cornell Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical Center. A pioneer in the field, Dr. Rassman introduced Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) to the hair transplant community in 2002 and has developed numerous innovative techniques and instruments.

Credentials

Medical School

Medical College of Virginia

Residency

General surgery residency at Cornell Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical Center

Specializations

FUEFUTEyebrowsScalp reductionScar revisionHair Restoration Surgery

Professional Affiliations

  • ✓ISHRS
  • ✓American Board of Surgery

Published Research

  • 📄Phenotype of Normal Hairline Maturation
  • 📄Automation for FUE Graft Handling
  • 📄Letter to the Editors: Re: Black Market vs good doctors using RNs and Physician Assistants (PAs) to do their surgery
  • 📄Tattoo Pigment Delivery with a Laser-Based Microjet Injector
  • 📄Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP), a Cosmetic Treatment for Hair Restoration in Asians
  • 📄Combining Follicular Unit Extraction and Scalp Micropigmentation for the Cosmetic Treatment of Alopecias
  • 📄Controversies: What is a hair transplant megasession?
  • 📄Letter to the Editors: Re: Using goat skin for training

+ 9 more publications

Notable Achievements

  • ⭐Pioneer of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)
  • ⭐Developed the Fast Track® method for hair transplantation
  • ⭐Invented the Densitometer™
  • ⭐Awarded the Silver Star
Dr. Blane Schilling, MD
Meet our medical reviewerDr. Blane Schilling, MDResident Medical Reviewer · Family Medicine Physician and Integrative Wellness Specialist