Marco Barusco, MD, FISHRS

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Marco Barusco, MD, FISHRS

Founding Partner and Chief Medical Officer

SUMMARY OF ACCOLADES
• Founder & Medical Director – Tempus Hair Restoration, P.A.
• Assistant Professor of Surgery – University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Adjunct Faculty – American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery’s General Cosmetic and
Facial Cosmetic Fellowship Programs
• Diplomate – American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
• Diplomate – Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
• Fellow – International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
• Fellow – American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS)
• Past President (2017) – American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
• Past President (2012-2014) – American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ASHRS)
• Past Vice-President (2016) – American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
• Past Secretary (2015) – American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
• Past Treasurer (2014) – American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
• Member of the Board of Directors – Cosmetic Surgery Foundation (CSF)
• Member of the Board of Directors – American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery
(ABHRS)
• Chief Editor (hair restoration section) – American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery
(AACS)
• Chair – Education and CME Committee – American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
(AACS)
• Past-Chair – Written Examination Committee – American Board of Hair Restoration
Surgery (ABHRS)
• Columnist – Hair Transplant Forum International (official publication of the ISHRS) –
Column entitled “Complications and Difficult Cases”
• Member of the Live Workshop Committee – International Society of Hair
Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
• Member of the CME Committee – ISHRS
• Teaching Faculty: Expert 2 Expert Europe
• Expert Medical Consultant – REUTERS Insight
• Former Clinical Instructor & Co-Director – Hair Restoration Fellowship – Medical Hair
Restoration

EDUCATION
• Medical Doctorate
Faculdade Ciencias Medicas Santos
Rua Osvaldo Cruz, 179
Santos, Sao Paulo
February 1989 – November 1994
• General Surgery Residency
Hospital Ana Costa
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Rua Pedro Americo, 50
Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
January 1995 – January 1997
• Hair Restoration Fellowship
Medical Hair Restoration
120 International Parkway, suite 240
Heathrow, FL 32746
March 1998 – March 1999
• Family Medicine Internship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1023 Medical Center Pkwy Ste 200
Selma, AL. 36701
July 2001 – June 2002
• Family Medicine Residency
Medical Center East
2152 Old Springville Rd.
Birmingham, AL. 35215
July 2002 – June 2004

AWARDS / RESEARCH GRANTS
• 2011 – Research Grant from The Musculoskeletal Foundation
Principal Investigator
“A Pilot, Single-Blind, Prospective, Side-by-Side Comparative Clinical Study
(BellaDerm® versus Control) to Evaluate the Effects of the Acellular Dermal
Allograft BellaDerm® in the Wound Healing and Scarring of the Donor Site of a
Hair Transplant Procedure”.
• 2007 – Research Grant from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Co-Investigator
“Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Alopecia Efficacy Measure
and Modification of the Woman’s Androgenetic Alopecia Quality of Life
Questionnaire”
• 2006 – Research Grant from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Co-Investigator
“A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, 2-Stage, Placebo- and
Active-Comparator Controlled, Pilot Efficacy and Safety Trial of UK-157,147
Solution Applied Topically to Scalp of Male Subjects with Androgenetic
Alopecia”
• 2005 – Research Grant from Lexington International, LLC
Principal Investigator
“A Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of
the Hair Max Lasercomb for the Treatment of Androgenetic Alopecia in
Females”.
• 1999 – Research Grant – International Society of Hair
Restoration Surgery
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Principal Investigator
“The Role of Neural Growth Factor (NGF) in the Control of Hair Cycle and Hair
Growth after a Hair Transplant Procedure”.
• 1999 – Research Grant from Merck Pharmaceutical
Co-investigator
“A One-year, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study to Determine
the effect of Finasteride 1.0mg Before, During and Post Transplantation in Men
with Androgenetic Alopecia Undergoing Hair Transplantation”.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
• Health Care Center for the Homeless
Orlando, FL
Volunteer
July 1997 – October 1997
• Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital
Orlando, FL
Volunteer Research Assistant
November 1997 – February 1998
• Operation Restore of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
Volunteer Surgeon offering pro-bono surgeries
2004 – Present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS)
• Cosmetic Surgery Foundation (CSF)
• American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ASHRS)
• American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
• International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
• Sao Paulo Regional Medical Council (CREMESP)
• Brazilian Federal Medical Council (CFM)
• World Hair Society (WHS)

LANGUAGES
• English (fluent)
• Portuguese (fluent)
• Spanish (fluent)

LICENSES
• United States – Florida
• Brazil – Sao Paulo