Dr. Ricardo Mejia is one of the only M.D.’s that is fellowship trained in hair transplantation, board certified in Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery. He is the current ISHRS President and a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery. He is an experienced dermatologic surgeon whose primary goal is to produce world class hair restoration with proven consistent hair growth and hair yield. Dr. Mejia is a proven and internationally recognized hair restoration physician. He is one of the only Medical Doctors to be featured in a 30 minute CNN Live Broadcast on hair loss and hair transplantation that was broadcast in the U.S. and Latin America.
Dr. Ricardo’s emphasis is on ultra refined hair transplantation to provide quality results, undetectable hairlines and density in a single one-pass session. He is one of few physicians certified by the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and one of few who has completed an intensive fellowship in hair restoration surgery.
He is published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and has served as faculty instructor at the Live Hair Transplant Surgery Workshops. He attends and speaks regularly at meetings for the International Society for Hair Restoration Surgeons(ISHRS) and is currently the Chair for the Unlicensed Practice of Medicine for the ISHRS, the leading non-profit organization for Hair Transplant Surgeons. He is also the scalp dermatology columnist for the Physician Hair Forum publication.

Education
- Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School
- Internal Medicine Internship, Parkland Hospital - Dallas Texas
- Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Fellow, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
Societies
- President, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
- Diplomate, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery
- Fellow American Academy of Dermatology
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
- American Society for Mohs Surgery
- American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
- Florida Society for Dermatologic Surgery
Dr. Ricardo Mejia's News Posts
Hair Transplantation: Transforming Confidence, One Follicle at a Time – 7 months result
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ISHRS 26th Annual World Congress Recap
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Lichen Planopilaris, Scarring Alopecia and Lupus Surgical Options
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