Dr. Matt Leavitt

Founder and Medical Director

Diplomate, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery

The winner of the 2002 Golden Follicle Award, Dr. Matt Leavitt has had a storied rise to international prominence in hair restoration as founder and medical director of Medical Hair Restoration. While attending medical school at Michigan State University, Dr. Leavitt studied hair transplantation with several leading hair transplant surgeons and assisted on procedures during his dermatologic training.

Soon after opening his private dermatology practice in Orlando, Florida, he decided to continue his work with hair transplantation because many of his patients were coming to him for help with their hair loss problems. He found it hard to recommend hair transplantation because of the poor quality work he had seen from other surgeons at that time. Developing something better for his patients became his goal.

The result is Medical Hair Restoration- one of the largest transplant practices in the world. The wonderful results MHR achieves with their medical and artistic techniques brings people from over 40 countries around the world. Their list of patients include many celebrities like pro football players, touring golf professionals, television personalities, congressmen, royalty, and even other hair transplant surgeons.

Dr. Leavitt's focus on quality is why MHR procedures are setting the standard for excellence in hair transplantation. But just as importantly, his requirement that all patients be fully and honestly informed of results and costs of the procedure means that not only do patients get great looking hair, they are treated fairly. Dr. Leavitt is also a Medical Hair Restoration patient that has achieved remarkable hair transplant results.

Dr. Matt L. Leavitt graduated from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency in Dermatology at Ohio University/ Grandview Medical Center. An acknowledged authority on hair transplantation, he has developed and taught new techniques for hair replacement that accentuate a natural appearance. Surgeons from the United States and abroad have traveled to Orlando to study with Dr. Leavitt.

Since its inception in 1995, Dr. Leavitt has been program chairman for the annual internationally-attended Live Surgery Workshop. This event each year brings together the top surgeons in the world for training and sharing of the latest in hair transplant techniques. He has authored chapters in textbooks, written magazine articles, edited the American Academy of Aesthetic and Restorative Surgery Journal featuring hair restoration and frequently appears on national television and radio programs. In 1997 he performed the first live television hair transplant on a national network (America's Health Network).

Dr. Leavitt is Board Certified in Dermatology and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and past President of the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology. His professional membership includes: the American Hair Loss Council , the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery , the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, the American Academy for Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Academy of Dermatology , the American Academy of Aesthetic and Restorative Surgery, the American Osteopathic Association, the American Medical Association.

Board Certification

Diplomate, American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology

Education

Dermatology Residency, Ohio University / Grandview Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Affiliations

Past Vice President, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery
Past President, American Osteopathic College of Dermatology
Advisory Board, International College of Cosmetic Surgery
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
American Academy of Dermatology
American Academy for Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Hair Loss Council
American Medical Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Society of Dermatologic Surgery

Skin and Aging Magazine, Hair Loss Treatments - A Word of Caution, Mar. 2003;Orlando Sentinel, MHR Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Oct. 7, 2002
National Hair Journal, MHR Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Oct. 2002; Podiatry Today, The Wand also used in Hair Transplantation, June, 2002
Cosmetic Surgery Times, Small Incisions make a Big Difference in Hair Restoration, Sept. 2001

Television & Radio

News Channel 13 (Orlando), Dandruff, Sept. 23, 2002
WSVN FOX CH 7 (Miami), Hair Transplantation Into Scarred Areas, Aug. 21, 2002
News Channel 13 (Orlando), Hair Loss Awareness Month, Aug. 18, 2002
WSVN FOX CH 7 (Miami), Female Hair Loss, Mar. 27, 2002
WSVN FOX CH 7 (Miami), ThymuSkin On Hair Loss, October 1, 2001
WPLG ABC CH 10 (Miami), Present And Future Of Hair Loss, May 13, 2001
KNTV NBC CH 11 (San Jose), Hair Club, May 2, 2001
KNRY/KIEV (San Francisco), talk radio, Hair Club, May 2, 2001
News Channel 13 (Orlando), Hair Transplant, Female Hair Loss, Eyebrow Transplant and Ethnic Hair Loss, Mar. 13, 15, 18 & 20, 2001
CBS The Early Show, Hair Loss, Mar. 2, 2000
WKMG CBS CH 6 (Orlando), Female Hair Loss, Mar. 2, 2000
WOFL FOX CH 35 (Orlando), Female Hair Loss, Mar. 2, 2000
America's Health Network, First Live Television Hair Transplant Surgery, 1997