Bernstein Medical Center for Hair Restoration

Christine M. Shaver is a dermatologist and Mohs micrographic surgeon who performs follicular unit transplant (FUT) and follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplants, using the ARTAS Robotic System for FUE procedures and taking an interest in emerging hair loss therapies in development. She studied biology at M.I.T. and medicine at New York Medical College, completed an internal medicine internship at Yale University and a dermatology residency at Drexel–Hahnemann hospital in Philadelphia, where she served as Chief Resident, and finished a surgical fellowship in Los Angeles under Dr. William Rassman; she heads the Manhattan office, where she and Dr. Bernstein perform hair transplants daily.

Dr. Deirdre M. Connolly is a highly accomplished dermatologist with double board certifications in dermatology and Mohs micrographic surgery. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and was the valedictorian of her class at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, earning distinctions from prestigious honor societies. Dr. Connolly completed her dermatology residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where she served as chief resident, and further honed her skills with a fellowship in Mohs micrographic surgery and cutaneous oncology at Cooper University Hospital. Her professional experience includes extensive research and publications in dermatologic surgery, cosmetics, and general dermatology, as well as authoring a manual for the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. Dr. Connolly is recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2024 and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Her expertise lies in dermatologic surgery and skin cancer treatment.

Robert M. Bernstein, MD is a dermatologist practicing in New York who devotes his practice to hair transplantation. He trained in hair restoration surgery during his dermatology residency, performed hair transplantation and scalp reductions early in private practice, then left those procedures before returning to the field after observing large sessions of small grafts. In 1995 he published the concept of follicular transplantation, proposing that grafts consist only of naturally occurring follicular units and that transplant planning reflect each patient's own hair groupings.