Dr. Mark DiStefano

Dr Mark DiStefano is co-founder and medical director of MediTresse + Northeast Hair Restoration, and the clinic describes him as a member of its surgical team 1. Northeast Hair Restoration is the practice's surgical brand for men; Medi Tresse is its non-surgical brand for women 2. The clinic says he graduated from Georgetown University Medical School and began as an emergency medicine physician in Massachusetts in 1979 1. It says he started performing hair transplants in 1994 and has performed more than 8,000 procedures 1. His ISHRS listing gives a higher figure of over 10,000 3. The practice lists offices in Wellesley and Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as New York City and Scarsdale, New York 4. The site does not say which offices he works at or where surgery takes place 4.

His clinic bio lists FUE, FUT, female hair restoration, eyebrow, beard and body hair transplants and scar revision 1. The practice offers No Shave FUE, which it says it has performed since 2022 5. For FUE, the FAQ says the surgeon removes the grafts with a motorised punch and makes the recipient slits, and technicians insert the grafts 6. For FUT, it says the surgeon removes the strip and technicians dissect it 6. The FAQ says a hairline template is drawn and approved by the patient before surgery 6. The FAQ expects 80% to 90% of transplanted hair to regrow, while the men's homepage says about 92-95% 64.

No prices are published, and the FAQ says procedures vary greatly in price 6. It says the quoted price includes shampoos, medications and follow-up visits 6. Financing is offered through Advance Care 7.

The practice offers a free consultation 4. Patients can speak with Dr Brand or Dr DiStefano in person or virtually 6. No procedure is done on the day of the consultation 8. The practice says it will replace any graft that did not grow at no charge if the patient is unsatisfied after in-person follow-up visits at 12 and 15 months 4.

He appears in the ABHRS diplomate register as Mark DiStefano, MD 9. He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, a member since 1995 per his listing 3. His ISHRS listing names Dr Thomas Brand as chief surgeon and Dr DiStefano as "chief surgeon emeritus" 3. The clinic site names Dr Brand chief of surgery 10. It says Dr Brand was trained by Dr DiStefano 10. His ISHRS listing gives American Board of Emergency Medicine certification from 1987 to 2007 3.