Hair Restoration Blackrock (HRBR) was proud to be represented at the World Congress for Hair Research (WCHR) 2026, in Seoul, Korea. One of the leading international meetings dedicated to the science and treatment of hair and scalp disorders. The congress brought together specialists, researchers and clinicians from around the world to share the latest developments in hair restoration, dermatology and alopecia research.
Consultant Dermatologist Dr Dmitri Wall played a significant role throughout the congress, contributing as a session chair, invited speaker, presenter and research collaborator across a wide range of scientific presentations and award-recognised studies, highlighting both his expertise and HRBR’s ongoing commitment to advancing patient care through research and international collaboration.
Below is an overview of Dr Wall’s Presence at WCHR: World Congress for Hair Research: 2026 (Korea)
Chair
Large-scale studies and real-world evidence in alopecia
Oral
Presenter:
- (Invited talk): Implementing Systematic Trichoscopy Strategies for Longitudinal Cohorts.
- Global Registry of Alopecia areata disease Severity and treatment Safety-International: Recruitment, Demographics, and Treatment Utilisation in a Multinational Alopecia Areata Registry.
- (Poster Walk Oral presentation/Recognised as an Outstanding Poster) Reconstructive hair transplantation in children: a publicly funded cross-specialty pathway integrating tertiary plastic-surgery assessment and private surgical delivery.
Contributor:
- Development and initial validation of a composite scoring system for alopecia areata: An Australian initiative. Presenter: Rodney Sinclair.
- High-Dose Baricitinib for Alopecia Areata: Real-World Effectiveness and Safety. Presenter: Daniella Kushnir-Grinbaum.
- (Poster Walk Oral presentation/Recognised as an Outstanding Poster) A Comparative Review of Irish and Australian Expert Consensus on Criteria for initiating and continuing reimbursed Janus Kinase Inhibitor Therapy in Alopecia Areata Patients
Poster
- Systemic Therapy Utilisation in Paediatric and GRASS Adolescent Alopecia Areata: Insights from the GRASS International Registry
- A retrospective cohort study of characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of Australian patients with alopecia areata initiating conventional systemic immunosuppressants using global registry data (GRASP-AU-CSI)
- Reconstructive hair transplantation in children: a publicly funded cross-specialty pathway integrating tertiary plastic-surgery assessment and private surgical delivery.
- High-Dose Baricitinib for Alopecia Areata: Real-World Effectiveness and Safety.
- A Comparative Review of Irish and Australian Expert Consensus on Criteria for initiating and continuing reimbursed Janus Kinase Inhibitor Therapy in Alopecia Areata Patients.
- Systemic Treatment of Moderate to Severe Alopecia Areata in Adults: Updated Australian Expert Consensus Statement
- Precision through collaboration: An International MDT Model for Complex Hair Disorders
About the Author
Dr Dmitri Wall
Medical Director, Consultant Dermatologist and Hair Transplant Surgeon
MB BCh BAO RCP
Dr Dmitri Wall is Medical Director at Hair Restoration Blackrock, a consultant Dermatologist, Hair Transplant Surgeon (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery member) and hair researcher. He has received internationally recognised subspecialist training in hair and scalp disorders, is an active publisher of research papers in international journals, and an Associate Professor in the University College Dublin, School of Medicine.
