Janna Shafer

Janna founded The Maitland Clinic with Dr Edward Ball in 2015. One of the leading technicians in the US hair restoration profession, Janna Shafer is an award-winning Surgical Assistant and served as Clinic Director of The Maitland Clinic between 2015 and 2020.

She began her career as a hair technician in 1996 and quickly worked her way up to surgical manager, working alongside the renowned hair transplant pioneer Dr Ron Shapiro in Minnesota.

Janna has given demonstrations at numerous major conferences around the world and served as Chair of the Surgical Assistant Program of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS). She regularly trains and shares her knowledge with surgical assistants from both sides of the Atlantic, and her technical excellence was recognised when she won the ISHRS 2015 Distinguished Assistant Award for outstanding accomplishment in the field of hair restoration surgery.