Graduated in 1988 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. After general surgery training, in 1993, trained in hair restoration surgery in Canada and co-founded the Farjo Hair Institute in Manchester and London exclusively practicing hair restoration surgery. Fellow, Ambassador and Past President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, Past President and co-founder of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery, Diplomate, Examiner and Past Board Director of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, Fellow, Board Governor & Medical Director of the Institute of Trichologists, Fellow of the International College of Surgeons and Board Trustee of the Hair Foundation. Joint recipient of the 2012 International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Platinum Follicle Award for Outstanding achievement in basic scientific or clinically-related research in hair pathophysiology or anatomy as it relates to hair restoration.