Fredric Sheldon Brandt was an American physician, researcher, lecturer, author, and radio host specializing in cosmetic dermatology.
Education
Among the first to use botulinum toxin ("botox") and fillers, Brandt was noted for his role in the Food and Drug Administration approval of numerous fillers and botulinum toxins for cosmetic use in the United States. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1971.
Career
Brandt, who hosted a radio show called Ask Doctor Brandt on SiriusXM radio and whose celebrity patients included Madonna, was called the "Baron of Botox" by West magazine and "King of Collagen" for using more botox and collagen than any other dermatologist in the world. Brandt then obtained his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College and completed an internal medicine residency at New York University, followed by a dermatology residency at the University of Miami. He set up a practice in Miami in 1982, and subsequently opened up a practice in New York City in 1998.
Brandt"s Dermatology was located in his dermatology office in Miami, Florida.
Along with his associates, Brandt performed clinical research on Food and Drug Administration-approved protocols for new fillers, forms of botulinum toxins, lasers, and cosmetic ingredients. Brandt hanged himself on April 5, 2015 in his home in Coconut Grove, Florida, aged 65.
According to the police report, Hupert was concerned that the doctor, who was under psychiatric care for depression, was suicidal. His publicist reported that he had been suffering from depression.