Dr Ofir Artzi

DR OFIR ARTZI

Dr. Ofir Artzi  is an internationally renowned expert in the field of lasers and aesthetic dermatology. After  graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, he went on to specialize in Dermatology at Tel Hashomer Medical Center in Israel. Dr. Artzi gained unique expertise among the leading laser centers in the US and Europe, focusing on scar prevention and remodeling.  Today, Dr. Artzi heads the Center for Aesthetic Dermatology at the department of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Medical center. The Center for Aesthetic Dermatology is at the forefront of treatment, teaching and research in aesthetic dermatology. Dr. Artzi is a member of many national and international dermatological and cosmetic professional associations, participates in many professional forums and has been honored as a guest speaker at numerous national and international aesthetic and dermatologic conferences

Title:  Head of the Center for Aesthetic Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Dr Ashish Bhatia

An accomplished board certified dermatologist & dermatologic surgeon, Dr. Bhatia is an internationally recognised expert in dermatology, dermatologic surgery and cosmetic surgery.  His expertise includes facial and body aesthetic surgery, skin cancer therapy, Mohs & reconstructive surgery, laser surgery, and skin resurfacing procedures.  Dr. Bhatia has contributed to the advancement of techniques in facial reconstruction, scar revision, tissue regeneration, fat reduction, and the use of purified neurotoxins and fillers.

He has published extensively in journals and textbooks, and is a sought after teacher, speaker, and instructor both nationally and internationally. Through his clinical research, publications, public service initiatives, and the use of innovative technologies for instruction, Dr. Bhatia has made a broad range of intellectual and practical contributions to the fields of dermatology and dermatologic surgery.

Dr. Bhatia received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honors society and earned awards for both achievement and service. He completed his residency in Dermatology at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals where he served as Chief Resident. Subsequently, he completed an intensive fellowship in Mohs Surgery, Cutaneous Oncology, Reconstruction, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery at SkinCare Physicians in Boston, MA under the direction of the leaders in the field from Boston University, Harvard University, and Yale University School of Medicine.

Dr. Bhatia is an Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. He serves as co-founder and co-director of dermatologic, laser & cosmetic surgery at Oak Dermatology in Chicago, IL.  Dr. Bhatia’s memberships include the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, the American College of Mohs Surgery, and the American Medical Association.

Dr Mark Bishara

DR MARK BISHARA

Dr. Bishara completed a five-year residency in general surgery at Morristown Memorial hospital, which is affiliated with the prestigious Mount Sinai Medical School in Manhattan, New York. During this time, he founded the American Plastic and Reconstructive Research Association – an industrial think-tank for novel concepts and respective clinical applications in plastic surgery. He then completed a fellowship appointment in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at the world-renowned Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, in Boston, Massachusetts.

After completion of his fellowship, Dr. Bishara completed additional training in hair transplantation with Dr. Mark Distefano in Worcester, Massachusetts. He has performed hair restoration procedures with Dr. Distefano in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Manhattan. In 2012, Dr Bishara was awarded “Most Robotic Hair Transplant Cases – Worldwide”.

Dr. Mark Bishara is a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons (ISHRS), the Tarrant & Dallas County Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association. He has held licenses to practice surgery in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas and Florida.

Dr Carl Kuo-Liang Cheng

Dr. Carl Cheng is a board certified dermatologist in Taiwan and founded Haute Beaute Skin & Vein Clinic in 2006 and The Bundles Skin Clinic in 2014 in Taipei. He was interested in laser, RF and ultrasound technology, various injectables such as toxin, fillers, PLC and PLLA and even cosmetic surgery including liposuction, fat transfer and endovenous laser procedure in varicose vein. He also gave lectures in international congresses such as ASLMS, AMWC, DASIL, IMCAS, World Congress of Dermatology and had trained many physicians in energy based devices and injectables in APAC. He was also a speaker, medical and marketing consultant for many companies such as Cynosure, Syneron-Candela, Merz, Lumenis, Solta, Viora, Energist, Allergan, Galderma , etc.

Professional Appointment :

• Founder, Director, Haute Beaute Skin & Vein Clinic
• Founder, Director, The Bundles Skin Clinic
• Attending, Department of Dermatology, Taipei Medical University Hospital

Board of Certification :

• Taiwanese Board of Dermatology

Membership of Scientific Society:

• Member, Taiwanese Dermatological Association
• Fellow member, American Academy of Dermatologic Surgery ASDS
• Fellow member, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery ASLMS
• Member, American Society for Phlebology ACP

Dr Matteo Tretti Clementoni

Matteo Tretti Clementoni, 50 yrs old, is a board-certified Plastic Surgeon. Graduating summa cum laude at the University of Bologna in 1993 he went on to medical school at the University of Pavia where he concluded his residency program in 1999. He is member of the SICPRE (Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva ed Estetica), ASLMS (American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery – Fellow), ESLAS (European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery), ESLD (European Society for Laser Dermatolgy), SIDCO (Società Italiana di Dermatologia Chirurgica
ed Oncologica), AICPE (Associazione Italiana Chirurgia Plastica Estetica) and he is honorary member of the SASDS (South African Society of Dermatologic Surgery), founding member of DASIL (Dermatologic and Aesthetic Surgery International League) and COSMEDICA. He is also member of the 中國激光協會 (Chinese Laser Association) and the ABL (Academia Brasileira de Laser e Fotomedicina). He took part at 4 surgical voluntary missions in Asia and Africa (becoming chief of the mission in the last one in 1999) treating mostly pediatric malformations and severe burn scars. He started, as private practice, his laser activity in 1996 and now he is author of many papers and he attended, as speaker, at many national and international meetings. Laser professor for the International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2006 Master’s Course he was also professor during the International Society for Dermatologic Surgery 2007 Master’s Course. Professor of the Italian Laser Surgery School in 2005 and 2006 he is Laser professor at the Master in Aesthetic Dermatology since 2009 and Laser Professor of the Aesthetic Laser Surgery School since 2008. He is also Member of the National Advisory Board of Hi-Tech Dermo, reviewer of the JEADV, of the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and of the Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy.

Dr Izolda Heydenrych

Izolda is Director and co-founder of the Cape Town Cosmetic Dermatology Centre and currently in full-time private practice. Before specializing in Dermatology, she obtained her Hons.B.Sc in Nuclear Medicine (University Stellenbosch) and Diploma in Anaesthetics (SA College of Medicine).

She is President of the South African Society for Dermatological Surgery (SASDS), serves on the Executive of the Dermatological Society of South Africa and is a founding/EXCO member of the African Womens’ Dermatological Society. She has been elected to FLAME (Female Leaders in Aesthetic Medicine) and as International Expert for MD Codes Training by the International AMI.

Due to her passion for teaching, she holds an Honorary Consultant’s position in Aesthetics at the University of Stellenbosch where she pioneered formal aesthetic training for Dermatologists. At national level she has also instituted formal registrar training (RATS) for South African Universities, the Short Courses in Cosmetic Dermatology and the Dermatology Aesthetic Review Meetings (DARM). Under her SASDS leadership Certifications in Topicals and Cosmeceuticals, Lasers and Sclerotherapy have also been formalized .

Izolda  is actively involved the organization of educational events for the dermatology fraternity and aesthetics in general and  was Course director for the Injectables for Africa Congress in 2017.  She also heads HeyEd education for aesthetic dermatology  training.

She has a keen interest in Complication Prevention in the field of Injectables and international Publications during the past 2 years include:

• Practical Strategies for Safe Aesthetic Practice (British Library)
• The role of Patient Selection Criteria in the prevention of filler complications (Clin Cosmetic and Investigative Dermatology 2015; 8: 1-10)

Her 15 Point Plan for Staying Safe with Fillers is being incorporated in the AMI Portal .

She presents the South African Dermatology Module for the American Academy of Aesthetics and  lectures extensively at both  local and international level.

Izolda is a local country mentor for the South African AMI and an international KOL for Allergan.

She has been awarded the SASDS Lifetime Award for exceptional service to Procedural Dermatology .

Dr Krishan Mohan Kapoor

Dr Krishan Mohan Kapoor is a Plastic surgeon who has done his masters in surgery from Patiala, India and MCh in Plastic Surgery from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India which is one of the most prestigious institutes in India. He is also Indian National Board certified plastic surgeon and was awarded additional qualification of DNB, Diplomate of National Board, in plastic surgery. He has been working as Consultant and then as Senior Consultant, Plastic Surgery at JCI accredited Fortis Hospital, Mohali, India which is being ranked amongst top three plastic surgery centres in India by The Times of India newspaper. He is also director of Anticlock Medispa, a leading aesthetic clinic in India.

Dr Kapoor is a visiting clinical fellow at Anglia Ruskin University, UK and is actively involved in teaching and examination of postgraduate students. Dr Kapoor is also a faculty member of Allergan Medical Institute and has been a part of various clinical anatomy workshops. He has been involved as teaching faculty in various training workshops on Botulinum toxin and fillers in various countries like China, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa etc. Dr Kapoor has shared his experience in various national and international conferences as speaker, commentator and chairperson.

Dr Michelle Leech

PROFESSOR MICHELLE LEECH

Head of Medical Course Monash University

Deputy Dean Faculty Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences,

Deputy Director Rheumatology Monash Health

Professor Michelle Leech is Head of the Medical Course Monash University and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Professor Leech is a Consultant Physician at Monash Health, where she is Deputy Director of Rheumatology. She is the outgoing chair of the Clinical Examination Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians National Exam Panel of the College of Physicians. Michelle was the Medical Director of Arthritis Australia in 2014 and continues as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee and on the Grants assesssment committee of Arthritis Australia. She joined the NHMRC Assigners Academy in 2015. She is the Executive Treasurer of Medical Deans Australia New Zealand, Deputy Chair of the Board of the Post-Graduate Medical Council of Victoria and Chair of the Medication Safety and Therapeutics Committee at Monash Health.

She received her MBBS (Hons) from Monash University, and after residency training in Internal Medicine at Prince Henry’s Hospital, Melbourne, completed her advanced physician training  at Monash Health. She undertook a PhD at the Monash University Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, which examined the role of the cytokine MIF in the neuroendocrine regulation of inflammation. Her research interests include cytokine biology, glucocorticoid action and cell cycle proteins in the context of rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis.She has served on the national scientific advisory boards of Janssen-Cilag, Abbvie, UCB, Cortical, MSD and Arthritis Australia.

Michelle has held many teaching roles in Medicine at Monash Health including Director of Physician Training as well as teaching roles at Monash University, prior to taking up her current role as Deputy Dean and Head of the medical course at Monash. She has received a number of teaching awards including the Australian Medical Students Association National Teaching award in 2014. She was the recipient of Health Workforce Australia funding to develop Health Science Interprofessional Learning

Dr Tatjana Pavicic

Dr Tatjana Pavicic is a board certified dermatologist specializing in cosmetic surgery and aesthetic treatments with her own private practice in Munich.

She is an internationally respected speaker and trainer on advanced cosmetic dermatology and surgery. Dr. Pavicic is member of various national and international dermatologic and cosmetic societies. She is General Secretary of the International Peeling Society, past president of the Dermocosmetic group in the Society of Dermopharmacy, Board member of International Society of Dermatologic Surgery, Board member of IMCAS Academy and a Global Faculty member of the Merz Institute of Advanced Aesthetics.

Dr Pavicic sets her specific focus on a holistic individual approach combining  botulinum toxin, fillers and energy-based devices like lasers and micro-focused ultrasound.

After studying medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich she started her dermatologic career at the “Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie der LMU” in 2004 receiving her board certification in 2008. From 2007 till 2014 she was Head of the department for aesthetic and laser dermatology.

Dr. Pavicic has extensively published in international journals both in the dermatological and the aesthetic fields since 2001. One of her main areas of research are filler complications and combination treatments. She has been involved in multiple studies with different molecules and compounds (botulinum toxin, dermal filler, native hyaluronic acid, dermocosmetics, lasers, peels, etc.). Additionally, Dr Pavicic followed a training in medical management and marketing at Shangai and WHU in Vallendar.

Dr Peter Peng

Dr. Peter Peng is a board certificated dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon in Taiwan. He has been invited to various countries such as USA, Brazil, Columbia, Canada, UK(London), France(Paris, Cannes), Spain, Denmark, Monarco, Russia, South Africa (Johannesburg), Australia(Sydney), UAE( Dubai), Japan( Tokyo & Kyoto& Yokohama), Korea(Seoul), Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia( Kuala Lumpur, Penang), Thailand, Philipine, Vietnam, Indonesia and China( Beijing ,Shanyhai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Sanya, Nanjing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Dalian, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Ningbo etc-more than 20 cities )to share his expertise in fillers and laser cosmetics with doctors around the world.

Dr. Peng specializes in fillers treatments, neurotoxin treatments, and various lasers and light treatments using numerous devices such as fraxel, smartxide, C6, Revlite, thermage CPT, Vbeam, Cynergy laser, smoothbeam, Lumenis one, Cooltouch, Gentlase, GentleYAG , Ruby, Accolade(QS Alex laser) ,Sciton, Clear& Brilliant, Scarlet RF , Liposonix, Coolsculpting, eMatrix ,Ulthera ,M22, Picosure, Picoway, acupulse, ultrapulse etc. Dr. Peng has also been invited to either lecture or speak in more than 100 events about his experiences in injectables or using these devices listed above or combination therapy.

Dr Ava Shamban

Dr. Ava T. Shamban

Dr. Ava Shamban–a renowned board-certified dermatologist licensed to practice medicine in California, New York and Hawaii–graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University before receiving her medical degree from Case Western Reserve Medical School.  In addition to serving as Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the UCLA-Geffen School of Medicine, she is recognized as the “Extreme Makeover” dermatologist and the resident expert on the Emmy winning daytime talk show, “The Doctors.”  Dr. Shamban is also author of, Heal Your Skin: The Breakthrough Plan for Renewal (Wiley).  As a key opinion leader in the field, Dr. Shamban has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally on topics ranging from medical and cosmetic to laser dermatology.  She is a pioneer in developing the multimodal treatment approach to acne, acne scars, pigmentary problems and rosacea; has served as principal investigator on many clinical trials for both pharmaceuticals and devices that led to FDA approval; and has published extensively in prestigious medical journals.  Dr. Ava is a passionate advocate for natural good looks through scientifically proven treatments and healthy lifestyle changes that restore and heal skin and spirit, at the same time empowering men and women of all ages to live more confident, healthy and happy lives.