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www.VegasCosmeticSurgery.com
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic Dermatology
– A Multi-Specialty Symposium
This Symposium is now celebrating its 11th anniversary in Las Vegas under the leadership and coordination of its founder, S. Randolph Waldman, MD.
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery was initiated to foster a spirit of cooperation and understanding between the four “core” specialties that are primarily involved in
the science, practice and teaching of aesthetic surgery and medicine. This Symposium is proud to host the leading educators and teachers in the fields of
facial plastic surgery, plastic surgery, dermatology and oculoplastic surgery.
We are extremely proud that Vegas Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic Dermatology was not only the first truly multi-specialty forum in the aesthetic field, but
by listening to our faculty and attendees, VCS is now the largest event of its kind in North America.
Thank You!
Dear Community of Aesthetic Surgery & Cosmetic Medicine,
Dear Community of Aesthetic Surgery & Cosmetic Medicine,
We are really excited to showcase the 11th annual Vegas Cosmetic Surgery Symposium which
takes place once again at the Bellagio. This year we have been fortunate to attract what I
believe to be the leading multi-specialty faculty ever assembled at one event. We will once
again feature four major meeting tracks. A Surgical Track, a Non-Invasive Track, a Masters
Seminar track, and of course our world class Practice Management and Marketing Track.
Join us in June of 2015 for five stimulating days of learning, camaraderie, and international
all-core professional interaction. With a format large enough to offer dawn-to-dusk learning
opportunities, yet small enough for personal faculty visits, VCS provides a unique experience.
As many as four simultaneous sessions will challenge and stimulate attendees to select from
a medical and surgical smorgasbord of classes, panels, lectures, seminars, and multimedia
presentations. A world-class international faculty, an exhibit hall filled with the industry’s
latest products, social gatherings where connections form and friendships ignite, and luxury
accommodations combine to make this a memorable experience. As president-elect of the
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, it gives me great satisfaction to announce
that ISAPS is endorsing the 2015 Vegas Cosmetic meeting including the all new Breast & Body
Symposium. We will be bringing some of the best plastic surgeons in the world to Las Vegas in
2015. Don’t miss out on this great learning opportunity!
The comment we most often hear from those who attend our conference is that they wish they
could be in all four sessions at the same time. The second most frequent comment is “I wish
I had brought key members of my staff with me” so they could attend the Practice Session .
This year promises to raise the bar for all other meeting directors around the world!
Some of the panels this year will also be memorable and timely. These include a timely panel
on Managing Your Online Reputation. Other important panels will discuss “why we are seeing
more and more filler complications” and also an important focus group on the legal issues we
are challenged by in our practices on a daily basis that will include our 6 Attorney Legal All
Star Panel . Other important panels will discuss the science and even the hype associated
with non-invasive body contouring and skin tightening.
We are also really excited this year to have two sessions that will address the controversies in
aesthetic medicine and surgery. Donn Chatham is a world class moderator and will make this
both a fun and informative session. And, of course, we will continue to have the largest exhibit
hall of any independent aesthetic conference in North America with over 130 companies
represented.
Finally the Practice Management and Marketing Sessions this year will feature over 40 of
the nation’s leading marketing and management professionals. There will be special panels
and workshops on Social Media, Skin Care, Facebook, Website Critiques, and Modern Office
Dilemmas and Pearls.
And all of the above will be worth 44 CME credits making this the only conference most of you
need to attend in 2015. So I hope you will take the time to read through this program and
then take a look at the testimonials from our previous attendees at www.vegascosmeticsurgery.
com and I believe you will see why we believe that VCS has become one of the leading
aesthetic conferences in the world.
S. Randolph Waldman
Founder, Meeting Director and Organizer
Sincerely,
Renato Saltz, MD | Co-Chair
Plastic Surgeon
2015 VCS Advisory Board
Dear Community of Aesthetic Surgery & Cosmetic Medicine,
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend the 11th Multi-Specialty Meeting in Las Vegas
this June. Vegas Cosmetic Surgery is the only All-Core meeting in the United States to cover
Surgical and Non-Surgical techniques for Face, Breast, and Body, as well as incorporating a
special emphasis on Practice Management. We invite you to bring your Patient Coordinators,
Nurse Injectors, and Aestheticians to learn brand new techniques and opportunities to better
treat and serve your patients. You will not get it anywhere else – See you in Vegas in 2015!
Sincerely,
Donn Chatham, MD | Co-Chair
Facial Plastic Surgeon
2015 VCS Advisory Board
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (CME): Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for
approximately 44* AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
Clinical Sessions: 15-minute clinical presentations focus on industry trends and hot topics across all core
specialties / Live Demonstrations.
Master Seminars: Taking a deeper look into the art of aesthetics, 45-minute Masters Seminars explore
techniques and investigate theories.
Practice Management Sessions: Presents all the tools you need to help build and improve your aesthetic
practice. No other educational event can compare.
ISAPS - Breast & Body Track: Comprehensive update for BC/BE plastic surgeons featuring our international
All-Star faculty.
Media Sponsors
2015 Faculty
Meeting Chairman:
S. Randolph Waldman, MD
Co-Chairs
Renato Saltz, MD
Donn Chatham, MD
Advisory Committee:
William Beeson, MD
Vivian Bucay, MD
Steven Dayan, MD
Tracy Drumm
William Mack, MD
Guy Massry, MD
Steven Pearlman, MD
Jason Pozner, MD
Heidi Waldorf, MD
Facial P lastic Surgeons
P lastic Surgeons
Dermatologists
Eric Auclair, MD, Paris, France
Mehmet Baymacricli, MD, Istanbul, Turkey
Greg Buford, MD, Denver, CO
Jay Calvert, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Gianluca Campiglio, MD, Milan, Italy
Carlos Casagrande, MD, Florianopolis, Brazil
Nazim Cerkes, MD, Istanbul, Turkey
Steven Cohen, MD, San Diego, CA
Bruce Connell, MD, Santa Ana, CA
Claudio DeLorenzi, MD, Toronto, Canada
Barry DiBernardo, MD, Montclair, NJ
Diane Duncan, MD, Fort Collins, CO
Dino Elyannasia, MD, San Francisco, CA
Raul Gonzalez, MD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ruth Graf, MD, Curitiba, Brazil
Sanjay Grover, MD, Newport Beach, CA
Marcos Harel, MD, Tel Aviv, Israel
Jennifer Harrington, MD, Minneapolis, MN
Haideh Hirmand, MD, New York, NY
Mark Jewell, MD, Eugene, OR
Christopher Khorsandi, MD, Las Vegas, NV
Vakis Kontoes, MD, PhD, Athens, Greece
Val Lambros, MD, Newport Beach, CA
Jose Eduardo Lintz, MD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Frank Lista, MD, Toronto, Canada
Barbara Machado, MD, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Constantino Mendieta, MD, Miami, FL
Rony Moscona, MD, Tel Aviv, Israel
Foad Nahai, MD, Atlanta, GA
Gerald O‘Daniel, MD, Louisville, KY
Luis Perin, MD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jason Pozner, MD, Boca Raton, FL
Vito Quatela, MD, Rochester, NY
Ricardo Ribeiro, MD, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Osvaldo Saldanha, MD, Santos, Brazil
Renato Saltz, MD, Salt Lake City, UT
Adam Schaffner, MD, New York, NY
Kai-Uwe Schlaudraff, MD, Geneva, Switzerland
Ozan Sozer, MD, El Paso, TX
Grant Stevens, MD, Marina del Ray, CA
Michael Sundine, MD, Newport Beach, CA
Susumu Takayanagi, MD, Osaka, Japan
Lina Triana, MD, Cali, Colombia
Tunc Tiryaki, MD, Istanbul, Turkey
Carlos Uebel, MD, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Yehuda Ullmann, MD, Haifa, Israel
William Vasileff, MD, Birmingham, MI
Richard Warren, MD, Vancouver, Canada
Jan Wieslander, MD, Skane, Sweden
Glynis Ablon, MD, Manhattan Beach, CA
Vivian Bucay, MD, San Antonio, TX
Jody Comstock, MD, Tucson, AZ
Jason Emer, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Sabrina Fabi, MD, San Diego, CA
Marguerite Germain, MD, Charleston, SC
Dore Gilbert, MD, Newport Beach, CA
H. L. Greenberg, MD, Las Vegas, NV
William Hanke, MD, Indianapolis, IN
Brooke Jackson, MD, Chapel Hill, NC
Bruce Katz, MD, New York, NY
Andrew Kaufman, MD, Thousand Oaks, CA
Rebecca Kazin, MD, Lutherville, MD
Lorrie Klein, MD, Laguna Niguel, CA
Matthew Knight, MD, Orlando, FL
Matt Leavitt, DO, Maitland, FL
Suzann Obagi, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
Adam Rotunda, MD, Newport Beach
Mark Rubin, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Nancy Samolitis, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Deborah Sarnoff, MD, Greenvale, NY
Todd Schlesinger, MD, Charleston, SC
Joel Schlessinger, MD, Omaha, NE
Candace Spann, MD, Las Vegas, NV
Amy Taub, MD, Lincolnshire, IL
Patrick Treacy, MD, Dublin, Ireland
Heidi Waldorf, MD, New York, NY
Practice Management
and Marketing
Jan Balczun, MD, Recklinghausen, Germany
Rami Batniji, MD, Newport Beach, CA
William Beeson, MD, Indianapolis, IN
Andrew Campbell, MD, Milwaukee, WI
Donn Chatham, MD, Louisville, KY
Richard Anderson, MD, Salt Lake City, UT
Ross Clevens, MD, Melbourne, FL
Marc Cohen, MD, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Roxana Cobo, MD, Cali, Colombia
Raymond Douglas, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Steven Dayan, MD, Chicago, IL
Vikram Durairaj, MD, Denver, CO
Suzanne Doud Galli, MD, Washington, DC
John Fezza, MD, Venice, FL
Jeffrey Epstein, MD, Miami, FL
Jill Foster, MD, Columbus, OH
Oren Friedman, MD, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Goldberg, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Andres Gantous, MD, Toronto, Canada
Morris Hartstein, MD, Tel Aviv, Israel
Richard Gentille, MD, Akron, OH
Andrew Harrison, MD, Edina, MN
Anthony J. Geroulis, MD, Chicago, IL
John Holds, MD, St. Louis, MO
Neil Gordon, MD, New York, NY
Catherine Hwang, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Ryan Greene, MD, Miami, FL
Wendy Lee, MD, Miami, FL
Lisa Grunebaum, MD, Miami, FL
William Mack, MD, Tampa, FL
Grant Hamilton, MD, Rochester, MN
John Martin, MD, Coral Gables, FL
Jill Hessler, MD, Palo Alto, CA
Guy Massry, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Andrew Jacono, MD, New York, NY
Daniel Rootman, MD, Los Angeles, CA
John Joseph, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Robert Schwarcz, MD, New York, NY
Harold Kaplan, MD, Torrance, CA
Adam Scheiner, MD, Tampa, FL
Robert Kellman, MD, Syracuse, NY
Nancy Swartz, MD, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Edmond Khoury, MD, Denver, CO
Mehryar Taban, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Samuel Lam, MD, Plano, TX
Julie Woodward, MD, Durham, NC
Corey Maas, MD, San Francisco, CA
Allan Wulc, MD, Philadelphia, PA
E. Gaylon McCollough, MD, Gulf Shores, AL
Steve Yoelin, MD, Newport Beach, CA
Philip Miller, MD, New York, NY
Timothy Miller, MD, Aliso Viejo, CA
Harry Mittelman, MD, Palo Alto, CA
Jose Juan Montes-Bracchini, MD, Mexico City
Paul Nassif, MD, Beverly Hills, CA
Laxmeesh Mike Nayak, MD, St. Louis, MO
Jose Patrocinio, MD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Louie Patseavouras, MD, Greensboro, NC
Steven Pearlman, MD, New York, NY
Stephen Perkins, MD, Indianapolis, IN
Michael Persky, MD, Los Angeles, CA
P hysician and Nursing CME
Harrison Putman, MD, Peoria, IL
Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for approximately 44* AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians
Herve Raspaldo, MD, Cannes, France
should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Medical Education Resources
Robert Simons, MD, Miami, FL
is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on
Sarmela Sunder, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Accreditation. This CE activity provides approximately 44* contact hours of continuing nursing education. Medical Education
Jonathan Sykes, MD, Sacramento, CA
Resources is a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12299.
S. Randolph Waldman, MD, Lexington, KY *Number of credits subject to change.
Edwin Williams, MD, Albany, NY
Oculoplastic Surgeons
Allyson Avila, JD
Beatriz Bailey
Melissa Kelz Ben-Yoseph
David Berrera
Kim Blackwell
Michael Byrd, JD
Cathy Christensen
Candace Crowe
Andrea Dieter
Megan Driscoll
Tracy Drumm
Bryan Durocher
Bryan Edelstein
Richard Escoffery, JD
David Evans
Kathy Gaughran
Michele Garber
Susan Gay
Lou Haggerty
Timour Haider
Ron Hartley
Jon Hoffenberg
Wendy Lewis
Catherine Maley
MK Maloney, RN
Yvette Manard
Denise Mann
Shawn Miele
Ryan Miller
Jonathan Montoya
Ori Moscona
Chris Mulgrew
Debra Phairas
David Phillips
Page Piland
Manon Pilon
Monique Ramsey
Sandy Roos
Terri Ross
Michael Sacopulos, JD
Tim Sayed, MD
Tom Seery
Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD
Jay Shorr
Susan Sullivan
Spencer Teller
Alex Thiersch, JD
Jamie Verkamp
Lisa Marie Wark
Greg Washington
Kathi Watkins
Cheryl Whitman
Terri Wojak
Peter Yelkovac, JD
Karen Zupko
MEETING PREVIEW
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DERMATOLOGY
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Wendy Lewis previews the 10th Vegas Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetics
Dermatology Symposium, held in Las Vegas from 18–22 June 2014
V
EGAS
COSMETIC
Surgery and Aesthetic
Dermatology
is
celebrating
a
big
milestone. 2014 marks
its 10th anniversary in
Las Vegas under the leadership and
coordination of its founder, Kentucky
facial plastic surgeon S. Randolph
Waldman, MD.
According to Dr Waldman, 'We are
extremely proud to host the leading
educators and teachers in the fields of
facial plastic surgery, plastic surgery,
dermatology, and oculoplastic surgery.
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic
Dermatology was not only the first truly
multispecialty forum in the aesthetic field,
but by listening to our faculty and
attendees, it has grown to be the largest
event of its kind in North America.'
The goal of Vegas Cosmetic Surgery
(VCS) was to foster a spirit of cooperation
and understanding among the medical
specialties that are primarily involved in
the science, practice, and teaching of
aesthetic surgery and medicine. 'We try to
have at least 25 members of each specialty
represented so it is a true multi-specialty
meeting. We go out of our way to make sure
any interspecialty conflicts are left out of
this meeting. It’s not about politics; it’s about
education. We believe we are inviting the
best people in their respective fields to join
our faculty, and we try to find the leaders
on each subject within their fields as well,'
said Dr Waldman.
According to Kentucky facial plastic
surgeon Donn Chatham, 'VCS is an
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equal-opportunity symposium; regardless
of specialty, we all have much to share and
much to learn. And there is really no
political agenda but to listen and improve
one's game.'
'VCS 2014 is an opportunity to network
and learn alongside your peers as well as
mingle with many of the leading experts in
the industry,' said plastic surgeon Renato
Saltz, MD, FACS. 'This multi-specialty
conference provides plastic surgeons,
facial plastic surgeons, dermatologists,
oculoplastic surgeons, physician extenders,
and practice managers with a great
educational experience. It is also the only
meeting where one can bring the entire
office staff and everyone will take new
information home!'
Under Dr Waldman’s experienced
tutelage, the VCS team devotes their
concerted efforts all year round to keep the
programme relevant to their registrants. 'I’m
always looking towards what I want to hear,
who would I be interested in listening to,
and what are the trends and hot topics,'
said Dr Waldman. 'The courses and
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workshops are where registrants really
learn pearls they can take away and use in
clinical practice.'
Executive Director Delphine Hepp has
her work cut out for her. She and her team
of three go to task on the next year’s event
as soon as the annual meeting concludes.
It’s a full time job and then some. Along
with Executive Assistant, Sheridan Likoy,
and Meeting Coordinators, Laura Beth
Harris and Matthew Waldman, the VCS
staff has a full plate. 'We believe that Vegas
Cosmetic
Surgery
and
Aesthetic
Dermatology brings together the best of the
best in the cosmetics and aesthetics world,
and it has been very exciting to see it grow
over the years,' said Hepp.
And their hard work has certainly paid
off, with a loyal following of faculty and
attendees. 'The Vegas Meeting has such
great appeal because it brings together
thought leaders in the core subspecialties
so that ideas are exchanged and
developments within each subspecialty
are shared. Dr Waldman and the steering
committee develop the programme by
inviting speakers who are innovators, so
the meeting is different each year and the
attendee can acquire new ideas and
techniques that can help the practitioner
better serve their patients. It has become a
must attend for top physicians across the
country,' said New York facial plastic
surgeon Andrew Jacono.
2014 multispecialty
programme
With such a diverse 5-day programme,
there is a wealth of topics to choose from.
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New
There is a roster of 15-minute clinical
products
presentations that focus on industry
from skin
trends and hot topics across all core
care to
specialties, including blepharoplasty,
injectables
and devices
rhinoplasty, facelifting, dermal fillers,
are featured
neurotoxins, fat grafting, skin resurfacing,
in the
and topical agents. If you want to take a
exhibition
deeper dive into the art of aesthetics, you
hall so
can check out the 45 minute Masters attendees are
able to gain
Seminars that explore innovative
an overview
techniques. Expert roundtables that
of what is
feature leaders in their field also showcase
new and
the latest tools and technologies available.
exciting
The meeting’s rhinoplasty programme is
a labour of love for New York facial plastic
surgeon Steven Pearlman. 'Bringing an
illustrious faculty of leaders together in one
location every year seems like a
monumental task, but the Vegas Cosmetic
Surgery meeting is considered one of the
top meetings in the field internationally.
care range? The VCS practice management
This year we are exploring some innovative
track features a roster of specialists who
techniques and complex cases to stimulate
will be speaking on a wide range of critical
an open debate and evidence-based
issues in online marketing, social media,
discussion.'
staff training, managing difficult patients,
Brian Biesman, an oculoplastic
SEO, SEM, coding, medical
surgeon from Nashville, TN, said,
liability,
public
relations,
This is a meeting reputation management, and
'The faculty is world-class, the
with a high yield of much more.
meeting is long enough so that
there is sufficient time to cover knowledge acquisition
The
marketing
and
topics in detail. There are some
management
workshops
and opportunity.
very frank and open discussions
present the tools you need to
about complications, alternative
Andrew Jacono, help your aesthetic practice
approaches to certain clinical
MD, FACS thrive and grow. 'We were the
problems are discussed, and the fact that it
first people who put the
is a multispecialty forum ensures that some
emphasis on the idea of practice
of the same issues will be examined from
management and marketing. Because of
multiple viewpoints. It is so helpful to hear
that, we have recognised the importance of
how surgical and non-surgical options are
the office staff in aesthetic practices. We
integrated into an overall approach to facial
encourage physicians to participate in
aesthetics, and I always come away feeling
meetings with their staff because they are
as if I have learned more than I taught.'
as important, if not more so, than the
New York dermatologist Heidi Waldorf
physicians. We were the first meeting to put
agrees. 'The strength of VCS is twofold: a
the practice marketing track on the same
strong multidisciplinary faculty and the
level with the clinical sessions,' said Dr
array of topics presented. Each core
Waldman.
cosmetic specialty has its own unique
According to Jeffrey Spiegel, MD, FACS, a
approach; however, over recent years we've
facial plastic surgeon in Boston, 'I find this
realised that by exchanging ideas and
conference to be very focused on areas of
learning from each other, our fields improve
interest for those who run busy aesthetic
exponentially. The mix of lectures, panels,
practices. The different concurrent
and live demonstrations makes the meeting
programmes (e.g. surgery, non-invasive,
a busy one and very worth attending,' she
practice management) allows for an
said.
intensive learning experience.'
Emphasis on practice
management
Want to learn how to use Facebook?
Confused about the new EHR regulations?
Interested in starting a medispa or skin
Over 100 exhibitors
The aesthetic industry is also an important
component of the decade-long VCS
success story. There are over 100
exhibitors registered this year. New
products from skin care to injectables and
devices are featured in the exhibition hall
so attendees are able to gain an overview
of what is new and exciting.
'The meeting attracts a wealth of key
opinion leaders under one roof that draws
industry to participate year after year,' said
Dr Waldman. 'Along with a packed
programme of workshops and special
events, many sponsors will have receptions
going on to meet and greet your colleagues
and peers from all over the country and the
world.'
Las Vegas
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic
Dermatology will be held on 18–22 June
2014 at The Bellagio in the heart of the Las
Vegas strip. Las Vegas is known as a
playground for adults and world-class
restaurants, shows and concerts, and
designer shops abound. The immensely
popular O from Cirque du Soleil® features
an international cast of acrobats,
synchronised swimmers, divers, and
characters who perform in, on, and above
the water for a truly memorable evening.
Enjoy some unique dining experiences at
Petrossian, Le Cirque, Michael Mina,
Picasso, and Prime Steakhouse, or shop-'tilyou-drop on the strip in between courses.
Further information
Physicians can earn as many as 46+ hours of
CME credit. To register, call Vegas Cosmetic
Surgery at +877-673-3273 or visit
vegascosmeticsurgery.info/
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International Breast & Body Contouring Symposium
Chairs - Lina Triana, MD & Renato Saltz, MD
Endorsed by
Breast Aesthetic Surgery
Thursday
2:00pm - 6:30pm
Session Moderators - Foad Nahai, MD & Renato Saltz, MD
Augmentation Mammaplasty: International Perspetive
Panelists - Kai-Uwe Schlaudraff, MD; Gianluca Campiglio, MD;
Ruth Graf, MD; Susumu Takayanagi, MD
Faculty
The Role of Fat Grafting in Breast Surgery
Panelists - Gianluca Campiglio, MD; Eric Auclair, MD;
Mehmet Baymacricli, MD
Eric Auclair, MD, Paris, France
Mehmet Baymacricli, MD, Istanbul, Turkey
Gianluca Campiglio, MD, Milan, Italy
Carlos Casagrande, MD, Florianopolis, Brazil
Nazim Cerkes, MD, Istanbul, Turkey
Claudio DeLorenzi, MD, Toronto, Canada
Barry DiBernardo, MD, Montclair, NJ
Raul Gonzalez, MD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ruth Graf, MD, Curitiba, Brazil
Marcos Harel, MD, Tel Aviv, Israel
Jennifer Harrington, MD, Minneapolis, MN
Haideh Hirmand, MD, New York, NY
Vakis Kontoes, MD, PhD, Athens, Greece
Jose Eduardo Lintz, MD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Frank Lista, MD, Toronto, Canada
Barbara Machado, MD, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Constantino Mendieta, MD, Miami, FL
Rony Moscona, MD, Tel Aviv, Israel
Foad Nahai, MD, Atlanta, GA
Jason Pozner, MD, Boca Raton, FL
Ricardo Ribeiro, MD, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Osvaldo Saldanha, MD, Santos Brazil
Renato Saltz, MD, Salt Lake City, UT
Adam Schaffner, MD, New York, NY
Kai-Uwe Schlaudraff, MD, Geneva, Switzerland
Ozan Sozer, MD, El Paso, TX
Susumu Takayanagi, MD, Osaka, Japan
Lina Triana, MD, Cali, Colombia
Tunc Tiryaki, MD, Istanbul, Turkey
Carlos Uebel, MD, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Yehuda Ullmann, MD, Haifa, Israel
Jan Wieslander, MD, Skane, Sweden
Modern Mastopexy & Reduction Techniques
Panelists - Gianluca Campiglio, MD; Ruth Graf, MD;
Frank Lista, MD; Barbara Machado, MD
Keynote Presentation
Foad Nahai, MD
Body Contouring Procedures
Friday
2:00Pm - 6:30pm
Session Moderators - Lina Triana, MD & Ozan Sozer, MD
Modern & Safe Abdominoplasty
Panelists - Gianluca Campiglio, MD; Carlos Uebel, MD;
Osvaldo Saldanha, MD; Ricardo Ribeiro, MD
The Massive Weight Loss Patient
Panelists - Ozan Sozer, MD; Tunk Tiryaki, MD
Non-Surgical Fat Reduction Devices
Panelists - Jason Pozner, MD; Barry DiBernardo, MD; Jennifer Harrington,
MD; Adam Schaffner, MD; Tunk Tiryaki, MD;
Sabrina Fabi, MD
New Techniques and Controversies in Breast &
Body Contouring Surgery
Saturday
7:30am - 12:30pm
Session Moderators - Lina Triana, MD & Kai-Uwe Schlaudraff, MD
Keynote Presentation - Buttock Augmentation
Panelists - Constantino Mendieta, MD; Raul Gonzalez, MD
Keynote Presentation - Vaginal Aesthetic Surgery
Moderator - Lina Triana, MD
Special Presentations by: Ricardo Ribeiro, MD; Frank Lista, MD;
Constantino Mendieta, MD; Barbara Machado, MD
Complications of Breast and Body Contouring Surgery
Panelists - Jason Pozner, MD; Jennifer Harrington, MD; Adam Schaffner, MD;
Tunk Tiryaki, MD
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The 1st Annual
Global Aesthetics
Multi-Specialty Forum
Four Aesthetic Specialties - One World
The Only International All-Core Meeting in the World
Oct 28th - Nov 1st, 2015
The Lowes, Miami Beach, FL
Chairs: S. Randolph Waldman, MD & Renato Saltz, MD
- Breast & Body
- Facial Rejuvenation
- Aesthetic Dermatology
- New Technology Update
- Practice Management
- Non-Invasive Skin Rejuvenation
www.GlobalAestheticsConference.com
Day 1 - Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Time
Blepharoplasty Session I
Moderators - William Mack, MD & Guy Massry, MD
Eyelid Rejuvenation I
7:00am Video - Upper and Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty
Richard Anderson, MD
8:00am
Eyelid Anatomy Pearls to Avoid Trouble with
Cosmetic Blepharoplasty William Mack, MD
8:15am Anatomical Considerations of the Orbit for Periocular
Surgery Julie Woodward, MD
8:30am A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Eyelid
Rejuvenation Bruce Katz, MD
8:45am Know When to Say No: Body Dysmorphic Disorder in
Oculoplastics Wendy Lee, MD
9:00am Ten Pearls to Avoid Complications and Ensure
Excellence in Blepharoplasty Ross Clevens, MD
9:15am Peri-Ocular Beautification Herve Raspaldo, MD
9:30am Upper Eyelid Rejuvenation: Understanding the
Levator Muscle Marc Cohen, MD
9:45am Eyelid Rejuvenation: Understanding the Orbicularis
Oculi Muscle Nancy Swartz, MD
10:00am Aesthetic Correction of the Prominent Eye
“O
thers had told me for 3-4 years that I really needed to attend. They
weren’t kidding. That was the best professional meeting I’ve been to in
many years. Next year I plan to bring my office manager and nurse injector.”
- John Holds, MD
Oculoplastic Surgeon, St. Louis, Missouri
“I
always come to your meeting with joy, not only because of
friends but also it is one of few congresses I learn a lot.”
- Tunc Tiryaki, MD
Plastic Surgeon, Istanbul, Turkey
Raymond Douglas, MD
10:15am Fillers and Neurotoxins in the Periorbital Region
Steve Yoelin, MD
10:30am An Eye Opening Experience Addressing Ptosis in
Combination with Cosmetic Blepharoplasty
William Mack, MD
10:45am East Asian Blepharoplasty: Options and Finesse
Robert Goldberg, MD
11:00am Internal Brow Elevation at Upper Blepharoplasty
Richard Anderson, MD
11:15am Periocular Volumization Utilizing Microfat Grafting
and a Pyramidal Approach Robert Schwarcz, MD
11:30am Small Incision Brow Lifting Andrew Harrison, MD
11:45am Transblepharoplasty Brow Lift and Upper
Blepharoplasty Suzanne Daud Galli, MD
12:00pm Endoscopic Brow Lift and Upper Blepharoplasty
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his is easily the best meeting for vendors of all the major meetings.
Thank you for working with us to make it productive. Honestly, we
are re-evaluating our meeting participation because some meetings are so
vendor unfriendly. Yours is great and we will continue to attend!”
- Shawn Miele
Chief Executive Officer, Advice Media
Rami Batniji, MD
12:15pm Treatment of Lower Lid Laxity: New Thoughts for an
Old Problem John Fezza, MD
12:30pm Lunch & Learn
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The Art of Rhinoplasty I
Moderators - Steven Pearlman, MD & Jay Calvert, MD
Rhinoplasty Foundations
6:30am Video - Rhinoplasty Russel Kridel, MD
7:30am Primary Rhinoplasty: Planning for Success
Jay Calvert, MD
7:45am
8:00am
Pitfalls in Rhinoplasty Grant Hamilton, MD
The Nasal Valve - What is it and How do We Deal
With it? Oren Friedman, MD
8:15am Finishing Touches in Rhinoplasty Roxana Cobo, MD
8:30am How to Obtain Stable Results in Cosmetic
Rhinoplasty Robert Simons, MD
Starting From the Top
8:45am Management of Dorsum in Rhinoplasty Cerkes Nazim, MD
9:00am Hump Reduction: Rasp or Osteotome, and Options
for Lateral Osteotomies Steven Pearlman, MD
9:15am Dorsal Aesthetic Lines vs. Dorsal Aesthetic Curves
Time
Practice Management & Marketing
The Business of Medicine
Moderators - Tracy Drumm & Jonathan Montoya
State of Industry
7:30am
Aesthetic Surgery and Cosmetic Medicine:
Strategies for Success Renato Saltz, MD
Morning Pearls: Business Advice for Today’s
Practice
8:00am Key Success Factors in a Medical Aesthetic Practice
Jonathan Montoya
11:30am Minimal Rhinoplasty: 15 - 30 Year Follow Up
Lessons I Have Learned in Setting Up My Own
Practice: The Good, Bad, and Ugly Christopher Khorsandi, MD
8:40am Office Efficiencies: Ten “Must Haves” for a
Successful Practice Terri Ross
Global Trends
9:00am Top 10 Trends in Aesthetic Surgery and Medicine in
2015 and How it Effects Your Practice Denise Mann
9:25am 20 Need to Know Marketing Strategies to Boost Your
Bottom Line Manon Pilon
9:50am The Personal Connection Economy: A New Era for
Practices Tom Seery
Staff Session: From Recruiting and Training to
Motivating and Compensating
10:15am 15 Essential Traits to Look for When Adding a New
Member to Your Team Bryan Durocher
10:35am Team Building and Jelly Beans Ron Hartley, MD
10:55am Clear Expectations: Why Written Job Descriptions
and Protocols Are Key to Keeping Your Practice
Running Smoothly and Safely Amy Taub, MD
11:15am How the Golden Rule Should be Part of Your
Employee Handbook Lisa Marie Wark
11:35am Here They Come: Managing Millennials in Your
Practice Beatriz Bailey
11:55am Incentive Plans - What Works and What Doesn’t
One Size Does Not Fit All
12:15pm Commissions: The Fee Splitting Conundrum
Mehmet Bayramicli, MD
9:30am
9:45am
Mastery of Nasal Bone Osteotomies Rami Bantniji, MD
Rhinoplasty: How to Establish a Consistent Dorsal
Line Using the Endonasal Approach and Cartilage
Grafting Edwin Williams, MD
10:00am Dorsal Height Modification in Rhinoplasty, Effect on
the Middle Third of the Face Jose Montes-Bracchini, MD
10:15am Video - The Endonasal Approach to the Droopy Tip
Marcos Harel, MD
More Than the Tip
10:45am Spreader Grafts in Rhinoplasty: Both Open and
Intranasal Placement Steven Pearlman, MD
11:00am Balancing the Middle Third of the Nose in Primary
Rhinoplasty Patients: Is it Necessary? Roxana Cobo, MD
11:15am Suspension Suture Techniques for the Nasal Valve
Stephen Perkins, MD
Rony Mascona, MD
11:45am Middle Eastern Rhinoplasty Rami Batniji, MD
12:00pm Rotating and Projecting the Nasal Tip in Thick
Skinned Patients Roxana Cobo, MD
12:30pm Asian Rhinoplasty with Autologous Grafts
8:20am
Sandy Roos
Allyson Avila, JD
12:35pm Lunch & Learn
Herve Raspaldo, MD
12:45pm Lunch & Learn
The Bellagio, Las Vegas | June 10 - 14, 2015
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Blepharoplasty Session I
Moderators - Allan Wulc, MD & Jill Foster, MD
Eyelid Rejuvenation II
2:00pm Minimal Incision Canthoplasty Robert Goldberg, MD
2:15pm Canthoplasty: How to Perform it and Why it is
Necessary Stephen Perkins, MD
2:30pm To Lyse or Not to Lyse: Is Release of the Orbital
Retaining Ligament Necessary in Aesthetic Lower
Blepharoplasty? Allan Wulc, MD
2:45pm Management Options for the Tear Trough Jill Foster, MD
3:00pm Laser Management of Eyelid Festoons Adam Scheiner, MD
3:15pm Treatment of the Lower Eyelid Festoons Allan Wulc, MD
3:30pm Decision Making in Rejuvenation Lower Eyelid
Complex: Why This is Not Always so Straight
Forward Robert Schwarcz, MD
3:45pm Practical Points in Transconjunctival Blepharoplasty
Guy Massry, MD
4:00pm
4:15pm
Volumetric Rejuvenation of the Lower Lid with the
Orbicularis “Hitch” Morris Hartstein, MD
Transconjunctival and “No Touch” Blepharoplasty
4:30pm
Extended Lower Blepharoplasty
4:45pm
Lower Lid Blepharoplasty with Fat Transposition
Versus Fillers Harry Mittelman, MD
Subtract, Fill or Reposition - Why Does Fat
Repositioning Blepharoplasty Work? John Holds, MD
Multimodality Approach to the Devolumized Aging
Orbit Andrew Jacono, MD
Phi, Fat, and the Mathematics of a Beautiful Midface
5:00pm
5:15pm
5:30pm
5:45pm
Jose Juan Montes-Bracchini, MD
Morris Hartstein, MD
6:00pm
6:15pm
Welcome Reception In Exhibit HAll
Mehryar Taban, MD
egas Cosmetic Surgery is consistently one of the best meetings I attend
every year. I always return with clinical and practice management pearls
that I can immediately implement into my practice. But the key is the tips are
practical and real. I appreciate the varied philosophies and perspective of
different specialties.”
- Steven Dayan, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Chicago, Illinois
10
hanks again for organizing the best meeting in facial aesthetic
surgery in the country. Year after year you guys do the best job and I
have had a number of people write or tell me such.”
- Richard Anderson, MD
Oculoplastic Surgeon, Salt Lake City, Utah
Eduardo Lintz, MD
3D Evaluation of Lower Blepharoplasty Using Fat
Repositioning Timothy Miller, MD
The Utilitarian Upper Eyelid Operation
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his was the best VCS conference that I have attended. Your
conference continues to be the premier aesthetic meeting
every year, which was echoed by a number of other attendees.”
- Ryan Greene, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Weston, Florida
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The Art of Rhinoplasty I
Moderators - Paul Nassif, MD & Robert Kellman, MD
Practice Management & Marketing
The Business of Medicine
Moderators - Edwin Williams, MD & Jon Hoffenberg
Advanced Topics in Rhinoplasty
2:00pm Less Invasive Nose Surgery: Indications and
Techniques for Suspension Techniques and Isolated
Tip Plasty Tunc Tiryaki, MD
2:20pm Is Endonasal Rhinoplasty A “Lost” Art? Robert Simons, MD
2:40pm Reconstruction of the Overresected Nose
Nazim Cerkes, MD
3:00pm
Reducing the Very Large Nose, One Stage or More?
3:20pm
3:40pm
4:00pm
Rhinoplasty - Tips, Tricks, and Pearls Philip Miller, MD
The Nasal Tip: What I Have Learned Over the Past
40 Years E. Gaylon McCollough, MD
Asian Rhinoplasty With Autologous Grafts
4:10pm
4:20pm
Nose Remodeling with Fillers Herve Raspaldo, MD
Advanced Techniques in Nasal Tip Surgery
4:40pm
5:00pm
5:20pm
Rhinoplasty with Dorsal Augmentation in Brazilian
Patients Jose Patrocinio, MD
Secondary Rhinoplasty Nazim Cerkes, MD
Autologous Grafting in Ethnic Rhinoplasty
5:40pm
6:00pm
Treatment of the Short Nose Jonathan Sykes, MD
Chin Augmentation - Tips and Pearls
6:20pm
Welcome Reception In Exhibit HAll
Roxana Cobo, MD
Herve Raspaldo, MD
Grant Hamilton, MD
The Patient Experience
2:00pm Overview of the Patient Encounter Kim Blackwell
2:15pm Optimizing the Patient Experience Adam Schaffner, MD
2:30pm Top 10 Tips for Effective First Encounters Catherine Maley
2:45pm Tips to Avoid the Unhappy Patient Ryan Greene, MD
3:00pm Patient Satisfaction Surveys - How to Make Them
Work for You Todd Schlesinger, MD
Online Reviews
3:15pm The Do’s and Don’ts of Responding to Online
Reviews David Evans
3:30pm The Truth About Online Ratings Jeff Segal, MD, JD
3:45pm Help I’ve Been Yelped Steven Dayan, MD
4:00pm Reputation Management: Monitoring Your Brand in
Real Time Monique Ramsey
Panel
Social Media 101
4:30pm
Moderators - Samuel Lam, MD & Monique Ramsey
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Jose Montes-Brachnini, MD
How to Make Money Through Ads?
Who to Friend?
How to Increase Your Traffic
Getting Your Staff Members Involved
Determining Your Budget
How Much Time is Too Much for Your Staff
How to Engage Your Patients
Increasing Your Likes and Views
Promoting Events and Even Selling Products Through Your Page
Panelists - David Phillips; Michael Sacopulos, JD; Greg Buford, MD;
Susan Gay; Catherine Maley; David Evans, MD
6:15pm
Welcome Reception In Exhibit HAll
“V
egas Cosmetic Surgery is truly a source for knowledge, innovation and
inspiration. The lectures and panels consistently deliver compelling and fresh
information that result in change. There is tremendous energy and passion packed
into the conference, and I always leave with pages of notes and ideas!”
- Tracy L. Drumm
Marketing Executive, Chicago, Illinois
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Surgical Blepharoplasty II
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Non-Invasive Strategies
Moderators - Steve Yoelin, MD & Julie Woodward, MD
Moderators - Jill Hessler, MD & Andrew Campbell, MD
6:30am
Technology and Aesthetic Medicine
7:30am The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Surgical and
Non-Surgical Treatments for Optimal Results
Comprehensive Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty
with Surgical Adjuncts - A Video Presentation
Guy Massry, MD
7:30am
8:45am
Understanding Patient’s Choices: How a Few Words
Changed My Practice Nancy Schwartz, MD
Effacing the Tear Trough - Considerations and
Technique Jill Foster, MD
Blindness in Aesthetics: How it can Happen and Best
Steps to Avoid Wendy Lee, MD
Self Critique of My Last 5 Cosmetic Surgeries - How
I Could Have Done Better Julie Woodward, MD
Unexpected Outcome Talk: Post Op Blepharoplasty
Surprises - Cause and Treatment John Holds, MD
Blending the Lower Eyelid - Cheek Junction
9:00am
9:15am
Peri-Ocular Beautification Herve Raspaldo, MD
Post-Operative Eyelid Retraction - Treatment Pearls
7:45am
8:00am
8:15am
8:30am
Richard Warren, MD
Vikram Durairaj, MD
9:30am
9:45am
Wound Modulation in Eyelid Surgery Raymond Douglas, MD
Filler or Lower Blepharoplasty? Decision Making
Considerations John Martin, MD
10:00am Break In the Exhibit Hall
Jill Hessler, MD
7:45am
8:00am
New Concepts in Medical Acne Amy Taub, MD
Lasers and Lights for Acne - Where are We Now?
8:15am
Skin Revitalization Using a Pico Second Focused
Lens - Array Laser Deborah Sarnoff, MD
New Innovations in Acne Scarring Therapy
8:30am
Joel Schlessinger, MD
Nancy Samolitis, MD
8:45am
Is There a Role for Non-Invasive Lifting in a Surgical
Practice and What is That Role? Michael Persky, MD
9:00am An Algorithm for Addressing Scars Suzan Obagi, MD
9:15am Advances in Controlled Thermal Lifting Corey Maas, MD
9:30am Fractionated CO2 Laser for Photoaging,
Poikiloderma, and Neck Tightening William Hanke, MD
9:45am Ablative and Non-Ablative Lasers for Scars and Acne
Scars Ryan Greene, MD
10:00am Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for Actinic Keratosis
and Photoaging William Hanke, MD
10:15am Cellulite Reduction Using Non-Invasive Technologies
Jason Emer, MD
Moderators - Guy Massry, MD & John Holds, MD
10:45am Bimatoprost Beyond Eyelashes: An Eye-Opening
Experience Deborah Sarnoff, MD
10:55am Periocular HA Gels: A Historical and Economic
Perspective Guy Massry, MD
11:05am Ultrasound Studies Help Us Understand Filler
Injections a Little Better Robert Goldberg, MD
11:15am Blidness Following Filler Injections Catherine Hwang, MD
11:25am Blue Discoloration: Tyndall or Not? Daniel Rootman, MD
11:35am Peri-Ocular Filling - Tough Cases
Guy Massry, MD & Robert Goldberg, MD
11:55am Anatomy and Biomechanics of Browlifting
Jonathan Sykes, MD
12:10pm Minimal Access Browplasty and Browlift
Richard Gentille, MD
10:30am Break In the Exhibit Hall
11:15am At Home Devices - Will They Affect Our Bottom Line?
Amy Taub, MD
11:30am Non-Invasive Fat Reduction - Which One?
Vivian Bucay, MD
11:45am Tissue Tightening Devices - Which One?
Barry DiBernardo, MD
12:00pm Focused Field Radiofrequency Treatment for Fat
Reduction Vivian Bucay, MD
12:15pm Mega-Combinations of Non-Invasive Lasers for
Maximal Results Rebecca Kazin, MD
12:30pm Non-Invasive Fat Reduction - Which One? What’s
New in IPL, Where are We Now? Amy Taub, MD
12:45pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
12:25pm Personal Approach to Elevate / Reshape the Eyebrow
Jose Montes-Bracchini, MD
12:40pm When Your Upper Eyelid Surgery is Done in
Conjunction with a Browlift - Tips and Pearls
Richard Warren, MD
12:55pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
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Masters Seminars
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Practice Management & Marketing
Moderators - John Joseph, MD & Andrew Jacono, MD
Moderators: Ryan Greene, MD & Manon Pilon
7:30am
State of the Industry
7:30am Truths and Fallacies of Internet & Social Media
Marketing Greg Washington
Skincare and Medical Spa
7:55am Business Start-Up and Marketing for Medical-Spa as
Part of an Aesthetic Practice Manon Pilon
8:15am Top 10 Professional Skin Care Trends for 2015
8:00am
Advanced Toxin and Filler Strategies to Defeat
Commoditization Steven Dayan, MD
Cosmeceuticals in Combination with Antiaging
Treatments: Microneedling, Lasers, PRP, Peels, Etc..
Jason Emer, MD
8:30am
Modification in Deep Plane Facelifting: Incision
Planning for Ultimate Camouflage, Extended Deep
Plane Dissection, Incorporation of Ligamentous
Releases, and Choosing Vectors of Suspension
Andrew Jacono, MD
9:00am
9:30am
The Management of Prominent Ears: When and
What / Pitanguy’s Island Technique for Prominent
Ears Yehuda Ullmann, MD & Barbara Machado, MD
Fat Transfer: Why I Believe This is Essential to Your
Practice and Practical Steps to Getting Started
Samuel Lam, MD
10:00am Break In the Exhibit Hall
10:45am Technical Steps of Fat Grafting During Facelift
Surgery: The Modern Facelift Steven Cohen, MD
11:15am Top Cosmeceuticals and Upcoming Ones as Well as
Update on Current Hand Held Devices
Joel Schlessinger, MD; Sabrina Fabi, MD; Jason Emer, MD
12:15pm Fillers - Exactly Where and How to Inject Them to Get
Optimal Results and Avoid Problems Vivian Bucay, MD
12:45pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
8:35am
8:50am
Investments and Inventory: From Product Selection
to Supply and Demand Terri Wojak
Commissions, Groupon, & the Corporate Practice of
Medicine: Three Evils of the Med Spa Industry
Alex Theirsh, JD
Patient Psychology
9:10am Understanding Patient’s Choices: How a Few Words
Changed My Practice Nancy Swartz, MD
9:25am Managing Patient Expectations: 7 Steps to Success
Michele Garber
9:40am
What are Personality Disorders & How do they
Impact an Aesthetic Practice M. K. Maloney, RN
9:55am The Magic of How We Decide: Marketing that
“Whispers” to Your Brain Candace Crowe
10:15am Break In the Exhibit Hall
11:00am
Phone Session
Featured Speaker - Spencer Teller
Bonus Session
Business of Skin Care
8:00 - 10:00am
Moderators - Terri Wojak & Cheryl Whitman
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Boost Laser Results with Supportive Skin Care
Microdermabrasion to Micro-Needling and Skin Care Modalities In-Between
Innovative Ingredients and Exclusive Formulations
Chemical Peels: Progressive to Aggressive and How to Choose
Making Skin Care Profitable
Loyalty, Retention, and Results
Inventory, Investments, and Involvement: Making Your Skin Care Center
Profitable
• The Internal Commitment Required to Deliver Amazing Phone Based Service
• Preparing Your Office for Phone Success
• The Core Requirement of Staff Members That Answer Phones
• Developing Your Call Scripts
• General Phone Handling Procedures Within Your Office
• The Front Desk’s Role in Selling Services
• Handling the Tougher Callers
• Bad Habits to Look Out for and How to Fix Them
• Ongoing Phone Training and Development for Your Staff
• How to Convert Phone Leads that Come in After Hours
• The Core Requirements of Staff Who Answer the Phone
Panel
Mystery Shopper Session
11:45am
Which Products are Right for You?: 11:00 -12:45pm
12 Companies put Their Best Foot Forward
“Dr’s Office...What Do Ya Want?” LIVE Mystery Shopper Calls
Moderator - Terri Wojak
Panelists - Catherine Maley; Page Piland; Kim Blackwell; Ryan Greene, MD;
Cheryl Whitman
Speed Dating Meets Cosmetic Medicine! In a Rapid-Fire Session, Quickly
Learn From a Variety of Companies About Advancements and Breakthroughs
in Their Products and Which Lines are Right for You.
Moderator - Kathy Gaughran
12:45pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
The Bellagio, Las Vegas | June 10 - 14, 2015
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Rejuvenation of the Upper Face
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Fillers & Toxins Update
Moderators - John Fezza, MD & John Martin, MD
Moderators - John Joseph, MD & Lisa Grunebaum, MD
2:00pm
2:15pm
“Personal Technique in Browpexy” Mehmet Baymacricli, MD
Eyebrows Elevation: From Minimal to Maximal
Approach Yehuda Ullmann, MD
Periorbital Rejuvenation: Combining Surgical and
Non-Surgical Procedures Barbara Machado, MD
Why I Hate Male Browlifts or How to Make an
Otherwise Good Looking Guy Look Goofy!
2:00pm
2:10pm
Update on Canadian Fillers Claudio Delorenzi, MD
How Does Facial Anatomy Impact Filler Outcomes?
2:20pm
Choosing the Right Filler for Every Job
2:30pm
2:40pm
Endoscopic Browlift - When Do I Do It and Best
Technique and Fixation? Jose Antonio Patrocinio, MD
Dealing with Dark Circles Under the Eyes Jason Pozner, MD
Treating the Brow, Upper Eyelid, Lateral Canthus,
Lower Eyelid, and Midface as One Aesthetic Unit
2:50pm
The New World of Neuromodulators Corey Maas, MD
Beyond the Frown: Advanced Techniques of
Neuromodulators Jill Hessler, MD
Methods to Minimize the Risk of Post-Operative and
Post-Treatment Infection Following Filler Injections
2:30pm
2:45pm
Val Lambros, MD
3:00pm
3:15pm
3:30pm
Richard Anderson, MD
3:45pm
Endoscopic Browlift and Upper Blepharoplasty
4:00pm
4:15pm
Creating the Youthful Brow: Should We Lift or
Reshape the Brow? Ross Clevens, MD
Break In the Exhibit Hall
6:00pm
Cocktail Seminars
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Christopher Khorsandi, MD
Adam Schaffner, MD
3:00pm
3:10pm
3:20pm
Making Your Toxin and Filler Injections as Painless as
Possible Lorrie Klein, MD
Fillers for the Tear Trough Rami Batniji, MD
Fillers for Nonfacial Areas - When, Where, and How?
3:30pm
3:40pm
Complications of Fat Injections Val Lambros, MD
Pearls and Pitfalls Using Blunt Cannulas with Fillers
3:50pm
Injections for the Lower Face and Neck
4:00pm
4:15pm
Fillers and Acne Scarring John Joseph, MD
Break In the Exhibit Hall
Rami Batniji, MD
here is no doubt that this meeting has set a new paradigm for
facial cosmetic surgery teaching.”
- E. Gaylon McCollough, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Gulf Shores, Alabama
Ryan Greene, MD
Sabrina Fabi, MD
Paul Nassif, MD
Lisa Grunebaum, MD
Panel
5:00 pm
Injectable Fillers - Are We Really Seeing More
Complications and Problems? And is There Anything More We
Can We Do to Ensure the Safety of Our Patients?
•Filler Treatments are Not Without Risk!!!
•From Blindness, to Skin Necrosis, Chronic Infection and Poor Cosmetic Outcomes There are a
Host of Untoward Effects that can be Realized Even in the Best of Hands
•The Immediate Recognition Treatment and Management Might be the Difference Between
Experiencing a Minor Inconvenience or Succumbing to a Life Altering Event
•Which Treatment Options and Protocols Work Best for Infections
•Vascular Ischemia and Blindness
•What Follow Up is Necessary and What Your Staff Needs to Know
•Today’s Aesthetic Physicians Must be Ready to Handle Any and All of These Complications
Moderators - Steven Dayan, MD & Claudio DeLorenzi, MD
6:30pm
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The Art of Rhinoplasty II
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Practice Management & Marketing
Moderators - Louie Patseavouras, MD & Andrew Campbell, MD
Moderators: Sanjay Grover, MD & Sandy Roos
Master the Tip
2:00pm Graduated Approach to the Nasal Tip Roxana Cobo, MD
2:12pm Comparative Analysis Between Open and Closed
Rhinoplasty on Tip Treatment Eduardo Lintz, MD
2:24pm Bulbous Nasal Tips: How to Achieve Pleasant Results
With the Endonasal Approach Marcos Harel, MD
2:36pm Bumps, Bossae and Asymmetries: Avoidance and
Treatment E. Gaylon McCollough, MD
2:48pm Controlling Position of the Nasal Tip (Encompassing
Nasal Length and Nasal Projection) Richard Warren, MD
3:00pm Tricks and Pros for Cartilage Grafting in the Tip Using
the Endonasal Approach Edwin Williams, MD
3:12pm Simple Way to Secure Cartilage Grafts in Rhinoplasty
Consultations and Conversions Session
Rony Moscona, MD
3:24pm
Nasal Tip - Release of the Dynamic Forces
Mehmet Bayramicli, MD
3:36pm
The Importance of the Supratip in Cosmetic
Rhinoplasty Stephen Perkins, MD
3:48pm Nasal Aging and the Plunging Nasal Tip Val Lambros, MD
4:00pm Break In the Exhibit Hall
Tips and Tricks in Rhinoplasty
4:45pm Alar Rim Grafting Steven Dayan, MD
4:57pm Costal Cartilage Harvest Grant Hamilton, MD
5:09pm Conservative Alarplasty: Safety and Success
Herve Raspaldo, MD
5:23pm
6:23pm
How to Deal with Revision Rhinoplasty Patients, Your
Own and Someone Else’s Philip Miller, MD
How to Address the Droopy Tip in Endonasal
Rhinoplasty Marcos Harel, MD
Outcomes Using Diced Cartilage and Fascia During
Rhinoplasty Jay Calvert, MD
Treatment of the Saddle Nose Grant Hamilton, MD
Injectable Fillers to Treat Post-Op Nasal Dorsal
Defects - Pearls and Pitfalls Paul Nassif, MD
Efficacy of Using Fluorouracil in Rhinoplasty
6:30pm
Cocktail Seminars
5:35pm
5:47pm
5:59pm
6:11pm
2:00pm
The Top 10 Tips for a Winning Consultation
2:20pm
3:00pm
The Cosmetic Consultation, It’s Like Dating All Over
Again - And What is the Staff Members Role in
Making the Consultation Successful Steven Dayan, MD
Create Sophisticated Pricing Strategies and Follow
Up Protocols - Making Sure You Are Staying Up With
the Competition Karen Zupko
A Better Pricing Strategy? Catherine Maley
3:20pm
Deal With Discounts and Fee Objections Karen Zupko
3:40pm
4:00pm
5% Solution - Increasing Revenue Without Doing
Any Additional Marketing (Real Data) Sandy Roos
The Front Desk’s Role in Selling Services Spencer Teller
4:15pm
Break In the Exhibit Hall
2:40pm
Jeffrey Epstein, MD
Marketing Fundamentals
5:00pm
A SIMPLE Guide to Your Marketing Plan Tracy Drumm
5:15pm
Developing Your Brand: Who are You? Sanjay Grover, MD
5:33pm
A Year of Promotions Tracy Drumm
5:51pm
6:09pm
Internal Marketing: Creating Interest in You and Your
Services Page Piland
Video is Easier Than You Think Shawn Miele
6:30pm
Cocktail Seminars
Paul Nassif, MD
“A
s usual, you put together an outstanding meeting. Think of
all the patients whose outcomes will be improved and the
young doctors who will be inspired to contribute to the field.”
- Robert Goldberg, MD
Oculoplastic Surgeon, Los Angeles, California
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Day 3 - Friday, June 12, 2015
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Rejuvenation of the Face & Neck I
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Non-Invasive Strategies
Moderators - Robert Kellman, MD & Frank Lista, MD
Moderators - Candace Spann, MD & Michael Persky, MD
6:30am
7:30am
7:30am
8:30am
8:45am
Video - Face Lifting Bruce Connell, MD
Minimizing Stigmata of Face and Neck Rejuvenation
Surgery Including Scar Detectability Michael Sundine, MD
Minimally Invasive Mid-Face Lifting: Tunc Tiryaki, MD
Bilateral Trichophytic Frontal Incision: Is There a Role
for a Non-Hidden Scar? Barbara Machado, MD
Facial Rejuvenation: When is it Enough and When is
it too Much??? Harold Kaplan, MD
The Short Scar Neck Lift Dino Elyannasia, MD
Facelifting - Which Procedure for Which Patient
9:00am
Tailoring Facelift Technique to Facial Shape
7:45am
8:00am
8:15am
Foad Nahai, MD
Richard Warren, MD
9:15am
Radiofrequency Assisted Face and Neck Lift for
Improved Lower Neck Results Harrison Putnam, MD
9:30am Advanced Platysma Techniques in Necklifting: Medial,
Lateral, and Inferior Approaches Andrew Jacono, MD
9:45am Vertical SMAS Suspension Facelift Jan Wieslander, MD
10:00am Break In the Exhibit Hall
10:45am 20 Years Experience with Facelifting - Applying
Different Techniques. Tips, Tricks, Results, and
Advice Vakis Kontoes, MD
10:55am Fat Grafting and Adipose Derived Stem Cells: The
Hype, The Reality, The Science and the Ethics
Kai-Uwe Schlaudraff, MD
11:05am Facial Rejuvenation with Absorbable Threads
Jan Balczun, MD
11:15am Lower Blepharoplasty - A Volumetric Approach
Laxmeesh Mike Nayak, MD
11:25am Gizmos, Gimmicks, and Great: Evaluating New
Technology Donn Chatham, MD
Panel
11:40am
Contemporary Aesthetic Dilemmas - Can We
Develop a Consensus?
Session I
Moderator - Donn Chatham, MD
•Is EMR Really That Helpful and Worth the Money for an Aesthetic Practice
•Facebook, Blogs, and Tweets are Essential for Today’s Successful Practices?
•Autologous Fat is Far Superior to Off the Shelf Fillers?
•Non-MD Injectors are Well Qualified and Well Trained and Represent the Future in Most Practices? In Fact
They Are Clearly More Qualified that Non-Core Physicians!
•Non-Ablative Skin Rejuvenation is a Great Advance and Should be Given as an Alternative to Every Patient?
•Stem Cells - Does Research Support the Current Hype?
•Non-Invasive Rejuvenation / Tissue Tightening WILL DEFINITELY Replace Surgery in the Next 5-10 Years?
Panelists - Steven Pearlman, MD; Foad Nahai, MD; Richard Anderson, MD;
Frank Lista, MD; Jonathan Sykes, MD; Heidi Waldorf, MD; Robert Simons, MD
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The Magnificent Seven: Philosophy of Facial Beauty
(Using Injectables) Herve Raspaldo, MD
7:45am The Volume Replacement Paradigm - Fat, Fillers, and
the Future Corey Maas, MD
8:00am Facial Reshaping in Asian Patients Christopher Khorsandi, MD
8:15am What You Didn’t Know You can do with a Needle:
Fillers for Facial Volumization Jill Hessler, MD
8:30am Subcutaneous Filler Material - Where to Place it and
How William Hanke, MD
8:45am Blindness After Temporal and Periocular Filler
Injections Catherine Hwang, MD
9:00am The Rise Behind Black Market Aesthetic Products.
Should There be Concern by Anyone Other Than
Industry? Wendy Lewis
9:15am The Perfect Lip: Lip Enhancement for the Natural
Beauty Glynnis Ablon, MD
9:30am Skeleto-Structural Fat Grafting: A Theory of
Everything Tunc Tiryaki, MD
9:45am Fat or Fillers - Why Patients like HA’s in Everyday
Clinic Life Mark Jewell, MD
10:00am Break In the Exhibit Hall
10:45am Analysis and Modification of Volume of the Face
Jose Montes-Bracchini, MD
11:00am Injectables vs Surgery - Results and Financial
Considerations Foad Nahai, MD
11:15am Etiology of Aging: The Illusion of Volume Loss
Neil Gordon, MD
11:30am Rejuvenating and Reshaping the Lips with
Neurotoxins and Surgical Techniques Ross Clevens, MD
11:45am Skin Resurfacing Using a Combination of Lasers and
Peels Suzan Obagi, MD
12:00pm Why it is Important to Offer Micro-Needling in a
Surgical Practice Sarmella Sunder, MD
12:15pm Combining Radiofrequency with Microneedling for
More Effective Skin Tightening John Martin, MD
12:30pm Is There REALLY Any Science Behind Skin Tightening
Jason Pozner, MD & Barry DiBernardo, MD
12:45pm Non-Invasive Strategies for Skin of Color Patients
Brooke Jackson, MD
1:00pm
Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
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Time
Time
Masters Seminars
Practice Management & Marketing
Moderators - Anthony Geroulis, MD & Matthew Knight, MD
Moderators: Steven Dayan, MD & Cheryl Whitman
7:30am
State of Industry
7:30am The Future of Aesthetic Medicine Steven Dayan, MD
Events PAnel - Tips from the Experts
8:00am Top 10 Tips for Executing a Successful Event
An Eye Opening Experience: Addressing Ptosis in
Combination with Cosmetic Blepharoplasty
William Mack, MD & Stephen Perkins, MD
8:15am
Optimizing Blepharoplasty Results
Guy Massry, MD & John Holds, MD
9:00am
Skin Care Myths, Perplexed Patients, and Your
Products: A No-nonsense Primer on the Basic
Elements of Skin Care for the Cosmetic Surgeon 2015 Update Matthew Knight, MD
9:30am Fat vs. Filler - Why I Feel Strongly That There is a
Place for Both in My Practice Steven Dayan, MD
10:00am Break In the Exhibit Hall
10:45am The Utilization of Adult Fat Derived Stem Cells in
Regenerative and Cosmetic Medicine
William Beeson, MD
11:15am Surgical Rejuvenation of the Midface: Is There Still
a Favorable Risk, Benefit Ratio Given the Move
Towards Volume Edwin Williams, MD
12:00pm Adding Anti-Aging 101 to Your Practice and Why You
Must Do This for Yourself and Your Patients
Jody Comstock, MD
12:30pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
Bonus Session
How to Host a Successful Event
8:00 - 9:00am
Moderator - Cheryl Whitman
Learn Low Cost Effective Marketing Techniques: Attract New Patients and Up
Sell Existing Patients Through:
• Social Networking
• Effective Email Campaigns
• Hosting a Successful Event
Fat Transfer: Practical Steps for Getting Started
and How to Overcome the Learning Curve to Achieve
Consistent Results
9:00 - 10:15am
Moderators - Samuel Lam, MD & Steven Cohen, MD
Hair Replacement Seminar
Moderator - Samuel Lam, MD
Speakers - Matt Leavitt, DO & Carlos Uebel, MD
• Adding Hair Replacement to Your Practice
• Robotic Hair Replacement
• Follicular Unit Extraction
• Basic Techniques to Get Started
• Organizing a Team
11:00 - 12:45pm
Jody Comstock, MD
8:15am
8:30am
Events of All Shapes and Sizes: How to Build Your
Practice Through Events Ryan Greene, MD
Practice Growth Through Office Events
Marguerite Germain, MD
Patient Retention is Crucial
8:45am Additional Income Sources: How to Make These
Purchases Work in Your Practice Steven Dayan, MD
9:05am Learn Low Cost Effective Marketing Techniques Attract New Patients and Up Sell Existing Patients
Cheryl Whitman
9:25am
9:40am
The Art of Follow-Up: How to Keep Your Patients
Coming Back for More Jay Shorr
Topic: How We Doubled Our Business in Five Years
Rony Moscona, MD & Oren Friedman, MD
10:00am Break In the Exhibit Hall
Competition on Every Corner: How to Stand Out
10:45am Top 10 Tips for Defending Your Practice Against
Unfair Competition Richard Escoffery, JD
11:00am 5 Simple Ways to Differentiate Yourself from the
Competition Catherine Maley
11:15am How to Compete with the Big Boys - Revenue
Generation Strategy, Tactics, and Tools for the Small
Practice Shawn Miele
11:30am Good to Great Press Releases, Eblasts, Blogs,
Articles - Pointers for Creating Readable Content
That Gets Shared Wendy Lewis
11:45am How Staff Can Help Their Physicians Get on the
News Megan Driscoll
12:00pm Setting Up the Perfect Alliance That Feeds You New
Patients Catherine Maley
12:15pm The Laws Surrounding Patient Referrals and Gift
Cards: What You Need to Know Alex Theirsh, JD
12:30pm Before and Afters vs Blogging: Why Your Gallery Has
a Much Better ROI Candace Crowe
12:50pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
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Time
Rejuvenation of the Face & Neck II
Time
Skin Care Updates
Moderators - Donn Chatham, MD & Gerald O’Daniel, MD
Cosmeceuticals and Skin Care
2:00pm
Approach to the Face Based on Age and Problems
Moderator - Heidi Waldorf, MD
2:15pm
To Release or Not Release - Do Retaining Ligaments
of the Face Really Matter Richard Warren, MD
Autologous Fat Grafting Versus Cell Enriched
Fat Transfer. A Prospective Analysis of Patient
Satisfaction 18 Months After Treatments
2:30pm
Jason Pozner, MD
2:00pm
2:15pm
2:30pm
Steven Cohen, MD
2:45pm
Deep-Plane Rhytidectomy. Modifications, Nuances,
and Observations from a 20 Year Experience
Neil Gordon, MD
3:00pm
Management of Neck-Lift Complications
3:15pm
4:00pm
Non Surgical Treatments that Might Enhance Your
Surgical Results Barry DiBernardo, MD
Dealing with Jowls and Midline Neck Bands Achieving a Defined Jawline and a Contoured Cervico
- Mental Angle Tony Geroulis, MD
From Classic to Fractional Laser - How to Improve
Facelift Results Barbara Machado, MD
Break In the Exhibit Hall
4:45pm
Combined Session with Practice Management
6:30pm
Cocktail Seminars
3:30pm
3:45pm
Gerald O’Daniel, MD
Update on Cosmeceuticals and Hand Held Devices What’s Hot and What’s Not? Joel Schlessinger, MD
Online Product Sales - Is This Really Worth the
Hassle? Amy Taub, MD
Ten Essential Steps to Beautiful Skin at Age 40 /
Essential Skincare Items My Patients Can’t Live
Without Heidi Waldorf, MD
Panel
2:45pm
What is on My Bathroom Counter and Why?
Moderators - Vivian Bucay, MD; Heidi Waldorf, MD; Mark Rubin, MD
Panelists - Brooke Jackson, MD; Steven Dayan, MD; Deborah Sarnoff, MD;
Glynis Ablon, MD; Nancy Samolitis, MD; Suzan Obagi, MD; Lisa Grunebaum,
MD; Sabrina Fabi, MD; Amy Taub, MD; Marguerite Germain, MD;
Jodi Comstock, MD; Jill Hessler, MD; Jason Emer, MD; Lorrie Klein, MD
4:00pm
Break In the Exhibit Hall
6:30pm
Cocktail Seminars
(see pg. 15)
“T
his meeting is the best educational meeting for cosmetic dermatologic
surgeons because it features the best lecturers in fillers, facial plastic
procedures, neurotoxins, and office management.”
- Ron Moy, MD
Dermatologist, Beverly Hills, California
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Time
VCS Top 10 Session I
Time
Practice Management & Marketing
Moderators - Andrew Kaufman, MD & Neil Gordon, MD
Moderators - William Beeson, MD & Page Piland
2:00pm
Patient Communication: Emails, Newsletters, and
Brochures
2:00pm The Power of the Written Word Steven Dayan, MD
2:15pm Newsletters for Patients: Including Print in a Digital
Age Amy Taub
2:30pm The Art of Credentialing Kim Blackwell
2:45pm Effectiveness of E-Communication Systems... Get
Results! Yvette Manard
3:00pm Featured Talk: Seven Deadly Sins of Aesthetic
Practice Management Karen Zupko
4:15pm Break In the Exhibit Hall
Ten Tips for Preoperative Evaluation to Avoid the
Perils, Pitfalls, and Complications of Cosmetic
Blepharoplasty William Mack, MD
Top 10 Tips for Managing Your Online Reputation
2:12pm
Richard Escoffery, JD
2:24pm
2:48pm
Ten Pearls to Avoid Complications and Ensure
Excellence in Facelift Surgery Ross Clevens, MD
My Top 10 Pearls for Use of Injectables Fillers and
Toxins Lisa Grunebaum, MD
Top 10 Tips for Treatment of Adult Acne
3:00pm
Tips and Pearls for Chemical Peels in Your Practice
3:12pm
Top 10 Tips for Effective Blepharoplasty
3:24pm
3:36pm
Top 10 Tips for Use of Cosmeceuticals in Your
Practice Jason Emer, MD
Top 10 Tips for Skin Resurfacing Suzan Obagi, MD
3:48pm
10 Tips for Use of Autologous Fat in Your Practice
4:00pm
Break In the Exhibit Hall
4:45pm
Combined Session with Practice Management
6:30pm
Cocktail Seminars
2:36pm
Sabrina Fabi, MD
Andrew Kaufman, MD
Foad Nahai, MD
Steven Cohen, MD
Panel
4:45pm
Focus Group: Protecting Your Reputation - Your
Most Important Asset
Moderators - William Beeson, MD; Michael Sacopulos, JD
• The New Rules of the Reputation Game
• How to Protect Your Practice
• Preventing the Disgruntled Patient From Turning to the Web
• How to Monitor Your Image
• When to Contact a Lawyer
• The Right and Wrong Way to Respond
• Reputation Management Companies - Can They Help?
Panelists - Peter Yelkovac, MD; Richard Escoffery, JD; Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD;
Susan Gay; Jonathan Sykes, MD; Tom Seery; Wendy Lewis
6:30pm
Cocktail Seminars
“T
hank you for the vision and drive to put this incredible meeting
together. Its the best meeting I have ever attended and the spirit of
collegiality between the core specialties is unparalleled”
- Vivian Bucay, MD
Dermatologist, San Antonio Texas
“P
lease accept my highest compliments on a superb meeting. It
was, without exception, the finest educational meeting I have
ever had the privilege of attending. I knew it would be outstanding,
but it exceeded my expectations in every facet. You did a fantastic job
and cannot be praised enough.”
- William Beeson, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Indianapolis, IN
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Day 4 - Saturday, June 13, 2015
Time
Rejuvenation of the Face & Neck III
Time
Skin Care / Rejuvenation
Moderators - John Joseph, MD & Andrew Campbell, MD
Moderators - Sabrina Fabi, MD & Patrick Treacy, MD
7:45am
7:30am
8:00am
8:15am
8:30am
8:45am
How the Neck and Jawline Ages: How to Target
Trouble Spots Diane Duncan, MD
Complications Associated with Facelifting and MidFacelifting and Tips to Avoid Them Foad Nahai, MD
Endo-Lifting of the Faces: A Percutaneous Full
Facelifting Technique Tunc Tiryaki, MD
Traction Deformities Associated with Facelifting Why are We Still Seeing This? Val Lambros, MD
Face Lift Management: Choosing the Right Team
Jay Calvert, MD
9:00am
Cranial Suspension Rhytidectomy - The Role of
Barbed Sutures Mark Jewell, MD
9:15am The LOP - Lateral Overlapping Platysmaplasty,
Simplifying the Neck Lift Raul Gonzalez, MD
9:30am Management of the Sub-Platysma: Fat, Fascia,
Submandibular Glands and Digastrics Gerald O’Daniel, MD
9:45am Neck Lift - When to Open the Neck? Foad Nahai, MD
10:00am Break In the Exhibit Hall
10:45am Incisionless Otoplasty: A Reliable and Replicable
Technique for the Correction of Prominent Ears
Andres Gantous, MD
10:55am Skin Tightening and Lifting Procedures - What
Works and When to Consider Using This Technology
Sabrina Fabi, MD
11:05am Six Years Clinical Experience of Stem Cell Enriched
Tissue Injections for Facial Rejuvenation: What
Works and What Does Not? Tunc Tiryaki, MD
11:15am How to Perform Effective Platysmaplasty Without
Opening the Neck Raul Gonzalez, MD
11:25am The Complicated Patient: Ten Pearls & Pitfalls
Donn Chatham, MD
Panel
11:40am
Contemporary Aesthetic Dilemmas - Can We
Develop a Consensus?
Session II
Moderator - Donn Chatham, MD
•Is EMR Really That Helpful and Worth the Money for an Aesthetic Practice
•Facebook, Blogs, and Tweets are Essential for Today’s Successful Practices?
•Autologous Fat is Far Superior to Off the Shelf Fillers?
•Non-MD Injectors are Well Qualified and Well Trained and Represent the Future in Most Practices? In Fact
They Are Clearly More Qualified that Non-Core Physicians!
•Non-Ablative Skin Rejuvenation is a Great Advance and Should be Given as an Alternative to Every Patient?
•Stem Cells - Does Research Support the Current Hype?
•Non-Invasive Rejuvenation / Tissue Tightening WILL DEFINITELY Replace Surgery in the Next 5-10 Years?
7:45am
8:00am
8:15am
8:30am
The Skinny On Fat Melting and Freezing Techniques
- What Really Works? Sabrina Fabi, MD
Utilizing Skin Care to Optimize Your Surgical Results
Jill Hessler, MD
Guidelines for Medical Treatments of Female
Androgenetic Alopecia Patrick Treacy, MD
New Treatment Options for Acne Amy Taub, MD
Lasers and Lights for Acne - Where are we Now?
Todd Schlesinger, MD
8:45am
Chemical Peels - My Evolution Over the Last 25
Years Mark Rubin, MD
9:00am Update on Topical Botox Joel Schlessinger, MD
9:15am Minimally Invasive Chest Rejuvenation Sabrina Fabi, MD
9:30am New Developments in Tattoo Removal Bruce Katz, MD
9:45am “AceLift”: A Minimally Invasive Alternative to a
Facelift Deborah Sarnoff, MD
10:00am CO2 Laser Resurfacing of the Face & Neck
Nabil Fanous, MD
10:15am Break In the Exhibit Hall
Technology and Skin Enhancement
Moderators - Adam Rotunda MD & Brooke Jackson, MD
11:00am Core 4 - The Key to Effective Skin Care Amy Taub, MD
11:15am The Effect of Multiple Sequential Light Sources to
Activate Aminolevulinic Acid in the Treatment of
Photodamage, Acne, or Rosacea Sabrina Fabi, MD
11:30am New Non-Invasive & Minimally Invasive RF & Laser
Approaches to Skin Tightening Bruce Katz, MD
11:45am Secret’s that Will Revolutionize Treatment of Your
Melasma Patients Jody Comstock, MD
12:00pm Combining Non-Invasive Rejuvenation Techniques
Heidi Waldorf, MD
12:15pm Non-Invasive Body Contouring - The Cutting Edge
Corey Maas, MD
12:30pm Diet & Skin Jody Comstock, MD
12:45pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
Injectable Workshop
2:00 - 3:30pm
Featuring Live Demonstrations
Panelists - William Hanke, MD; E. Gaylon McCollough, MD; Val Lambros, MD
Mark Rubin, MD; Harry Mittelman, MD; Susumu Takayanagi, MD
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Time
Masters Seminars
Time
Practice Management & Marketing
Moderators - William Beeson, MD & Edmond Khoury, MD
Moderators: Alex Thiersch, JD & Denise Mann
7:30am
Technology Session
7:30am EMR What is it Really Worth for Your Practice
The Spectrum of Periorbital Rejuvenation: Options
from Topicals to Injections to Surgical Correction
John Fezza, MD & John Martin, MD
8:15am
9:00am
The Endoscopic Browlift - Our Technique and Long
Term Experience Edwin Williams, MD & Renato Saltz, MD
Office Fraud and Embezzlement - This is Not a
Problem for Me - Think Again! William Beeson, MD;
Tim Sayed, MD
7:45am
8:00am
Renato Saltz, MD; Michael Sacopulos, JD; Debra Phairas
10:15am Break In the Exhibit Hall
11:00am An Organized Approach to the Aging Neck
E. Gaylon McCollough, MD
11:45am Various Alternatives for Mid-Face Elevation in Our
Practice - Who, What, When, and Why? Foad Nahai, MD
12:15pm Pitanguy Facelift: Important Details and Vector of
Traction Barbara Machado, MD & Eduardo Lintz, MD
12:45pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
Time
VCS Top 10 Session II
Moderators - Harold Kaplan, MD & William Vasileff, MD
2:00pm
2:12pm
10 Tips for Successful Blepharoplasty Guy Massry, MD
10 Tips for Midface Rejuvenation Edwin Williams, MD
2:24pm
10 Tips for Successful Endo Browlift Renato Saltz, MD
2:36pm
10 Tips for Harvesting, Cleaning, and Prepping Fat
2:48pm
10 Tips to Deal with Unwanted Pigmentation
3:00pm
3:12pm
10 Tips to Avoid Malpractice Suits Kathleen Stillwell
10 Tips for Use of Devices for Skin Tightening in
Your Practice Bruce Katz, MD
Ten Tips for Treating Melasma Glynnis Ablon, MD
10 Tips for Effective and Practical Use of Injectable
Fillers Heidi Waldorf, MD
10 Tips for Treatment of Rosacea Nancy Samolitis, MD
Q&A
Break In the Exhibit Hall
3:24pm
3:36pm
3:48pm
4:00pm
4:15pm
“J
Steven Cohen, MD
Suzan Obagi, MD
ust a short note to congratulate you for the success of your meeting
that was so very well organized. Everything ran smoothly, and I heard
only positive comments. On the professional level, I did highly appreciate the
exchange of ideas with colleagues bringing different visions on the subject.”
-Pietro Palma, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Milan, Italy
Top 10 Tips for Evaluating and Purchasing
Technology for Your Practice Ross Clevens, MD
Network Protection - How to Keep Patient
Information Confidential in the Electronic Age
Michael Sacopulos, JD
8:15am
The Impact of Technology on the Cosmetic Practice
Susan Sullivan
8:30am
Achieving Exceptional Photographs Without a
Dedicated Studio Ryan Greene, MD
External Marketing
8:45am Creating an Office Environment that Brings Your
Patients Back Lorrie Klein, MD
9:00am 3 Ways to Turn Your Patients Into Raving Fans
Catherine Maley
9:15am
New Marketing Initiatives to Improve Patient
Referrals Jamie Verkamp
9:30am Generational Marketing - When Reaching Out to
Patients in Multiple Age Groups Remember That One
Size Does Not Fit All Catherine Maley
9:45am Marketing and Branding Your Practice Lorrie Klein, MD
10:00am How to Get Clients Running into Your Office
Bryan Durocher
10:15am Break In the Exhibit Hall
Panel
Modern Day Office Dilemmas
11:00am
Moderators - Greg Buford, MD & Lou Haggerty
• Managing Personality Conflict
• How to Manage Millennials
• Understanding the Value and True Benefit
of EMR
• Keeping Staff Off Cell Phones and Other
Policies
• Commissions and Bonuses
• Theft and Inventory Control
• What are You Doing Differently Today than
• Handling No Shows
• Patient Follow Up
You Were 3-4 Years Ago
• The Most Profitable Technology Purchase a • Does Outsourcing Work?
Practice Can Make
• How is Social Media Handled in Your
• Hiring Patients or Friends
Practice?
• Patient Financing Programs
• Metrics in Your Practice
• Referral Programs
• And much much more!
Panelists - Andrea Dieter; David Berrera; Susan Sullivan; Spencer Teller; Matt
Leavitt, DO; Edwin Williams, MD; Steven Dayan, MD; Terri Ross; Jonathan
Montoya; Page Piland; Allyson Avila, JD; Bryan Durocher; Jon Hoffenberg
12:45pm Hosted LUNCH in Exhibit Hall
The Bellagio, Las Vegas | June 10 - 14, 2015
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Day 4 - Saturday, June 13, 2015 Continued...
Rejuvenation of Face & Neck IV
Time
Practice Management & Marketing
Moderators - Harry Mittelman, MD & Andrew Campbell, MD
Moderators - Heather Onerati & Allyson Avila, JD
2:00pm
Web
2:00pm
3:30pm
Technique Refinements for Skin Incisions, Skin
Vectors, and Skin Sutures Dino Elyanassia, MD
Practical Application of the McCollough Facelift
Classification System E. Gaylon McCollough, MD
An Innovative and Direct Approach to Improving the
Lower Neck Harry Mittelman, MD
Maintenance of Your Facelift Patient: Keeping them
in Your Practice Gerald O’Daniel, MD
Lipodialysis and Cell Enriched Fat Transfer During
Facelift Surgery Steven Cohen, MD
My Personal Approach to Combining Lasers and
Facelifting Jason Pozner, MD
MAPS Facelift (Mobile Anterior Platysma SMAS)
3:45pm
4:00pm
My Version of the “Weekend Lift” Edwin Williams, MD
Break In the Exhibit Hall
2:15pm
2:30pm
2:45pm
3:00pm
3:15pm
Richard Warren, MD
Panel
4:45pm
Dermatology Times Roundtable Discussion:
“Body Contouring and Skin Tightening Update 2015”
Moderators - Renato Saltz, MD & Grant Stevens, MD
Panelists - Jason Pozner, MD; Bruce Katz, MD; Michael Persky, MD;
Jason Emer, MD; Corey Maas, MD; Andrew Campbell, MD;
Jennifer Harrington, MD
Bonus Session
8:00 - 10:00am
Moderators - Monique Ramsey; Kathi Watkins; Bryan Edelstein
• Promoted Facebook Posts: How and When
to Use Them to Get the Most out of Your
Ad Spend
• Advanced Targeting with Facebook Ads
• How to Use Real Time Analytics
• Using Snapchat to Connect with Current
and Former Clients
A Live Analysis of Actual Attendee Websites
11:00 - 12:45pm
Moderators - Shawn Miele & Bryan Edelstein
Utilize this rare opportunity to have the industry’s leading web experts offer
insights to grow your specific website. Join a breakout session that could
even feature YOUR practice and walk away with real tips to grow your online
presence and ROI.
Panelists - David Phillips; Ryan Miller; Greg Washington; Timour Haider
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2:24pm
2:36pm
2:48pm
3:00pm
Greg Washington
Loyalty & Retention
3:15pm
The Power of Patient Retention: Building a Loyal
Customer Base Beatriz Bailey
3:30pm Lost Patients Aren’t Lost Causes. Here’s How to get
Them Back! Catherine Maley
3:45pm Skin to Win: Optimizing Skin Maintenance to
Enhance Loyalty and Retention Terri Wojak
4:00pm Top 10 Social Media Myths Debunked Wendy Lewis
4:15pm Break In the Exhibit Hall
Panel
5:00 - 6:30pm
Legal Panel - How to Safeguard Your Practice
from the Vultures Circling Overhead
Moderators - Michael Sacopulos, JD & Alex Thiersch, JD
Social Media Breakout
• Advanced and Individualized Social Media
Training
• Instagram: Eight Things You Need to Know
that Will Help You Get the Most out of this
Media
• Using Pinterest to Drive Traffic Back to Your
Website
• Reputation: Monitoring Your Brand in Real
Time
2:12pm
Components of a Successful Web Presence for
Today’s Practice Timour Haider
The Rise of Content Marketing and Why You Need to
Get Involved.. Now! Greg Buford, MD
Pay Attention to the Mobile User Shawn Miele
Major Updates.... Getting Your Blogs Found and Read
and Acted On Kathi Watkins
The New Measures of Success Online Ryan Miller
Google Analytics... How to Read the Tea Leaves
• Nurse Injectors and Other Patient Extenders and Who they Patient Thinks They Are
• The Truth About Online Ratings
• Medical Directors: Are There Risks Including Insurance Coverage
• Staying Out of Court So You May Continue Your Practice
• Common HIPAA Liability Exposures
• The Truth About Online Ratings
• How to Keep Lawyers from Circling Your Practice
• Physician Delegation of Medical Task - What Can be Delegated and to Whom
• HI TECH Act of 2009 with Expanded HIPAA Privacy Rules in 2013, What They Mean to You
• Lasers - Who Can Use Them in the Practice
• Social Media Considerations and Pitfalls
• Skype Consultations - What You Need to Know
• and More!
Panelists - William Beeson, MD; Peter Yelkovac, JD; Tony Geroulis, MD, JD;
Jeff Segal, MD, JD; Rich Escoffery, JD; Allyson Avila, JD; Michael Byrd, JD;
Edwin Williams, MD
“I
appreciate being included as faculty for your top rated meeting! The quality
of talks was excellent. I especially enjoyed the practice management
sessions. This added value is something few other meetings offer”
- Diane Duncan, MD
Plastic Surgeon, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Day 5 - Sunday, June 14, 2015
Time
Practice Management & Marketing
Moderators - Tracy Drumm & Jay Shorr
Patient Experience Session:
What You Need to Know Part 2
7:30am Beyond Satisfaction: Creating Personal Health
Experience That Increase Patient Loyalty Jamie Verkamp
7:50am Innovation - Making Fantasy Reality Adam Rotunda, MD
8:10am Let’s Face it: Patients Want the Skin Care Experience
Terri Wojak
Social Media 201
Aesthetic Stem Cell Updates
Sunday
8:00am Introduction / Mission / ASCS William Beeson, MD
Session I
8:10am Regulatory Status of Stem Cell Therapies and Clinical IRB Status
of Stem Cell Therapies Michael Sacopulos, JD
8:25am
Regulatory Status of Stem Cell Therapies - International
Perspective Neil Riordan, PhD
8:35am
Stem Cell Research and How Intellectual Property Rights are
Impacted Rachal Winger, PhD
Panel
8:45 - 9:15am
Regulatory and Legal Considerations Impacting Stem Cell
Research and Therapies in US and Internationally
8:30am
How to Get Your Staff Involved in Social Media
Ryan Miller
Moderator - William Beeson, MD
8:50am
Social Media Marketing - How Facebook Can Make
You Money David Phillips
Pinterest Secrets: Using Pinterest and Instagram to
Drive Valuable Traffic Back to Your Website
Panelists - Michael Sacopulos, JD; Neil Riordan, PhD; Rachal Winger, PhD;
Gordon Sasaki, MD; Kataro Yoshimura, MD; Kai Schlaudraff, MD; Lina Triana, MD;
Erik Woods, PhD
Using YouTube for More Effective Patient Education
and Outcomes Susan Gay
But I Already Have a Website! The Emergence of
Mobile and Tablet Christopher Mulgrew
9:15am
Stem Cell Enzymatic Devices
9:25am
Stem Cell Mechanical Devices Greg Keller, MD
9:35am
Platelet Rich Plasma Devices Greg Keller, MD
9:05am
Monique Ramsey
9:20am
9:40am
The “Top 10” Wrap Up Sessions
Session II
Devices - Materials and Methods
Joel Aronowitz, MD
Session III
9:45am
Stem Cell Therapy for Skin Rejuvenation William Hanke, MD
10:15am Top 10 Tips for Actively Managing Online Ratings and Reviews
9:55am
Stem Cell Therapy for Hair Rejuvenation Matt Leavitt, MD
10:05am
Stem Cell Therapy for Oculoplastic Surgery Allen Putterman, MD
10:30am 10 Tips for Maximizing the Opportunity with Loyal Patients
10:15am
Stem Cell Therapy for Facial Plastic Surgery - Fat Cell
Biology and Cell-assisted Enhancement of Fat Augmentation
in Aesthetic Facelifts / PRP and Processed Fat for Facial
Augmentation and Hair Stimulation Gordon Sasaki, MD
10:35am
Key Note Address: Stem Cell Therapy for Breast / Buttocks
-Personal Perspective Kataro Yoshimura, MD ( Winner of President’s Award for
11:30am Top 10 Tips in Positioning Your Website and Name on the
11:00am
Fat Grafting and Adipose Derived Stem Cells - the Hype, the
Reality, the Science, and the Ethics Kai Schlaudraff, MD
11:45am Top 10 Tips for Improving Social Media Exposure for the
Featured Presentation:
11:20 - 12:15pm
Current Status and Future of Stem Cell Research and
Therapies in Aesthetic Surgery and Medicine
Richard Escoffery, JD
Kim Blackwell
10:45am Top 10 Traits to Look for in a New Employee Jon Hoffenberg
11:00am 10 Ways Staff Can Credential the Doctor Jay Shorr
11:15am Top 10 Tips for Online Advertising Including Pay for Click
Christopher Mulgrew
Significant Contribution to Stem Cell Therapy and Research)
Internet Including DIY SEO Ryan Miller
Aesthetic Practice Monique Ramsey
12:00pm ADJOURN
Moderator - William Beeson, MD
Panelists: Neil Riordan, PhD; Gordon Sasaki, MD; Kataro Yoshimura , MD;
Kai Schlaudraff, MD; Erik Woods, PhD; Shelly Zacharia, DVM; Joel Aronowitz, MD;
Renato, Saltz, MD; William Hanke, MD; Steve Fagien, MD
Aesthetic Stem Cell Society Annual Business Meeting
12:15pm
Awards presentation in recognition of their significant
contributions to stem cell therapy and research:
Governor Emeritus - Ivo Pitanguy, MD
ASCS President’s Award - Kataro Yoshimura, MD
The Bellagio, Las Vegas | June 10 - 14, 2015
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Vegas Cosmetic Surgery
3288 Eagle View Ln, Suite 340
Lexington, Kentucky 40509
Registration
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2015
June 10th - 14th The Bellagio, Las Vegas
Please Check Registration Type:
Before April 15th, 2015
Before June 1st, 2015
After June 1st & Onsite
**Physician (Does Not Include International Breast and Body Session) $1195.00
$1395.00
$1495.00
Physician (Includes International Breast and Body Session)
$1395.00
$1595.00
$1695.00
Industry
$1195.00
$1395.00
$1495.00
Office Staff / RN, APRN, PA
$895.00
$995.00
$1095.00
**Fellow / Resident
$600.00
$600.00
$800.00
* BC/BE plastic surgeon required for admission to this portion of the meeting.
** This applies to domestic training programs only. Residents and Fellows must present
letter from Program Director as proof of enrollment.
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This activity is jointly sponsored by Medical Education Resources and the Multi-Specialty Foundation
Target Audience: This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of Aesthetic Dermatologists, Plastic Surgeons, Facial Plastic Surgeons, and Oculoplastic Surgeons involved in the care of patients with Aesthetic concerns.
Statement of Need: Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2015 Symposium is unique in that it provides truly multi-disciplinary cross talk , sharing, and cooperation. This is the only educational venue that features the best and brightest in the fields
of dermatology, facial plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, plastic surgery, practice management and business development. Our educational offerings run the gamut from specific technique discussions and complications to emerging technology.
This educational conference addresses the need that these specialists face for in-depth technique discussions to meet higher standards of care and produce better results for their patients.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this symposium, the participant should be able to:
• Demonstrate an improved understanding of how to avoid the most common problems in rhinoplasty.
• Differentiate the various approaches to blepharoplasty and browlifting to determine that best suited to the patient.
• Assess which patients might be the best candidates for surgical rejuvenation and which might benefit from non-invasive approaches to facial rejuvenation.
• Compare options for skin rejuvenation through the use of lasers and other skin tightening devices, fillers, injectables and minimally invasive lifting techniques.
• Assess controversial topics in facial aesthetic surgery in order to make more informed decisions.
• Demonstrate an improved understanding of various approaches to facelifting and which procedure is appropriate for which patient.
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Medical
Education Resources (MER) and The Multi-Specialty Foundation for Facial Aesthetic Surgical Excellence. Medical Education Resources is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation for General Course: Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of (TBD) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the
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extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Accreditation for General Course: Medical Education Resources is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This CE activity provides TBD contact hours of continuing nursing education. Medical Education Resources is a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12299, for (TBD) contact
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Learning Goal/Purpose Statement: To build education bridges between competing specialties.
Satellite Dinner Symposia: These activities have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) . Nursing contact hours will be provided for this activity.
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