The speakers
4 key areas

Dr. José Carlos NevesFacelift / RhinoplastyPortugal
Board-certified by the European Board of Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, based in London, and a specialist in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in Portugal. He is a member of the Executive Board of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery and President of the Facial Plastic Surgery Committee of the Portuguese society of the specialty. He chairs My Face – Clinics and Academy, with clinics in Lisbon and Coimbra.

Dr. Sebastian HaackRhinoplastyGermany
Board certified plastic surgeon working exclusively on the face. He has been head of the clinic for facial plastic surgery at the Marienhospital in Stuttgart since 2015, as successor to Prof. Wolfgang Gubisch. His main interest is primary, secondary and reconstructive rhino-surgery; the department he leads is the foremost in Germany for total autogenous reconstruction of the nose. He lectures nationally and internationally and hosts a renowned rhinoplasty course in Stuttgart.

Dr. Dominic BrayFaceliftUnited Kingdom
Facial plastic surgeon from London, specialising exclusively in facial rejuvenation. Globally renowned for deep plane facelift surgery, he is regularly invited to lecture internationally, perform live surgery, sit on expert panels and teach as faculty at masterclasses. Dedicated to sharing expertise and elevating patient outcomes, he welcomes visiting surgeons from all over the world every week to observe his surgeries.

Dr. Ali SaalabianBody SurgeryAustria
Internationally recognised body contouring specialist, Key Opinion Leader and sought-after speaker in the field of aesthetic medicine. His extensive expertise in surgical body sculpting has led him to develop innovative techniques that have set new standards in the field, focused on natural-looking results through fat reduction and skin tightening. He collaborates with leading medical device companies and research institutions.

Dr. Miguel Gómez BravoBody SurgeryAbu Dhabi
Plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon with an international career across Spain, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, and a practice focused on body contouring: gluteal surgery, body reshaping after massive weight loss and lipoedema. He trained at the University of Navarra and at Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, and furthered his training at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston. He practises in Abu Dhabi, having been part of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and holds an Executive MBA from IESE.

Dr. David S. SoutarKeynote LectureScotland
Renowned British plastic surgeon, trained at the University of Aberdeen and specialising in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery. He developed most of his career at the Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit in Glasgow, where he served as Consultant and later Clinical Director. In 1982 he performed one of the early intraoral reconstructions using a radial forearm flap, one of the most highly cited publications in the field. He was President of BAPRAS in 2001 and of EURAPS in 2008-2009.

Dr. Kamakshi ZeidlerBreast SurgeryUSA
American plastic surgeon specialising in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery. She trained at the University of California, San Francisco, and went on to complete advanced microsurgical training in breast reconstruction at Stanford University Medical Center. She is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Her work focuses on aesthetic breast surgery, complex revision procedures and reconstruction following cancer.

Dr. Jorge PlanasSurgical Cases from Previous MeetingsSpain
Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery with more than thirty years of experience, he is Medical Director of Clínica Planas in Barcelona and Madrid. Professor of Plastic Surgery at Tor Vergata University in Rome, he has invented his own surgical devices and techniques and is a pioneer of ultrasonic rhinoplasty in Spain. He has given more than three hundred lectures and published more than fifty scientific articles and ten books. Forbes named him among the 100 best doctors in Spain.

April CruzPractice ManagerUSA
Practice manager with eighteen years in plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine. Since 2019 she has run the daily operations of The Schwartz Aesthetic Institute in Westlake Village, California: its teams, marketing, budgets and patient experience. Before that, she helped build J. Sweat Plastic Surgery in Sacramento from the ground up into a three-storey facility with its own surgical centre and medical spa. Her focus: collaborative teams, efficient systems and sustainable growth.