2023 Speakers

Aesthetics Tech Forum 2023 brought together leading physicians, industry and entrepreneurs to discuss ground breaking medical aesthetic technologies & more.

2023 Speakers

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Tom Albright

President, JuvaStrat

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Rema Awad

Partner, K&L Gates

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jeanne Barthold

Co-Founder, TissueForm

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Corey Benjamin

Managing Director, Harris Williams

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Kamil Bhangoo

Vice President Business Development, Perfect Corp.

Jason Bloom, MD, FACS

Bloom Facial Plastic Surgery

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Stephanie Manson Brown, MBBS, MRCS, MFPM

Vice President, Head of Clinical Development, Aesthetic Medicine, Allergan Aesthetics an AbbVie Company

Brenda Buechler

Chief Marketing Officer, ELEVAI Labs

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS, PCEO

Beauty by Buford

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Bill Carpou

CEO, Octane

Juan José Chacón-Quirós

CEO & Founder, Establishment Labs

Chris Chen

Principal, TowerBrook

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Brad Conlan

CEO & Founder, Bimini Health Tech

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
DiAnne Davis, MD, FAAD

Medical & Cosmetic Dermatologist

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Megan Driscoll

Founder & CEO, EvolveMKD

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Ted Ebel

Chief Business Officer, Colorescience

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Amber Edwards

Global Head of Alastin Skincare, Galderma

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Frank Fazio

CEO, Amplifica Holdings Group, Inc.

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Leslie Fletcher, MSN, RN, AGNP-BC

Beauty Innovator, The InjectAbility® Institute and Clinic

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Gabrielle Garritano

Founder & CEO, JECT

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Nicole Gregory

CEO, UrbanYou & CEO, PinchGig

Tiphany Hall PhD, MBA

Chief Growth Officer, Aesthetic Record

Stephen Hanson PhD, MBA

Business Development Director, Spiderwort

Brandie Heredia
Brandie Heredia, RN

Founder/Owner, Unmarked Beauty & Wellness

Brandie Heredia
Ben Hernandez

Partner, Skytale Group

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Mike Hill

Director, Launchpad SBDC, Octane

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jeremy Hirsch

Senior Vice President, Houlihan Lokey

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Niquette Hunt

CEO & Co-Founder, Candesant Biomedical

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jaide Jensen

Head of Biotechnology, Arcaea

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Eleanor Jones

Founder & CEO, Skintelligent

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Lana Kerr

CEO, Lumisque

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jeff Kizilbash

CEO, RealSelf

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Kurt Knab

Senior Vice President Sales, Evolus

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Judy Kozlicki

Strategic Advisor, Aesthetics, Skytale Group

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Nicci Levy

Founder & CEO, Alchemy 43

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Wayne Liu

Chief Growth Officer and President of the Americas, Perfect Corp.

Nancy Marchain

Chief Domestic Sales Officer, ZO Skin

Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor, Dermatology, UCI Health

Darin Messina, PhD

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Aesthetics R&D at AbbVie

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
David Moatazedi

President and CEO, Evolus

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Uri Neeman

Founder & CEO, RealizeMD

Jason O’Hearn

Chief Commercial Officer, SIA, Inc.

Adele C. Oliva

Founding Partner, 1315 Capital

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Sophia Ononye-Onyia, PhD, MPH, MBA

Founder & CEO, The Sophia Consulting Firm

Flemming Ørnskov MD, MPH

CEO, Galderma

Jordan Plews, PhD

CEO, ELEVAI Labs, Inc.

Audrey Rose, NP

CEO, Owner & Founder, Age-less Weigh-Less

Terri Ross

CEO & Founder, APX Platform

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Annabel Samimy

Managing Director, Biopharmaceuticals, Stifel

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Greg Schmergel

CEO, Yuva Biosciences

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jonah Shacknai

Chief Executive of Skinbetter Science and Chief Strategic Development Officer L’Oréal USA (ACD)

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jamie Smith

Founder, Nurse Injector, Just GLO

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Alex Topacio

Associate Vice President, Pricing, Analytics and Personalization, Allergan Data Labs

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Caro Van Hove

President & CEO, Revelle Aesthetics

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Pablo Villalba

Co-Founder & President, StimuSIL

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
M Dean Vistnes, MD, FACS

Founder and Medical Director, SkinSpirit

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Adelle Walker

Vice President, Consumer Products, DermTech

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Todd Watts

CEO & Co-Founder, PatientFi

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jeffry Weinhuff

Managing Partner, Visionary Venture Fund

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Leana Wood

SVP Global Strategic Accounts, Eversana

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Jessica Wu, MD

Dermatologist, Founder, RESIDEN

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Steve Yoelin, MD

Steve Yoelin Medical Associates Inc.

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Kamakshi R. Zeidler, MD, FACS

Founder & Managing Partner, Aesthetx

Caitlin Blanche K&L Gates
Ahmed Zobi

CEO, Syntr Health Technologies

*2023 Speakers Subject to Change

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