An Exclusive 4-Day Live Surgery Course

Experience what our faculty has described as one of the most impactful educational events of the year. Learn exclusive techniques from forty surgeons and strengthen your practice with advanced skills, greater confidence, and the foundation for exceptional patient care.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

DAY 1

LIVE SURGERY & RHINOPLASTY DIDACTICS

  • 5:30 AM – 6:00 AM
    Registration & Breakfast
  • 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    LIVE SURGERY

    Deep Plane Face & Neck Lift, Endoscopic Browlift & Fat Transfer on a 50-year-old patient

    Surgeon: Ramtin Kassir, MD
    Moderator: Ruslan Zhuravsky, MD

  • 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
    Coffee Break
  • 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM
    SECTION I: Rhinoplasty Decision-Making in 2026 – Choosing Structure, Preservation or Hybrid Techniques

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Edgar Kaminskyi, MD: Comparison of Techniques, Possible Complications, and how to Avoid them
    • Froilán Páez, MD: Structural Contours – Managing Dorsal Aesthetic Line Definition in a Gradual Four-Stage Strategy
    • Masoud Saman, MD: My Indications for Dorsal Preservation
    • Emre İlhan, MD: Precision Rhinoplasty in 2026 – The Logic and Techniques
    • Umang Mehta, MD: Structural Approaches to the Nasal Dorsum and Septum
    • Ali Sajjadian, MD: Structural vs. Preservation vs. Hybrid Approach

    Moderator: James Newman, MD

  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
    KEYNOTE: 25 Practical Tips for the Catastrophic Nose

    Speaker: Grant Hamilton, MD

  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    SECTION II: Structural Rhinoplasty Mastery – Framework, Support, and Longevity

    Lectures (12 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Ruslan Zhuravsky, MD: My Top 3 techniques – For Beautiful, Reliable, and Lasting Results
    • Süreyya Şeneldir, MD: Dynamic Nasal Tip Support – Tripod Geometry with Cantilever Mechanics for Long-Term Stability
    • Froilán Páez, MD: Armadillo Tipplasty – The Structural Framework for the Nasal Tip in Primary and Revision Rhinoplasty
    • Umang Mehta, MDPredictability in Tip Refinement
    • Emre İlhan, MD: Structural Precision – Support & Longevity

    Moderator: Ali Sajjadian, MD

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
    Lunch Break presented by Norvia Nutrition – A Revolution in Pre- and Post-Op Care
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    SECTION III: Preservation Rhinoplasty – Principles, Pitfalls and long term Outcomes

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Masoud Saman, MD: How does Dorsal Preservation Hold Up with time?
    • Edgar Kaminskyi, MD: Choice of the Correct Preservation Technique – Differences and Features
    • Ali Sajjadian, MD: Preservation Rhinoplasty – Best Approaches
    • Ramtin Kassir, MD: Preservation Rhinoplasty – Indications & Limitations

    Moderator: Masoud Saman, MD

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    PANEL: Complex and Revision Rhinoplasty

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Ali Sajjadian, MD: Advanced Techniques for Straightening of a Deviated and Crooked Nose
    • Silvio Podda, MD: The “Disaster” Nose. Complicated Reconstructive Rhinoplasties
    • Karan Dhir, MDRevision Rhinoplasty – Restoring Structure & Function
    • Teoman Doğan, MD: Complex Big Humps – My Way
    • Süleyman Taş, MD: Most powerfull Maneuvers for Challenging Situations in my 20+ years Rhinoplasty Career.
    • James Newman, MD: Challenging Revision Rhinoplasty Cases
    • Ruslan Zhuravsky, MDCommon Issues Seen in Revision Rhinoplasty
    • Süreyya Şeneldir, MD: Revision Nasal Surgery with Auricular Cartilage – Achieving Stability without Rigidity

    Moderator: Grant Hamilton

  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM
    Coffee Break
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
    PANEL: Pearls from the Masters

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Ramtin Kassir, MD30 Years of Rhinoplasty: Pearls, Pitfalls, and Priorities
    • Teoman Doğan, MD: Nasal Tip Surgery in Teorhinoplasty
    • Süreyya Şeneldir, MD: Tips for Success in Rhinoplasty
    • Grant Hamilton, MD: My Rhinoplasty Pearls
    • Emre İlhan, MD: Lessons I have Learned

    Moderator: Ramtin Kassir

  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Welcome Cocktail Reception

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2026

Day 2

LIVE SURGERY – DEEP PLANE LIFT + NECK & GLANDS

  • 5:30 AM – 6:00 AM
    Registration & Breakfast
  • 6:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    LIVE SURGERY

    Deep Plane Face Lift and Neck Lift, Endoscopic Brow Lift + Fast Transfer on a 70-year-old patient

    Surgeon: Carl Truesdale, MD
    Moderator: Elizabeth Chance, MD

  • 08:45 AM – 10:00 AM
    PANEL: Endoscopic Access to the Deep Plane Technique, Anatomy and Outcomes

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Mirza Firat, MD: Endoscopic Deep Plane Facelift
    • Artur Díaz Carandell, MD: Key Anatomical Considerations in Endoscopic Brow Lift
    • Mubariz Mammadli, MDEndoscopic Brow and Face Lift
    • Fayçal El Kouhen, MDEndoscopic Deep Plane Facelift – Indications, Technique and Results
    • Gad Renert, MDHigh SMAS -Extended Deep Plane Endoscopic Facelift with Frontal Branch Isolation
    • Dmitry Batiukov, MDKnown Unknowns – Safe Dissection of the Key Anatomical Structures During Endoscopic Facelift

    Moderator: Marc Mani, MD

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    KEYNOTE: Face Transplant Program: A Culture of Excellence and a High Performance Case Study

    Speaker: Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD

  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
    Coffee Break
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
    SECTION I: Deep Plane – Global Perspectives

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Francisco Bravo, MDDeep Reducation Dual-Plane Neck Lift
    • Waldemar Penna, MDDeep Plane Brazil
    • Süleyman Taş, MDFacelift, the Mentality behind the Technique. Which Techniques and Why in My 20+ Year Career
    • Samir Ghoraba, MDPreservation High SMAS Facelift: Technical Refinements and Strategies for Outcome Optimization
    • Ritu Chopra, MDEngineering Beauty – The Physics of Why Facelifts Relapse
    • Kevin Sadati, MDMy Approach to Preservation Deep Plane Face & Neck Lift

    Moderator: Michael Lee

  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
    Lunch Break presented by ELIXIR MD Inc. – Facelift Is Not Complete Without Intelligent Recovery
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM
    PANEL: Deep Plane Debate, Anatomy and Advanced Techniques

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Alessandro Gualdi, MDLimited Delamination Refinements in Extended Deep Plane Rhytidectomy
    • Lessandro Martins, MDEndoscopic Deep Plane
    • Mario Pelle, MD: The Lateral Approach to the Submandibular Gland
    • Daryoush Saadat, MD: Key Anatomy in Deep Plane Facelifting
    • Sam Rizk, MDMy Approach to the Deep Plane – Durability, Safety and Rapid Recovery
    • George Bitar, MDMy Deep Plane Facelift – Creating Natural Results
    • Yannis Alexandrides, MDDeep Plane Facelifting – Indications, Innovations and Outcomes
    • Sarmela Sunder, MDManeuvres to Enhance Your Facelift Results

    Moderator: Ramtin Kassir, MD

  • 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
    KEYNOTE: 40+ Years of Evolution in Neck Rejuvenation Surgery

    Speaker: Mario Pelle, MD

  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
    Coffee Break presented by Riviera – How AI is changing Patient Conversion and Practice Growth
  • 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM
    PANEL: Deep Neck, Submandibular Glands & Deep Neck Techniques

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Ariel Rad, MDShaping the Deep Neck Safely
    • Ramtin Kassir, MDDefining and Delivering the Ideal Neck
    • Elizabeth Chance, MD: Creating a Transformed and Still Feminine Neck Utilizing Deep Neck Lifting
    • Leonardo Gagliano, MD: Vectorial Anatomical Dissection – Demystifying the Deep Plane
    • Fas Arshad, MD: Submandibular Gland Contouring in Deep Neck Aesthetic Surgery – The New Frontier
    • Michael Lee, MDThe High SMAS Facelift Achieving the Ideal Neck
    • Kiya Movassaghi, MD: The Neck – The Cornerstone of Facial Rejuvenation

    Moderator: Francisco Bravo, MD

  • 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
    PANEL: Complications and Difficult Cases – Lessons from Experience

    Lectures (7 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Ariel Rad, MDAlloplastic Face Optimization
    • Elizabeth Chance, MDParotid Gland Sialocele and Concepts of Salivary Gland Leak – How to Treat and Avoid
    • Lessandro Martins, MDVery Heavy Deep Neck
    • Ramtin Kassir, MDFacelift Complications – From Nerve Injury to Deep Neck Risk
    • Babak Azizzadeh, MD: Managing “Marginal Mandibular Nerve” Injury in Deep Plane Facelift and Neck Contouring
    • Carl Truesdale, MDSkin Pitch Lower Blepharoplasty – Technique, Indications, and Single-Stitch Suspension Optimization
    • Marc Mani, MDScareless Lift® – Endoscopic Composite Flap Brow, Face and Neck Lift
    • Dmitry Batiukov, MD: Learning Through Personal Pitfalls in Facial Rejuvenation

    Moderator: Mario Pelle, MD

  • 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    Faculty Dinner

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026

Day 3

LIVE SURGERY + CADAVER LAB PROGRAM

  • 5:30 AM – 6:00 AM
    Registration & Breakfast
  • 6:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    LIVE SURGERY

    Autoaugmentation Upper Blepharoplasty and Philtrum Accentuating Upper Lip Lift on a 46-Year-Old Patient

    Surgeon: Francisco Bravo, MD
    Moderator: Kiya Movassaghi, MD

  • 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    CADAVER DISSECTION: SESSION A
    • Andrew Jacono, MD
    • Ramtin Kassir, MD
    • Marc Mani, MD
    • Süleyman Taş, MD
    • Fayçal El Kouhen, MD
    • Fas Arshad, MD
    • Elizabeth Chance, MD
    • Ariel Rad, MD
    • Michael Lee, MD
    • Mario Pelle, MD
    • Emre İlhan, MD
    • Haideh Hirmand, MD
    • Deepak Ramesh, MD
    • Louise Vennegaard Mielke, MD
    • Teoman Doğan, MD
    • Neil Gordon, MD
    • Flora Levin, MD
    • Daryoush Saadat, MD
    • Rod Rohrich, MD
    • Katrin Müller, MD
    • George Bitar, MD
  • 11:15 AM – 11:25 AM
    InMode Demonstration
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    Lunch Break
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    CADAVER DISSECTION: SESSION B
    • Andrew Jacono, MD
    • Ramtin Kassir, MD
    • Francesco Bravo, MD
    • Samir Ghoraba, MD
    • Umang Mehta, MD
    • Kiya Movassaghi, MD
    • Neil Gordon, MD
    • Sarmela Sunder, MD
    • Lessandro Martins, MD
    • Silvio Podda, MD
    • Ali Sajjadian, MD
    • Mirza Firat, MD
    • Babak Maleki, MD
    • Waldemar Penna, MD
    • Kevin Sadati, MD
    • Gad Renert, MD
    • Ritu Chopra, MD
    • Sam Rizk, MD
    • Edgar Kaminskyi, MD
    • Babak Azizzadeh, MD
    • Andreas Lindahl, MD
  • 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Red Carpet
  • 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM
    Black-Tie Gala

SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2026

Day 4

PERIORBITAL – BRANDING – LONGEVITY

  • 7:00 AM – 7:15 AM
    Registration / Accreditation
  • 7:15 AM – 8:40 AM
    PANEL – Part I: Facelift and Facial Aesthetics – Techniques and Perspectives

    Lectures (8 minutes each) followed by panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Sahar Nadimi, MDRefining the Hairline – Novel Techniques in Forehead Reduction Surgery
    • Kevin Tehrani, MDContour Lift – Closed Minimally Invasive Neck Lift
    • Sheila Kassir, MDBeyond the Scalpel – The Psychology, Journey and New Standard of Care
    • Randall Craft, MDCombining Deep Plane Facelift, Phenol-Croton Oil Peel, and Reyagel Matrix for Advanced Rejuvenation
    • Martin Kassir, MD: Lasers, Energy Based Devices and Exosomes – What Every Aesthetic Surgeon Must Know in  2026
    • Rod Rohrich, MDBlending the Eyelet Cheek Junction in Blepharoplasty
    • Lessandro Martins, MDCaves Technique

    Moderator: Ramtin Kassir

  • 8:40 AM – 9:00 AM
    Coffee Break
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    PANEL – Part II: Facelift and Facial Aesthetics – Techniques and Perspectives

    Lectures (8 minutes each) followed by panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • James Newman, MDMastery in Fat Grafting – Fat and Skeletal Changes in Facial Aging​ Tear Troughs and Midface
    • Louise Vennegaard Mielke, MDHybrid Deep Plane Facelift – Combined Technique for Optimizing Outcomes
    • Andreas Lindahl, MDSecondary Deep Plane Necklift – A No-Tension Approach
    • Katrin Müller, MDEBD´s – Prejudices, Myths and our Cross-Selling Opportunity
    • Greg Bran, MDRefine Don’t Ruin – Two Adjuncts to Elevate Your Facelift
    • Jennifer Levine, MDThe Skinny Lift – Maximizing Results with Minimal Downtime
    • Leandro Menezes, MDDual-Plane Injectable PRF in Deep Plane Facelift: Biologic Integration of Tissue Interfaces.

    Moderator: James Newman

  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
    PANEL: Periorbital Surgery – Expert Perspectives

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Haideh Hirmand, MDRegenerative Blepharoplasty: Strategy and Technique
    • Flora Levin, MDOculoplastic Pearl
    • Deepak Ramesh, MDPeriocular Fat Transfer – Pearls and Pitfalls
    • Babak Maleki, MDManagement of Complex Festoons
    • Mario Pelle, MD: How to Avoid and Treat Eyelid Retraction

    Moderator: Haideh Hirmand, MD

  • 11:15 AM – 11:40 AM
    KEYNOTE: Why I Changed the Deep Plane Technique Creating the Preservation Deep Plane Rhytidectomy

    Speaker: Neil Gordon, MD

  • 11:40 AM – 12:00 AM
    Coffee Break
  • 12:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    PANEL: Branding & Practice Positioning

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Ramtin Kassir, MDBranding Like a Grandmaster – Strategy, Risk, and the Long Game
    • George Bitar, MDCosmetic Surgery Bible – Providing a 5-Star Patient Experience
    • Süleyman Taş, MDBranding and Practice
    • Yannis Alexandrides, MDBeyond the Operating Theatre – Building an Elite Practice
    • Ryan Neinstein, MD & Jonathann Kuo, MD: Stop Being Forgettable, Branding 101
    • Neil Gordon, MDWord of Mouth
    • Marc Mani, MDYou Do You: Branding is for Cattle

    Moderator: Ramtin Kassir

  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
    PANEL: The Longevity Frontier: What’s Coming and What Surgeons Need to Know Now

    Lectures (10 minutes each) followed by a panel discussion, and audience Q&A

    • Vincent Giampapa, MD: From Illusionist to the Ultimate Architect of Beauty, Human Longevity and Regeneration
    • Steven Cohen, MD: Regenerative Fat Grafting Combined with Preservation Deep Plane Facelifting
    • Lars Høie, MD, PhD: How the Intake of Soy Ingredients Leads to Improved Health, Wellness, and Longevity

    Moderator: Ramtin Kassir

  • 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
    Final Panel Discussion and Certificate Distribution

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