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Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2026
Las Vegas, NV
May 28-30, 2026
Activity Overview
Vegas Cosmetic Surgery & Aesthetic Dermatology (VCS) offers a premier, physician-led scientific program featuring live cadaver surgery, anatomy-based education, and multispecialty expertise. With a focus on surgical and nonsurgical techniques, patient safety, emerging technologies, and practice management strategies, VCS provides clinically relevant, real-world education tailored to elevate outcomes in aesthetic medicine and surgery.
Target Audience
This educational activity is designed for board certified or board eligible in plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, dermatology, and oculoplastic surgery, nurses and other healthcare professionals working directly with one of those specialists.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:
Criteria for Success
A certificate of completion will be awarded based on the participant's attendance and completion of the online evaluation/claim credit form. If you have questions about this CE activity, please contact AKH Inc at [email protected]
CE credit provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Informa Connect. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 20.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
Credit being awarded: 20.25 ANCC contact hours.
Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an medical education grant from AbbVie Inc., Merz; and in-kind support from AbbVie Inc., CosmoFrance Inc., Galderma Laboratories, L.P., Hans Biomed USA, Inc., Merz and RegenTx, Inc.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participants misunderstanding of the content. If you would like to opt out from future communications from AKH please send an email to [email protected] with your information with "Opt Out" in the subject line.
Disclosures
It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
All planners and faculty for this educational activity, except for those listed below, have no financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Speaker, Instructor, Faculty(s)
Ken Anderson, MD, FISHRS has a financial relationship (Individual stocks and stock options) with Xyon Health; financial relationship (Advisor) with Rion Aesthetics; financial relationship (Ownership interest) with Synova Life Sciences.
Sheila Barbarino, MD, FACS has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Mint PDO; financial relationship (Consultant) with Hydrinity .
Vince Bertucci, MD, FRCPC, FAAD has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Allergan Aesthetics; financial relationship (Speaker) with Allergan Aesthetics; financial relationship (Speaker) with Clarion Medical Technologies; financial relationship (Speaker) with Evolus; financial relationship (Advisor) with Galderma; financial relationship (Speaker) with Galderma; financial relationship (Researcher) with Ipsen; financial relationship (Researcher) with Allergan Aesthetics; financial relationship (Researcher) with Galderma; financial relationship (Researcher) with Medytox; financial relationship (Advisor) with Revance.
Jason Bloom, MD, FACS has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Sofwave; financial relationship (Speaker) with Galderma; financial relationship (Speaker) with Allergan/AbbVie; financial relationship (Speaker) with Revance; financial relationship (Speaker) with Evolus; financial relationship (Speaker) with Bimini Health Tech; financial relationship (Speaker) with Dr Well; financial relationship (Consultant) with CollPlant; financial relationship (Speaker) with Cynosure / Lutronic.
Monica Boen, MD has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Hydrafacial; financial relationship (Researcher) with Biofrontera; financial relationship (Researcher) with Galderma; financial relationship (Researcher) with Norberg.
Vivian Bucay, MD, FAAD has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Senté ; financial relationship (Advisor) with PCA Skin/CP Skin Health; financial relationship (Speaker) with Avène/Pierre Fabre; financial relationship (Advisor) with AO2 Skin; financial relationship (Speaker) with Skinceuticals/L'Oréal; financial relationship (Advisor) with SkinBetter Science/L'Oréal; financial relationship (Consultant) with SkinMedica/AbbVie; financial relationship (Advisor) with Estee Lauder; financial relationship (Speaker) with Eucerin/Beiersdorf.
Akash Chandawarkar, MD has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Cypris Medical; financial relationship (Speaker) with Merz Aesthetics; financial relationship (Advisor) with Tiger Aesthetics; financial relationship (Advisor) with Establishment Labs.
Suneel Chilukuri, M.D., FAAD, FASDS, FASLMS has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Advalight; financial relationship (Speaker) with Aerolase Lasers; financial relationship (Speaker) with Allergan Aesthetics; financial relationship (Speaker) with BTL ; financial relationship (Speaker) with Clarity Rx; financial relationship (Speaker) with Crown Aesthetics; financial relationship (Speaker) with Evolus; financial relationship (Speaker) with Galderma; financial relationship (Speaker) with InMode; financial relationship (Speaker) with Merz; financial relationship (Speaker) with Prollenium Aesthetics; financial relationship (Speaker) with PCA Skin; financial relationship (Speaker) with Revance; financial relationship (Speaker) with Scientis; financial relationship (Speaker) with Sciton; financial relationship (Speaker) with Sente; financial relationship (Speaker) with Skin Medica.
Steven Dayan, MD has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Abbvie; financial relationship (Consultant) with Galderma.
Kian Eftekhari, MD has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Acclaro Medical.
Johnny Franco, MD,FACS has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Apyx Medical; financial relationship (Speaker) with Candesant Biomedical; financial relationship (Speaker) with Aesthetics Biomedical; financial relationship (Advisor) with Realself; financial relationship (Advisor) with APX/Engage Platform; financial relationship (Advisor) with Telabio; financial relationship (Speaker) with Dominion Aesthetics (EON); financial relationship (Advisor) with Motiva; financial relationship (Advisor) with Revance; financial relationship (Advisor) with Sientra; financial relationship (Advisor) with Tiger Medical; financial relationship (Consultant) with InMode; financial relationship (Consultant) with AVAVA; financial relationship (Advisor) with Shape Scale; financial relationship (Advisor) with Integra.
Ashkan Ghavami, MD has a financial relationship (Royalties or patent beneficiary) with QMB LLC; financial relationship (Royalties or patent beneficiary) with Thieme INC; financial relationship (Researcher) with InMode; financial relationship (Advisor) with MTF Biolgics.
Tanya Greywal, MD has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Moonlake Immunotherapeutics.
Andrew Harrison, Oculoplastic Surgeon has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Amgen; financial relationship (Consultant) with Argenx; financial relationship (Consultant) with Santen; financial relationship (Independent contractor (including contracted research)) with Viridian.
Tarik Husain, Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Miami Beach has a financial relationship (Independent contractor (including contracted research)) with Apyx Medical; financial relationship (Independent contractor (including contracted research)) with BodyESTIQ.
Joely Kaufman, MD FAAD has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Abbvie/Allergan; financial relationship (Researcher) with Galderma; financial relationship (Researcher) with Revance; financial relationship (Researcher) with Teoxane; financial relationship (Researcher) with Evolus; financial relationship (Researcher) with Jetema; financial relationship (Researcher) with MedyTox; financial relationship (Researcher) with Spiderwort; financial relationship (Researcher) with Ipsen; financial relationship (Researcher) with Hugel; financial relationship (Researcher) with croma.
Kai Kaye, Fellow EBOPRAS, Mmber BoD ISAPS, Member ESAPS, SECPRE, AECEP has a financial relationship (Consultant) with merz; financial relationship (Consultant) with Bioscience; financial relationship (Consultant) with Humanmed; financial relationship (Consultant) with Sinclair; financial relationship (Consultant) with Fillmed; financial relationship (Consultant) with Samyang; financial relationship (Consultant) with Nordberg.
Christopher Khorsandi, MD has a financial relationship (Executive role) with Tiger Aesthetics.
Jennifer Levine, Double Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Allergan; financial relationship (Consultant) with merz; financial relationship (Consultant) with BTL; financial relationship (Consultant) with galderma: financial relationship (Consultant) with revance: financial relationship (Consultant) with sciton.
Grasiela Monteiro, MD, MSc has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Allergan Aesthetics; financial relationship (Speaker) with Allergan Aesthetics; financial relationship (Researcher) with Allergan Aesthetics.
Jennifer Murdock, MD has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Rion Aesthetics; financial relationship (Speaker) with Galderma; financial relationship (Speaker) with Viridian Therapeutics; financial relationship (Speaker) with Acclaro; financial relationship (Speaker) with Rohrer Aesthetics.
Nima Naghshineh, MD MSc FACS has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Allergan; financial relationship (Speaker) with Acclaro; financial relationship (Speaker) with MTF.
Arisa Ortiz has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Aerolase; financial relationship (Advisor) with Allergan; financial relationship (Advisor) with Bausch Health; financial relationship (Consultant) with Cutera; financial relationship (Advisor) with Galderma; financial relationship (Speaker) with Procter & Gamble; financial relationship (Researcher) with Revance: financial relationship (Consultant) with Sciton; financial relationship (Advisor) with SmartGraft; financial relationship (Speaker) with Sofwave.
Salvatore Pacella, MDMBA FACS has a financial relationship (Consultant) with TELABIO; financial relationship (Consultant) with Motiva; financial relationship (Consultant) with Keracis.
Ziv Peled, MD has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Tulip Medical, Inc; financial relationship (Speaker) with nerve surgery.
Ivona Percec, MD PhD has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Allergan; financial relationship (Advisor) with Galderma; financial relationship (Advisor) with Evolus.
Rahul Pillai, MD-Dermatology,MD-General Medicine, MRCPS(Glasgow),IFAAD has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Mesoaesthetic ,Spain; financial relationship (Advisor) with Galderma, India; financial relationship (Advisor) with Bioqquest Solutions Pvt Ltd; financial relationship (Speaker) with Lumenis Aesthetics; financial relationship (Advisor) with Abbot Healthcare; financial relationship (Speaker) with Aerolase; financial relationship (Advisor) with Lupin healthcare.
Jaqueline Rodrigues, Board certified plastic surgeon has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Adam Rubinstein, MD has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Elixir MD; financial relationship (Advisor) with Qthero; financial relationship (Speaker) with Apyx; financial relationship (Speaker) with Sofwave; financial relationship (Speaker) with Tiger.
Suneel Chilukuri, Samuel Salcedo has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Tiger Aesthetics; financial relationship (Advisor) with Lumisque; financial relationship (Advisor) with Establishment Labs.
Jennifer Salsberg, MD, FRCPC, DABD has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Galderma; financial relationship (Speaker) with ZO Skin Health; financial relationship (Advisor) with L'Oreal; financial relationship (Advisor) with Kenvue.
Renato Saltz has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Benev, ShapeScale, Sofwave, Symplast .
Andres Sarraga, MD has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Acclaro.
Gabriela Schwartzmann, Gabriela Schwartzmann, MD PLASTIC SURGEON has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Allergan.
Omotara Sulyman Scott, Double Board-Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Ana Victoria, Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Sling; financial relationship (Consultant) with Galderma; financial relationship (Researcher) with Candela Medical.
Jennifer Walden, MD has a financial relationship (Executive role) with Onyxa.
Daniel Yanes, MD has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Merz Aesthetics; financial relationship (Consultant) with Acclaro.
Committee Member, Planner, Staff(s)
Dorothy Caputo, MA BSN RN, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Reviewer(s)
Amanda Dipasquale, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Committee Member, Planner, Staff(s)
Dorothy Caputo, MA BSN RN, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Reviewer(s)
Amanda Dipasquale, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Rebecca Lakofsky, BSN, RN, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Disclosures
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.