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MD - CMAC IA President
Dr Barerra is an aesthetic physician based in Parana city, Entre Rios, Argentina. Dr Barerra graduated as a Medical Doctor from UNR (National University of Rosario) in 2008 and spent 1 year in general surgery residency in addition to ambulance and emergency work. In addition to the UNR degree she also has 4 postgrads in aesthetic medicine and anti-aging (SOARME, CACE, UBA, AMA) and is scientific coordinator of the postgraduate of Facial Rejuvenation in University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
Dr Barerra is a member of the Argentine Association of Medicine (AMA), and teacher and lecturer in part of the advanced postgraduate of aesthetic medicine there. President of AMEDER state association for aesthetic physicians. She holds a certification for medical interpretation in English and Spanish from the University of Massachusetts and completed the lifestyle medicine course at the Harvard Medical School in 2015.
For the past 13 years she has focused on her private aesthetics practice, always conscientious of safety first. She is an advocate of a healthy lifestyle. Her work is her passion and she strives to make her patients feel safe, comfortable, and happy physically and psychologically with the treatments she does. She is dedicated to helping make Cosmetic Physician a recognised specialty in her country, and is proud to support her colleagues as they work to continually improve our field.
B.Med.Sc., M.D., M.Sc., RCSC-SF, ISAPS
Plastic Surgeon; Aesthetic Specialist; International Clinical Expert and Trainer
Dr. Hamadani has vast expertise and is indeed renowned for his work in minimally-invasive and
non-invasive procedures incuding injectables and EBDs.
He has lectured worldwide including at IMCAS Paris on subjects such as "Facial resurfacing and rejuvenation using EBDs in all skin types" and "Delayed inflammatory response post-Covid vaccine/illness in patients with fillers". He is currently a co-ordinator on the Paris based online "IMCAS Alert injectables & threads" complications service.
• Former Key Trainer at Daewoong Pharma, Hugel Pharma, and TESS
• Member of American Society of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery & Cosmetic Breast Surgery
• Member of Korean Index of ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery Specialties
• Visiting Physician at Antiaging Research Laboratory of Yale University
• Practice Trainee at Ohio Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Center, University of Pennsylvania, Washington University of St. Louis. etc.
• Ministry of National Defense. Army Surgeon (March. 1992 – April. 1995)
• Member of Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery & Facial plastic surgery
Director, Education, Policy and Guidance – Therapeutic Goods Administration
Michael is a Director in the Regulatory Compliance Branch and is responsible for leading advertising and compliance education, enquiries management, regulatory policy and reform. The Branch undertakes compliance and enforcement activities to deter and disrupt non-compliant advertising of therapeutic goods in Australia, including in relation to product used in the cosmetics industry. The TGA works to ensure consumer safety, and the integrity of Australian health regulation.
Michael has worked at the TGA for over ten years in a range of roles, including in medical devices, prescription medicine and complementary medicine regulation. His recent roles have included leading the team responsible for coordinating prescription medicine registration applications and collaborative reviews with the TGA’s international regulatory partners.
Jason is Ahpra’s National Director of Cosmetic Surgery and Compliance. The Cosmetic Surgery Enforcement Unit was established in response to the independent review into the regulation of medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery. The CSEU manages all cosmetic surgery related notifications and all advertising issues related to regulated health practitioners.
Ahpra’s Compliance function is responsible for monitoring the compliance of health practitioners with restrictions on their registration to enable continued safe practice.
Prior to Ahpra, Jason was a senior manager at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority responsible for developing and implementing safety regulation of flying and maintenance organisations.
Jason also enjoyed a career as an Air Force officer with aviation experience on AP-3C Orion military surveillance aircraft. He has led and flown on combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and managed major aviation acquisition projects including the E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft.
Dermatologist
Greece
Dr. Elina Theodorakopoulou is a greek board certified dermatologist who specialises in aesthetic dermatology in private practice in Athens, Greece. She has pursued Dermatology elective rotations, with honours, at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Denver, USA. She holds a PhD degree (honours) on the pathophysiology and psychosocial impact of skin conditions such as psoriasis, from the University of Manchester, UK. She has also an extensive knowledge on clinical trials for psoriasis, eczema and skin aging, as a clinical trials researcher, at the Clinical trials unit, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK. During her PhD, she was also an Academic Teaching assistant, for medical and dental sciences, at the University of Manchester. Her training on Aesthetic Dermatology is USA and Canada based, at the most prestigious clinics, including the Miami based, Shino Bay Cosmetic Dermatology Clinic, Dr Val Lambros-Cornona Del Mal Clinic, in California, the Colorado University Cosmetics centre, in Denver and the Victoria Park Medispa in Montreal. Her aesthetic approach of patients is influenced by both an artistic viewpoint as well as science, using cutting edge scientific knowledge, techniques and protocols, while her vision of the future of aesthetics is more of a bioregenerative approach. She is the first in Greece to have introduced the term Dissolving clinic, where she handles complications from injectables, with the use of facial ultrasound. She is a trainer on injectables for junior and advanced injectors, while a national and international speaker on new advances in the field.
Marie-Clare is a highly regarded lawyer with considerable experience in health, medical negligence, and personal injury litigation. Her expertise includes medical negligence proceedings, coronial inquiries, disciplinary and regulatory matters, employment, impaired practitioner hearings, Medicare audits and reviews, privacy complaints and hospital inquiries and investigations.
A highly skilled Ophthalmologist. Dr. Angelo Tsirbas is a member of The American Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Australian and New Zealand Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Society, The Australasian Association of Facial Plastic Surgery, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. He has received international recognition by his peers for his innovative surgical techniques. Dr. Tsirbas is sought after by patients from around the world for help in correcting some of the most challenging complicated cases. His work focuses on obtaining the finest and most natural results for blepharoplasty and brow-lift surgery. The demand for his expertise in functional, reconstruction, revision and cosmetic surgery pertaining to the eyes and orbitofacial region, has also found him consulting all across Australia.
Dr. Angelo Tsirbas graduated from Flinders University of Adelaide, South Australia, with a MBBS with Honors and was awarded the prestigious University Medal. He trained in General Surgery in Adelaide and then completed his ophthalmic training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne.
He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to
Columbia University & the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He continued his research and training and completed another fellowship on Orbitofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCLA in California.
Dr. Tsirbas was then appointed to the faculty of the Orbital and Oculofacial surgical department at the Jules Stein Eye Institute in Los Angeles. He specialised in complex orbital and oculoplastic reconstruction as well as advanced techniques in minimally invasive facial rejuvenation. The Aesthetic practice was based in Beverly Hills.
Dr. Angelo Tsirbas has written and published an extensive list of medical literature including over 50 research papers and book chapters. He also regularly presents talks on many of these subjects in medical conferences around the world. He is also a reviewer for the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the British journal of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Angelo Tsirbas is involved in several current research projects. These entail both basic science and clinical applications of various emerging technologies. He was the first surgeon in the world to explore the feasibility of the Da vInci Surgical robot in eye surgery.
Dr. Angelo Tsirbas is an Australian leading Oculoplastic surgeon specialising in aesthetic surgery and minimally invasive eye rejuvenation. With over 20 years experience in cosmetic and functional surgery, Dr. Tsirbas remains a pioneer and world leader in his field.
With more than 40 years’ experience, Dr Allan Kalus is one of the most respected plastic surgeons in Australia. In 1991, he founded Avenue Plastic Surgery (now Avenue Aesthetic Surgery) after recognising the need for safe and effective surgery in a caring environment. He was one of the pioneers of Day Surgery in Australia over 30 years ago and introduced fat transfer to the breast as an alternative method of breast augmentation in 2013.
Dr Allan Kalus was born in Melbourne , Australia and educated at Melbourne High School. Dr Kalus received his medical degree from the University of Melbourne in 1972, following which he served a residency at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He then undertook extensive specialist training in aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery in both Australia and the UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh [FRCS(ED)].
Throughout his career, Dr Kalus’ focus has been on the welfare of his patients and the minimisation of the stress and complications of surgery. His ability to question conventional surgical beliefs and to develop innovative solutions to improve patient outcomes has been at the centre of his career.
Dr Kalus was one of the pioneers of Day Surgery in Australia. Over 30 years ago, he established Avenue Day Surgery (now Windsor Private Hospital) as a Day Surgery Centre and developed techniques for performing major surgery such as breast reduction, abdominoplasty and facelift as a Day Case. This was done in close collaboration with his anaesthetists and was considered revolutionary at a time when most patients spent several days in hospital. The advantages of Day Surgery in terms of patient recovery and patient wellbeing with fewer complications are now well recognised.
Dr Kalus’ primary concern has always been to minimise the risk to the surgical patient. In 2013 Dr Kalus introduced fat transfer to the breast as an alternative method of breast augmentation. He has now developed this procedure into a reliable technique which is particularly useful as an aid to reconstructing the breasts in women requiring removal of their old breast implants.
In the field of facial rejuvenation and facelift surgery, Dr Kalus has long advocated a minimally invasive approach to tighten both the skin and muscle and also pioneered the use of fat transfer to rejuvenate the lips and cheeks. His techniques have been designed to avoid complications such as nerve damage while producing a satisfactory aesthetic result.
Dr Kalus has recently retired from clinical practice. He remains an active presence in our clinic with his primary role training and mentoring the next generation of surgeons.
Aesthetic Radiology
Dr Mobin Master is a specialist imaging expert and a fellow of the Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of radiologists. He has been a practicing consultant radiologist at a major teaching hospital for over 12 years and is also dual trained as an aesthetic physician. He has been developing imaging techniques for facial aesthetics for over 5 years.
He has published in many radiology journals and in PRS USA, with ground-breaking research on facial aesthetic imaging. His breakthrough publications using MRI on longevity and locatization of dermal filler has gained him world-wide recognition as the leader and pioneer in this aesthetic space.
RESEARCHER MD, FRCOPH
Dr Alexandra Manta is a clinical researcher committed to advancing the field of orbital and oculoplastic surgery through research and innovation. Dr Manta completed her training in ophthalmology in Romania and the United Kingdom and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK). She subsequently completed three fellowships in Orbital, Lacrimal, and Oculoplastic Surgery under renowned oculoplastic surgeons including Prof Timothy Sullivan, Miss Michele Beaconsfield and Prof Robert Goldberg.
During an academic fellowship at UCLA’s Stein Eye Institute, she gained a strong interest in research and began pursuing basic science and clinical research projects. Dr Manta supports Queensland Eye Institute research on the pathophysiologic involvement of collagen in eyelid laxity disorders and investigating the effect of downregulation of IGF-1R expression in orbital fibroblasts derived from patients with Thyroid Eye Disease through genome editing. She is also involved several thyroid eye disease drug trials.
She has been published in peer-reviewed journals and authored chapters in medical textbooks.
Dr Manta is active in education, running courses on subjects including in the fields of oculoplastic and orbital dissection and cosmetic filler complications. She also conducts regular oculoplastic teaching and research focus group meetings for medical residents, principal house officers, and registrars at the Queensland Eye Institute.
Operation Redress advocates for improved standards in the cosmetic injectables and surgery industry, with a focus on advertising, body image, social media, and patient safety. They have appeared on 4 Corners, 60 Minutes, The Project, and in The Age, The Australian, and several other media outlets. Their consumer advocacy has played a role in exposing poor conduct throughout the industry, in achieving better protections for patients, and stronger rules for practitioners. They are now working to engage with industry to help lift standards and improve education around what is good practice advertising.
Operation Redress advocates for improved standards in the cosmetic injectables and surgery industry, with a focus on advertising, body image, social media, and patient safety. They have appeared on 4 Corners, 60 Minutes, The Project, and in The Age, The Australian, and several other media outlets. Their consumer advocacy has played a role in exposing poor conduct throughout the industry, in achieving better protections for patients, and stronger rules for practitioners. They are now working to engage with industry to help lift standards and improve education around what is good practice advertising.
Dr Veya Seekis is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University and a member of the Griffith Centre for Mental Health. Her research focuses on the psychological impacts of appearance-focused social media on young women’s body image, including issues such as objectification, appearance anxiety and shame, dysmorphic concerns, and social comparison. She also investigates the protective roles of body positivity, beauty positivity, and self-compassion in promoting healthier body image. Dr Seekis serves on the editorial boards of the international journals Body Image and Psychology of Women Quarterly. Her research has gained national and international attention, with expert commentary and features in outlets including The New York Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, Channel 7, and various health-focused podcasts such as Raising Teens and Bodywhys.
With a career in consulting, law, and multiple facets of the insurance industry spanning over 16 years, Joe brings a technical claims expertise to Bellrock focused on customers and good faith dealings with insurers and service providers.
Joe has managed claims and litigation in Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK, and EU. He has been involved in large and complex litigation in Australia ranging from securities claims, medical malpractice claims, medical indemnity claims, and to large construction disputes playing a key role at mediation alongside defence lawyers to bring repose to negotiations on behalf of insureds and insurers. Prior to a career in insurance in Australia, Joe served as an insurance defence lawyer in the US.
Joe specialises in Financial Lines, Healthcare, and Casualty and previously served as the national manager for financial lines and healthcare claims for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Prior to settling into these specialities, Joe handled a wide variety of claims over his career including: Product Recall, Fine Art & Specie, Reinsurance, Strata, Contract Works, Broker E&O, and Prestige Motor. He has experience managing facility business, coverholders, and third-party administrators (TPAs). Additionally, Joe previously served as a Committee Member for the Australian Professional Indemnity Group (APIG) for over 5 years.
Joe’s approach is centred on people and fostering relationships that transcend any one claim or dispute with the aim of delivering long term and sustainable outcomes for his customers.
Professor Ahern is a medical administrator and academic in health services research and management at Monash University. As the Head of the Clinical Outcomes Reporting and Research Program, she is the Monash Academic Lead for six national clinical quality registries. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, thirty technical registry reports, and one book chapter. She is currently a member of a number of national committees regarding clinical quality registries and is co-Chair of the Australian Clinical Trial Alliance (ACTA) Registry Special Interest Group (SIG). She has hosted national Clinical Registries meetings in Australia since 2018, including the 2022 Australian Registry Annual Scientific Meeting in Adelaide. Her work has informed state and national registry policy and practice, including the development and implementation of the National Clinical and Virtual Registry Strategy.
Dr Michael Zacharia is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Head and Neck (Otolaryngology) and practices in Facial Plastic Surgery. He is also an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physician. Combining the latest medical, surgical and health techniques, Dr Zacharia strives to deliver the best outcome for each and every one of his patients.
Dr Zacharia has completed OVER 4000 rhinoplasty procedures throughout his career and many other advanced surgeries. He is one of only four Australian surgeons that have completed advanced surgical training on Deep Plane Facelifting and Neck Lifting in New York City. Dr Zacharia’s ability to achieve natural looking beauty using facial rejuvenation has earned him a prestigious reputation amongst the public, as well as within the medical community.
Combining the latest medical, surgical and health techniques, Dr Zacharia strives to deliver the best outcome for each and every one of his patients.
Dr Rastogi grew up in the beach side city of Newcastle, Australia and began his medical career in 1989, graduating from the University of Newcastle Medical School.
He served his surgical residency at home in Australia before travelling overseas to complete his advanced training in cosmetic surgery. Dr Rastogi is a fellow of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine and holds procedure specific registration in breast surgery, liposculpture and body contour surgery, cosmetic facial surgery and cosmetic medicine.
Dr Rastogi’s cosmetic surgical training was both intensive and inspiring, having the honour of training under acclaimed surgeons such as Georgio Fischer MD in Rome the father of Liposculpture, Docteur Jean-Luc Bachelier in Paris and Dr Anthony Erian the then President of the European Academy for Cosmetic Surgery. Under Dr Erian he trained at the prestigious Cosmetic Surgery units of Guys Hospital London (Nuffield House) and the Cambridge Private Hospital.
Graduated (MBBS) University of NSW (Australia) 1977
Diploma Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Eng) 1980
General Medicine and Surgery 1977-2005 (Private Practice)
Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Proceduralist 2000-2023 (Private Practice)
Fellowship: Faculty Medicine Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery & Medicine FACCSM (Med) - 2002-2023
Fellowship: Cosmetic Physicians College Australasia (FCPCA)-2015-2023
Fellowship: Australasian College Aesthetic Medicine (FACCM) 2015-2021
Medical Dean, Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery & Medicine 2014-2023
Scientific Board-Injectables- IMCAS Academy 2019-2023
Coordinator-Injectables & Threads-IMCAS Academy 2022
Dr Tran is an Australian trained Cosmetic Surgery Proceduralist with over 10 years of postgraduate experience. After completing his Internship and Residency at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney in 2011, he trained in General Surgery with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) based at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital and was appointed Conjoint Associate Lecturer UNSW. His philosophy is that each of his patients are cared for to the highest standards, with the utmost professionalism. This starts from the initial consult, through surgery and to the post-operative period, practicing up-to-date evidence-based medicine throughout their treatment journey.
He is a surgical Fellow and Vice President of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine (ACCSM), whose ethos is ‘Raising Standards and Protecting Patients’. He is a Full Member of the Australasian College of Aesthetic Medicine (ACAM) and a surgical Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS), having been trained by leading Plastic Surgeons and Cosmetic Surgery Proceduralists worldwide, he is skilled in addressing complex surgical problems without compromising patient safety and care.
Dr Tran has special interests in tummy tucks and body contouring surgery and has authored papers on Dissection Techniques in Abdominoplasty published in the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery.
Dr Bezic is an experienced Cosmetic Surgery Proceduralist; Surgical Fellow of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine and a member of the ACCSM Council; a fellow of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery and a winner of the ABCS Registrars™ Gold Medal.
Dr Bezic has performed hundreds of cosmetic surgery procedures.
Dr Ansulette Kay has been practising as a medical doctor for 17 years, and as a cosmetic physician for over ten years.
She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine, and continually updates her knowledge and practical skills by attending numerous conferences and workshops in the field of cosmetic medicine, as well as overseeing and providing training for colleagues to raise the standards of care in the wider industry.
Originally from South Africa, she immigrated to NZ where she graduated from Medical School in 2003 (Otago University) after first obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in Anatomy (1999, Otago University ). It was her love and appreciation of Anatomy that lead to an interest in Cosmetic Medicine, a career she pursued after moving to Australia in 2006.
Dr Wetton is a graduate of Adelaide University and holds a Surgical Fellowship from the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine. Over the last 12 years, Dr Wetton has trained with a wide range of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgeons, has worked in over sixteen Hospitals and Day Surgeries in Sydney, has published multiple papers in peer-reviewed Medical Journals, and has presented at many Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Conferences in Australia and overseas.
Dr Wetton’s special interests are facial rejuvenation (both surgical and non-surgical), cosmetic breast surgery, and body contouring.