Meet MSS 2025 Speakers: Expert Insights for Medical Spas
Posted By Madilyn Moeller, Monday, March 31, 2025
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The Medical Spa Show 2025 offers an incredible opportunity to learn from top experts in the medical aesthetics industry! With more than 160 speakers in the main conference program, this event will deliver invaluable insights, proven strategies, and inspiring stories designed to elevate your practice. While this blog features a small sample of the industry leaders you'll hear from, each speaker is ready to share their wins, lessons learned, and the tools that contributed to their success.
From their biggest wins to lessons learned, these thought leaders are eager to share the tools and knowledge that shaped their success, giving you a preview of the dynamic sessions you won’t want to miss. With the Medical Spa Show just around the corner, it’s time to get familiar with the speakers and start planning your conference schedule for April 10-13, 2025, at the Wynn Las Vegas.
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Exclusive Podcast Insights: MSS Speakers Share Their Best Practices
Taylor Siemens, NP-C
Vice president of operations at Vitalyc MedSpa and founder of My Aesthetic Training
Join Siemens on Thursday, April 10th at the Medical Spa Boot Camp at MSS. There she will teach you how to evaluate and select treatments that will complement your service mix and boost your revenue. On Saturday you can find her in Clinical II: Bridging Theory and Practice. At 2:15pm, she will be sharing the latest body contouring techniques and effective solutions tailored to today’s aesthetic demands.
Thursday, April 10: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Choosing the Right Treatments for Your Medical Aesthetics Practice
Saturday, April 12: 2:15 - 2:40 p.m. | Practice Non-surgical Body Contouring for Your Practice
Christopher Balbi
Director of marketing at Meesha Aesthetics
Balbi presents on Saturday, April 12th at 9 am. Attend his session for AI action items that you can use in your practice to help your team flourish and analyze numbers with ease.
Saturday, April 12: 9 - 9:25 a.m. | Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Your Aesthetic Practice
Rebecca McAbee
Practice manager and chief operating officer (COO) at Disappearing Act Medical Aesthetics
Find McAbee in the Strategic Leadership and Effective Management Practices track on Saturday, April 12. She will be sharing lessons learned from two decades of experience growing a successful aesthetic practice.
Saturday, April 12: 1:05 - 2:05 p.m. | PANEL: Perfect Partners: Medical Spa Owners and Practice Managers
Saturday, April 12: 4:25 - 5:25 p.m. | The HR Panel: Hiring, Retaining, Compensating and Managing Your Aesthetic Talent
Kelly Choi, NP
Founder of The Beauty Collective
Choi will be joining fellow panelists Erika Barry, Rana Kennelly and Christal Parker on Saturday, April 12 to talk about the secrets of her success as a medical spa founder and owner with more than a decade of experience.
Facial rejuvenation specialist at Austin Plastic Surgeon
Saenz lends his insight on Friday in The Legal Playbook: Best Practices and Beyond to share how his team has built and maintained a compliant medical weight loss program. Catch his sessions on Saturday to learn about cellulite treatments along with his experiences safely managing aesthetic complications.
Friday, April 11: 4:25 - 5:25 p.m. | Implementing a Successful Weight Loss Program
Saturday, April 12: 9:35 - 10 a.m. | Cellulite: The New Frontier of Combination Therapy
Saturday, April 12: 3:50 - 4:50 p.m. | The Worst I Ever Had: Complications and How to Overcome Them
Bree Black
Co-founder of JobSnob
Black takes part in the HR Panel on Saturday, April 12, which covers the key elements involved in building a team that will help your practice stand above the competition.
Saturday, April 12: 4:25 - 5:25 p.m. | The HR Panel: Hiring, Retaining, Compensating and Managing Your Aesthetic Team
Johnny Franco, MD, FACS
Founder of Austin Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Franco joins Leslie Fletcher, Dr. Kate Dee and Kacie Avey on Sunday for a discussion on prioritizing ethics over financial incentives in aesthetic practices.
Sunday, April 13: 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Conformity and Consumerism
Judy Kozlicki
Head of Aesthetics & Plastic Surgery at Skytale Group
You can find Kozlicki during the Medical Spa Boot Camp on Thursday and in the Business Performance Dashboard: Financials and KPIs track on Friday, where she will help you optimize performance and drive revenue growth through strategic use of financial and operational data.
Thursday, April 10: 11:30 – 12 p.m. | KPIs: How Knowing Them Will Maximize Your Revenue
Friday, April 11: 3:50 - 4:15 p.m. | How Knowing Business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Will Maximize Your Revenue
Kate Dee, MD
Founder of Glow Medispa
Dr. Dee speaks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Wynn Las Vegas about ethical practice in medical spas.
Friday, April 11: 8:55 - 9:25 a.m. | Dangerous Practice, Devastating Consequences: A Compliance Perspective
Saturday, April 12: 1:40 - 2:15 p.m. | Balancing Ethics and Revenue— How Ethics can Boost your Revenue
Sunday, April 13: 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Conformity and Consumerism
Linné Linder, ND
Aesthetic naturopathic physician at SkinSpirit
Dr. Linder presents on Friday, April 11 to share advancements in longevity and regenerative medicine. Her presentation will explore the science of aging, highlight the role of regenerative medicine, discuss cutting-edge therapies, address practical applications, navigate regulatory considerations, empower attendees with marketing strategies and foster professional growth.
Friday, April 11: 4:25 - 5:25 p.m. | Unlocking the Fountain of Youth: A Journey Into Longevity and Regenerative Medicine
Jessica Nunn
Founder and CEO of Maven Financial Partners
Nunn joins us on Thursday, April 10 and Friday, April 11 to dive into the financial must-knows for medical aesthetic practices in 2025.
Thursday, April 10: 9:45 – 10:30 a.m. | The Financials
Friday, April 11: 1:05 - 1:30 p.m. | What the Most Profitable Med Spas are Doing in 2025
Annie Robertson Hockey
President and head of consulting at Skytale Group
Hockey joins her colleagues at Skytale Group on Thursday, April 10, for insights into the merger and acquisition process, whether you want to expand your business or prepare for an exit. On Friday, she shares why private equity is interested in med spas and how your practice can attract interest.
Thursday, April 10: 9 – 10 a.m. | How Preparing for an Exit Builds a Better Business
Thursday, April 10: 1:15 – 2pm: Seamlessly Merging Worlds: Private Equity Integration in the MedSpa Industry
Friday, April 11: 1:40 - 2:05 p.m. | The Insider’s Guide to Private Equity Interest in Medical Aesthetics
Kimberly L. Evans, MD, FACOG
Founder of Sugar Land Med Spa
On Friday, Dr. Evans shares the latest advances in sexual wellness and how you can combine treatments for optimal patient outcomes.
Friday, April 11: 1:05 - 2:05 p.m. | Advancing Sexual Wellness Treatments in Your Practice
Patrick Blake, MD
Co-founder and chief medical officer at Portrait
Dr. Blake joins a General Session panel on Friday to speak about the best practices the entire industry needs to adopt to ensure medical aesthetics remains viable, successful and profitable for years to come.
Friday, April 11: 8:55 - 9:25 a.m. | PANEL: Dangerous Practices, Devastating Consequences: A Compliance Perspective
Amy Anderson
Co-founder of BrinsonAnderson Consulting
Hear from Anderson and her more than 22 years of experience as she speaks with national health care attorneys Michael Byrd, JD, and Brad Adatto, JD. They discuss best practices to ensure your med spa thrives in a compliant manner.
Friday, April 11: 1:05 - 2:05 p.m. | PANEL: Everything You Want to Know About Running a Thriving Med Spa
Jennifer Hartley, ACNP
Founder of Skin Synthesis Clinic & Spa
Hartley joins an important conversation on Saturday to share her experiences with adverse events and strategies to manage complications.
Saturday, April 12: 3:50 - 4:50 p.m. | The Worst I Ever Had: Complications and How to Overcome Them
Amie Martin, RN
Founder of Aesthetic Mentor
Martin speaks on Friday at Medical Spa Show 2025, when she will discuss her unique training and onboarding curriculum to build a team that centers on community over competition for the benefit of her business.
Friday, April 11: 5 - 5:25 p.m. | How to Build a $20 Million Aesthetic Injector Team
Erica Crawford
President of Influx Marketing
Join Crawford on Saturday, April 12 to learn how to market to the shifting needs of the growing aesthetic patient population.
Saturday, April 12: 5 - 5:25 p.m. | Medical Weight Loss Is Unlocking a New Wave of Aesthetic Patients. Are You Capitalizing?
Adam Haroun
Founder of Aesthetic Altitude
Haroun brings his marketing mastery on Saturday to give you a timeline and to-do list when launching new technology in your practice.
Saturday, April 12: 1:40 - 2:05 p.m. | Your Brilliant Debut: How to Successfully Launch a Premium Treatment by Thinking Like Hollywood
Mary Smiley Ford, MSN, APRN, CRNA
Co-founder of Smiley Aesthetics
Ford joins Dr. Chris Croley on Saturday to teach injectors specialized techniques to deliver natural-looking results tailored to enhancing male and female aesthetics.
Saturday, April 12: 10:35 - 11 a.m. | Male and Female Facial Balancing
Carl Clarke, MHS, RPA-C
Founder of Diamond Works MedSpa
Find Clarke in the hands-on cadaver lab as part of the AIA Advanced Cadaver Course on Sunday, April 13th. He and fellow faculty for the Academy for Injection Anatomy will provide small-group instruction as you inject then dissect.*Additional registration and licensing required
Avey is sharing the secrets to how she landed in the top tier of her skin care lines—join her on Saturday for techniques that can be applied to a team of 1 or 50. She also joins Leslie Fletcher, Dr. Johnny Franco and Dr. Kate Dee on Sunday for a discussion on prioritizing ethics over profits.
Saturday, April 12: 3:50 – 4:15 p.m. | Power of One to Explode Your Retail Revenue
Sunday, April 13: 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. | Conformity and Consumerism
Kay Durairaj, MD
Founder of Beauty by Dr. Kay
Dr. Kay identified the need for a specialized Biohacking Beauty course track, and has brought it to life for Medical Spa Show 2025. Join her and fellow longevity and bioregenerative medicine enthusiasts on Friday afternoon to learn about hormone replacement therapy (HRT), harnessing peptides, cellular longevity protocols and more.
Founder of InjectAbility and InjectAbility Institute
Fletcher will take part in many important conversations for aesthetic injectors over the course of the aesthetic conference. She tackles body dysmorphia, clinical technique, ethical practice and more.
Saturday, April 12: 1:05 - 1:30 p.m. | How to Navigate Body Dysmorphia as an Aesthetic Professional
Sunday, April 13: 10 - 10:30 a.m. | Optimizing Results with One Vial of Tox Challenge
Sunday, April 13: 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Conformity and Consumerism
Sahar Saghezchi, LPN
Founder of Cupertino Facial Esthetics
Join Saghezchi on Saturday, April 12 to learn to identify red flag patients and discuss the importance of choosing the right patients for your practice.
Saturday, April 12: 2:15 - 2:40 p.m. | Identifying Red Flag Patients
Grace McLaurin, DMSc, PA-C
Founder of Vitality Anti-Aging Center
McLaurin lends her 23 years of experience to two interesting courses within the Dialogue and Development Workshops on Sunday, April 13. First, she speaks about using clinical judgment to make choices that are in the best interest of her patients. Then, she faces off against Kim Burke to present her facial balancing treatment plan for a patient in her 20s with a maximum budget of $1,500.
Sunday, April 13: 9 - 10:30 a.m. | When Is It Right to Say “No”
Sunday, April 13: 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. | Facial Balancing on a Budget Case
Suzanne Munshower, RN
Founder of Beauty Marx Aesthetic MedSpa
Munshower helps us identify the techniques that boost patient results with innovative hyaluronic acid (HA) microdroplet treatments.
Friday, April 11: 5 - 5:25 p.m. | Optimizing Outcomes with Injectable HA Microdroplets and Skin Boosters
Erika Barry, NP-C
Founder of Resculpt Aesthetics and Moksha Aesthetics
Barry and her social media mastermind Libby Dysart will be presenting a social media masterclass on Thursday, leaving attendees with prompts, ideas and a customized game plan for their brand. Barry also shares her business and clinical insights on Saturday, including a discussion with Shino Bay Aguilera, DO, Limor Weinberg, ARNP, FNP-BC, and Edwin Williams, MD, FACS, on the next steps in the aesthetic revolution.
Thursday, April 10: 2 - 4 p.m. | Mastering Social Media with Injector Bunny and Social by Libby
Saturday, April 12: 10:10 - 11 a.m. | The Aesthetic Revolution (Things We Don't Hate): Thought Leader Nexts and Bests
Saturday, April 12: 9 - 10 a.m. | Trendy Tox: Traps, Tips, Necks and Facial Slimming
Savanna Boda, LE
Founder of Savanna Boda Aesthetics
Social media pro and leading voice in the digital aesthetics realm, Boda will teach you how to harness the power of social media to elevate your brand presence, cultivate meaningful connections and drive tangible results for your business.
Saturday, April 12: 9:35 - 10 a.m. | How to Create Influence in a Competitive Industry
Jacklyn Halpin, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Owner of Aesthetic Couture Medical Spa and co-founder of Skin of Color Aesthetics
Halpin joins us on Saturday to share safety considerations, which devices to choose and how to handle bad reactions when using energy-based devices for skin of color clientele.
Saturday, April 12: 10:10 - 10:35 a.m. | Energy-based Device Safety Protocols for Skin of Color: How to Choose and Prevent Adverse Events
Rana Kennelly, AGNP-C, CANS
Founder of The Confidence Bar
Kennelly and her practice manager Gina Gonzalez share their lessons learned on Saturday during Perfect Partners: Medical Spa Owners and Practice Managers. Kennelly also covers the science of dissolving filler, including how to dissolve safely and when it can go wrong.
Saturday, April 12: 10:35 - 11 a.m. | The Art of Dissolving Hyaluronic Acid Fillers
Saturday, April 12: 1:05 - 2:05 p.m. | PANEL: Perfect Partners: Medical Spa Owners and Practice Managers
Steven Sorr, NMD
Founder of Source of Health
Dr. Sorr shares his expertise in sexual wellness treatments on Friday, April 11, following by a complete look at integrating functional wellness and holistic health principles into your aesthetic practice on Saturday.
Friday, April 11: 1:05 - 2:05 p.m. | Advancing Sexual Wellness Treatments in Your Practice
Saturday, April 12: 5 - 5:25 p.m. | How to Incorporate Functional Wellness Into Your Practice
Kim Burke, APN, FNP-C
Founder of Kiss Aesthetics
Burke joins the Dialogue and Development Workshops on Sunday to share both her insights on ethical best practices and her clinical decision-making.
Sunday, April 13: 9 - 10:30 a.m. | When Is It Right to Say "No"
Sunday, April 13: 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. | Facial Balancing on a Budget
Julie Bass Kaplan, FNP-BC, CANS
Founder of Disappearing Act Medical Aesthetics
Learn from the 25 years of experience of highly successful medical spa owner Julie Bass Kaplan on Saturday and Sunday at Medical Spa Show. She lends her voice to insightful panel discussions on business lessons learned, safely managing aesthetic complications and learning to say “no” to patient requests when they don’t fit. Stick around to hear her clinical thought process and treatment plan construction on Sunday.
Saturday, April 12: 1:05 - 2:05 p.m. | PANEL: Perfect Partners: Medical Spa Owners and Practice Managers
Saturday, April 12: 3:50 - 4:50 p.m. | Panel: The Worst I Ever Had: Complications and How to Overcome Them
Sunday, April 13: 9 - 10:30 a.m. | When Is It Right to Say "No"
Sunday, April 13: 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. | Addressing Lower Face Laxity
Kiiyonna Jones, PhD, FNP-C
Founder of Luxe Beauty and Wellness Boutique
Dr. Jones presents on Saturday, April 12, to bring you up to speed on AI advancements and help you implement AI systems as a solo provider.
Saturday, April 12: 2:15 - 2:40 p.m. | Team AI: How Solopreneurs Can Maximize Profits and Reclaim Time With AI Systems and Automation
Josie Tenore, MD
Founder of Trevi Longevity & Aesthetics
Learn about the protocols and IV combinations that are most used in aesthetics on Saturday, April 12.
Saturday, April 12: 9:35 - 10 a.m. | The Value of IV Services in Your Aesthetic Practice
Audrey Neff
Senior director, marketing strategy at PatientNow
Join Neff Saturday as she shares the basics of the most effective membership program types and how to use them in conjunction with comprehensive treatment plans.
Saturday, April 12: 4:25 - 4:50 p.m. | Developing High-value Membership Programs That Enhance Patient Loyalty and Practice Revenue
W. Christopher Croley, MD
Founder of Skin & Tonic
Dr. Croley presents on Saturday to share advanced facial feminization techniques to address the unique aesthetic needs of male-to-female transgender patients and specialized techniques for male and female facial balancing.
Saturday, April 12: 9:35 - 10 a.m. | Beyond Binary Beauty: Elevating Transgender Care in Medical Aesthetics
Saturday, April 12: 10:35 - 11 a.m. | Male and Female Facial Balancing
Cary Deuber, CRNFA, CANS
Lead injectables director at Lemmon Avenue
Deuber joins Dr. Sheila Barbarino on Saturday to present essential anatomy and safety protocols for the lower face.
Saturday, April 12: 10:10 - 10:35 a.m. | "Snatched": Advanced Lower Face Filler Injection
George Baxter-Holder, DNP, APRN, CANS
Vice president of medical operations at SkinSpirit
Baxter-Holder brings his clinical techniques and personal life story to the table at Medical Spa Show 2025.
Thursday, April 10: 12 - 4 p.m. | The AART of GAIN: Education on the Galderma Aesthetic Portfolio
Friday, April 11: 9:25 - 9:40 a.m. | The Secrets to an Unbreakable Spirit
Friday, April 11: 2:15 - 2:40 p.m. | Full Face Assessment Demo
Sunday, April 13: 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. | AIA Cadaver Training
Katie Duke, NP-BC
Founder of KD Creative
Join Duke on Saturday to learn about making the pivot from traditional health care, from finding a mentor to finding a purposeful path forward.
Saturday, April 12: 3:50 - 4:15 p.m. | Making the Pivot: How to Find Your Authentic Path in Aesthetics and Beyond
Riley Worth, NP
Aesthetic injector at Elase Medical Spa
Worth shares the importance of facial mapping on Saturday, April 12, including guidance to get a repeatable and consistent outcome-derived result.
Saturday, April 12: 5 - 5:25 p.m. | The Importance of Facial Mapping and How to Obtain a Sharp Jawline Using HA Fillers
Nicole Gregory
CEO of Urban You
Gregory joins the General Session panel discussing the direction of the industry and the compliant best practices that are needed to drive the field toward a positive public image.
Friday, April 11: 8:55 - 9:25 a.m. | PANEL: Dangerous Practices, Devastating Consequences: A Compliance Perspective
Christal Parker, FNP-C, APRN
Founder of Savvy Beauty and Wellness
Parker joins the Saturday speaker lineup to talk about her lessons learned as a business owner, followed by insights on hormone therapy with medical weight loss.
Saturday, April 12: 10:10 - 10:35 a.m. | The Intersection of Hormone Therapy and Weight Loss: Optimizing Patient Outcomes
Blakelee Paige Smith, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, NP-C
Founder of Skin + Aesthetics
Smith outlines a comprehensive, individualized approach to assessing and treating various types of hair loss, including combination treatments and solutions for stubborn cases.
Saturday, April 12: 4:25 - 4:50 p.m. | Mastering Hair Loss in Aesthetics
Molly Bailey, PA-C
Founder of Face Forward Aesthetics
On Saturday, Bailey shares how to build a platform on social media and convert followers to clients. Then, on Sunday, she shares her theoretical approach to treating a female patient in her 30s with melasma.
Saturday, April 12: 9 - 9:25 a.m. | From Lifts to Likes: Building your Aesthetic Brand on Social Media
Sunday, April 13: 9 – 9:25 a.m. | Correction of Facial Melasma
Sara Cole, AGACNP-BC, CANS
Founder of Siren Medical Spa
Cole joins the faculty of Medical Spa Show 2025 to present consultation best practices along with her clinical approach to treating a patient with lower face laxity.
Saturday, April 12: 10:10 - 10:35 a.m. | The Psychology Behind Your Best Consultation
Sunday, April 13: 9 - 10:30 a.m. | When Is It Right to Say “No”
Sunday, April 13: 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. | Addressing Lower Face Laxity
Join Williams in the Inclusive Beauty track on Saturday and leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to develop effective, personalized treatment plans that cater to diverse skin types and concerns.
Saturday, April 12: 10:35 - 11 a.m. | Diversity in Aesthetics: All Faces Are Not Created Equal
Alexander Rivkin, MD
Director and chief physician at Westside Aesthetics
Pioneer of the nonsurgical rhinoplasty, Dr. Rivkin presents a comprehensive overview of non-surgical or liquid rhinoplasty: anatomy, aesthetic goals, techniques, adverse event prevention and management, as well as live or video demonstrations.
Friday, April 11: 3:50 - 4:15 p.m. | Nonsurgical Rhinoplasty: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Alyssa Rapp
CEO of Empower Aesthetics
Rapp joins the Mergers and Acquisitions Summit on Thursday in a panel discussion on the key factors that make a platform attractive to investors. See her presentation on Friday for her most popular hacks for women in leadership and strategies to help you lead with confidence, scale your business and create a sustainable work-life balance.
Thursday, April 10: 1:15 – 2pm: Seamlessly Merging Worlds: Private Equity Integration in the MedSpa Industry
Friday, April 11: 1:05 - 1:30 p.m. | Leadership and Life Hacks: Insights from a Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur and Executive
Georgia Cirese, RN, CANS, CLT
Owner of Georgous Aesthetic Bar
Cirese brings both her patient-facing and practitioner-directed knowledge to help you educate patients during the initial consultation, then develop a treatment plan based on the patient’s specific needs.
Friday, April 11: 3:50 - 4:15 p.m. | Sell It Like a Scholar: Leveraging Knowledge as a Strategic Sales Tool
Sunday, April 13: 9:25 – 10 a.m. | Helping a Bride Look Her Best
Jenna Hilton, PA-C
Founder of Vibrant Skin Bar
Hilton joins the complications panel to lend her stories and wisdom to the conversation of safety and maintaining patient relationships when faced with adverse outcomes.
Saturday, April 12: 3:50 - 4:50 p.m. | Panel: The Worst I Ever Had: Complications and How to Overcome Them
Get ready to elevate your practice at Medical Spa Show 2025!
Medical Spa Show 2025 isn’t just another industry event—it’s where industry leaders come together to share their wins, challenges, and the invaluable lessons they’ve learned throughout their careers. These expert speakers bring a wealth of knowledge, from advanced techniques in aesthetics to practical advice on business management and growth. Whether you’re an aspiring practitioner or a seasoned owner, the show offers something for everyone.
This blog only scratches the surface of the incredible speakers and topics you'll experience at the event. To ensure you don’t miss out on any key insights, explore the full program and get ready to connect with fellow professionals at the Wynn Las Vegas from April 10-13, 2025. Don’t wait—your future in medical aesthetics starts here!