J. Todd Andrews, MD

Dr. Andrews is a Diplomate of the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is double board certified by both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Andrews graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. at Louisiana State University. He then went on to graduate at the top of his class as an Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Graduate from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where he earned his medical degree. Dr. Andrews subsequently completed a residency in Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas – Houston Affiliated Hospitals, including M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He then attended the University of California-San Francisco Medical School, where he further advanced his plastic surgery training by completing a fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. During this advanced training, Dr. Andrews also served as Clinical Instructor.

He returned to Texas following this postgraduate training and is pleased to serve the greater Houston area in his River Oaks and Kingwood locations. Dr. Andrews’ clinical work and basic science research has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals and textbooks, and has been presented at medical educational seminars, both locally and nationally. He currently serves as a National Lecturer and Master Trainer for Sanofi-Aventis, the manufacturers of Sculptra^® Aesthetic, as well as a Trainer and Consultant for Medicis, the makers of Restylane^®, Perlane^®, and Dysport^®. Within these roles, he educates and trains other physicians at both the local and national levels on advanced techniques in the use of treatment options including wrinkle fillers, neuromodulators, and facial volumizers.

It was evident early on that Dr. Andrews’ commitment to educating others and staying abreast of the latest clinical advances would lead to what his patients have come to appreciate today: a physician who is knowledgeable, approachable, and above all takes each patient’s needs, wants, and expectations into consideration when formulating their individual treatment plans.

Richard A. Baxter, MD

Board-certified plastic surgeon in practice in the Seattle area since 1990

Past President, Washington Society of Plastic Surgeons & Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons

Chief Medical Officer, Calidora Skin Clinics

Member of the Emerging Trends Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons

More than 50 publications and podium presentations on plastic surgery techniques and anti-aging

Kenneth R. Beer, MD, FAAD

West Palm Beach, Florida

Kenneth R. Beer, MD, FAAD is a board certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist who completed his residency in dermatology and fellowship in dermatopathology at The University of Chicago. He is one of a few cosmetic and surgical dermatologists to be credentialed in both specialties. He is a Voluntary Assistant Professor at the University of Miami and a Consulting Associate in the Department of Medicine at Duke University. He is on many committees for the ASDS, and AAD as well as a medical expert for the Agency for Health Care Administration. By combining his dermatology and dermatopathology expertise, Dr. Beer has become a leader in skin cancer surgery and reconstruction. He conducts clinical trials in skin cancer prevention and treatment as well as many trials for cosmetic indications.

Dr. Beer is known nationally and internationally as the Founder of The Cosmetic Boot camp, the premiere training program for cosmetic dermatology and surgical training to other physicians the many injection techniques that are available. In addition, he is a member of the Allergan National Training Center for Botox Cosmetic, the Sculptra Training program for Dermik as well as the Evolence STAR Training Program with Orthoneutrogena. Dr. Beer has been a faculty member instructing courses on Practice Management & Enhancement, Toxins & Filler Tips & Techniques, Advanced Dermasurgery Techniques and much more for the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and the Skin Disease Education Foundation.

Dr. Beer has authored numerous publications including several scientific articles and chapters in textbooks of Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology. Among the publications Dr. Beer has published are articles comparing various topical creams with Botox, different types of fillers used to treat nasolabial creases and a host of others that have advanced the field of dermatology. He is renowned as one of the country’s top experts in Botox and has published extensively in cosmetic dermatology journals, including “Cosmetic Dermatology”, “Dermatologic Surgery” and the author of the monthly “Cosmetic Clinic” for dermatologists that appear in “Skin and Aging” magazine.

He has consulted with several corporations over the years including: Allergan, Medicis, Sanofi Aventis, Stiefel and Johnson & Johnson (Ortho-Neutrogena). Dr. Beer has been quoted in national magazines and newspapers such as Elle, Self, Time, Vogue, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, NY Times, and The Wall Street Journal; and has appeared on NBC and ABC local affiliates in South Florida.

He was an A.B. Duke Scholar at Duke University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and has a medical degree from The University of Pennsylvania. He and his family reside in Jupiter, Florida.

Carrie L. Clifford-Bennett, APRN, ANP-C, MSN

Carrie L. Clifford-Bennett, APRN, ANP-C, MSN, is compact state licensed as a Registered Nurse in 43 states and an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in KY and CA. She maintains national board certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB). Carrie practices aesthetic medicine in KY at CCB Facial Aesthetics. Carrie is a promotional, private, and CME national educator and key opinion leader who consults, counsels, and instructs providers in facial aesthetic medicine. Carrie has been pursuing a professional role in forensic nursing. She is actively receiving her credentials in forensic examinations and evidence collection to be licensed in Kentucky as an Adult/ Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. She is pursuing board certification through AANPBC as a Forensic Nurse Examiner.

Carrie is collectively using 30 years of medical, nursing, and life experiences to provide skilled and experienced leadership, advocacy, and care to victims of sexual assault crimes, domestic partner violence, adult abuse, and strangulation to represent and advocate for victims’ legal and human rights. Her mission is to help victims recover by finding their voice post-trauma, entering society as high-functioning, and incorporating self-care and aesthetics to achieve this outcome. Carrie will use her passion for providing exceptional patient outcomes, sharing medical knowledge, educating medical providers, setting progressive artistic standards for the non-surgical aesthetic industry, and encompass best safe practices that represent the most recent scientific data while fulfilling her medical, ethical, and legal responsibilities to be an educator, medical provider, and patient advocate.

She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Kentucky and her Master of Science at the University of Cincinnati. Carrie’s 29 years of nursing experience encompass practice in cardiovascular medicine, intensive care, outpatient surgery, plastic surgery, and medical facial aesthetics. During her tenure as a plastic surgical nurse specialist, her passion for facial aesthetics evolved into a 24-year career. Carrie launched CCB Facial Aesthetics in 2012, bridging the gap between promotional and continuing medical education. Carrie has participated in various capacities in over 30,000 facial aesthetic injection procedures and has conducted 750+ educational programs, including hands-on training, lectures, workshops, and virtual classes. She is among the first nurse injectors in the Southeast United States and is recognized as a Key Opinion Leader in the industry.

Carrie considers her medical practice an “artful science” in attaining proper facial proportion while preserving unique attributes of patient gender, age, preference, and ethnicity in restoration. She is motivated by a solid commitment to providing safe and exceptional patient outcomes, sharing clinical experiences, teaching other providers, and meeting the challenge of setting progressive standards for the non-surgical industry using evidence-based best practices and the latest scientific knowledge.

Carrie is serving her 12th year as faculty for Allergan Medical Institute in numerous educational training programs and advisory boards. She is a 12-year faculty member for PALETTE Resources, leading national continuing medical educational workshops. Carrie is affiliated with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board, the International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses, and the International Association of Forensic Nursing.

Charles M. Boyd, MD, MBA, FACS

Dr. Charles Boyd is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert in facial plastic surgery. Board certified by the highly elite American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Boyd is also a diplomate of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Boyd specializes in all aspects of surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation, including facelifts, brow and eye lifts, rhinoplasty (nose surgery), and neck lifts. He is also a specialist in cosmetic dermatology and laser surgery. A surgeon of extraordinary talents, Dr. Boyd has trained hundreds of top physicians throughout the United States and internationally on advanced injection techniques utilizing neuromodulators, dermal fillers, and other minimally invasive modalities. He is also one of a select group of physicians involved in clinical trials to evaluate cosmetic products created for consumer use, in order to gain Food and Drug Administration approval.

As a full time faculty member at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for over 14 years, Dr. Boyd has served as an assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Otolaryngology and as the Associate Chief of Staff of the University of Michigan Health System. He also teaches residents, fellows, and medical students at the University of Michigan. Highly respected and widely admired, Dr. Boyd is routinely invited to present cosmetic surgery lectures throughout the United States and internationally.

Dr. Boyd has published his research in many medical and surgical journals and has authored book chapters on cosmetic surgery. He has been featured in numerous media outlets and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. Dr. Boyd also frequently appears on television and radio educating the public about cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Boyd is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He completed his undergraduate education at Howard University in Washington, DC, where he graduated at the top of his class, Phi Beta Kappa, and summa cum laude in just three years.

An avid humanitarian, Dr. Boyd serves on the board of Bethany Kids, a non-profit organization that provides healthcare to children in East Africa. He devotes at least two weeks of every year to volunteering with World Medical Missions to perform cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries on children in Kenya.

Connie Brennan, NP-C, CANS, CPSN, ISPAN-F

Connie Brennan is a nationally recognized and much sought-after expert in nonsurgical facial aesthetic treatments. She is the Founder/President of Aesthetic Enhancement Solutions, LLC, and the Aesthetic Education Director and Certified Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner Specialist at Life Time. In her clinical practice, Connie provides aesthetic consultations and comprehensive training in nonsurgical aesthetic injectables. She has been recognized with over 100 honors and is published in more than 25 publications appearing worldwide. Connie has also designed educational tools that are available for purchase online and holds a design patent for the ConnieTray^® aesthetic tray (www.connietray.com).

Connie has a passion for art, music, and education. She has been involved in art (painting and drawing), photography (operated a photography studio in the 80’s), and music (was a wedding singer for 25 years) much of her life. She has worked in aesthetic medicine since 1988, initially as a plastic surgery assistant and clinical photographer. She graduated from nursing school in 1994, and began to integrate her artistic talent into her professional career by becoming one of the first nurses in Minnesota to be trained in the use of dermal fillers (bovine collagen). This led to further training in 1998, in sclerotherapy and the early aesthetic uses of Botox^®.

Connie earned her certifications as a Certified Plastic Surgical Nurse (CPSN) and as a Certified Aesthetic Nurse Specialist (CANS) through the International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses (ISPAN). She has been involved in curriculum and test writing, as well as leadership roles for ISPAN. Connie also provides education for P.A.L.E.T.T.E and companies such as Allergan, Galderma, and Revance.

Connie is dedicated to providing optimal aesthetic outcomes, a gold standard level of care, and quality education to meet her clients’ needs. Her artistic eye and attention to detail have been represented on many beautiful faces nationally and internationally.

Vivian W. Bucay, MD, FAAD

San Antonio is home to Dr. Vivian Bucay. In private practice since 1991, Dr. Bucay is a member of the volunteer faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies. Dr. Bucay also serves as faculty on several continuing medical educational initiatives in the United States. She is recognized nationally and internationally for her expertise in minimally invasive facial rejuvenation using her combination approach.

Licensed in both the United States and Mexico, Dr. Bucay is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where she completed her undergraduate studies in 1983, while serving as a research assistant at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. She earned her medical degree in 1987, and completed an internship in pediatrics in 1988, at Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Bucay then began a residency in dermatology at the University of Miami School of Medicine, which she completed at the Baylor College of Medicine in 1991.

A personal battle with stage 4 melanoma has enabled Dr. Bucay to connect with her patients in a unique way. Dr. Bucay’s patient empathy is born of the mental, social, and physical challenges she experienced as a patient in her fight with cancer, a journey that began in May 2006. Cancer-free since August 2007, her victory has been an inspiration to her patients.

Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS

Dr. Buford is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon currently practicing in Denver, CO. As a graduate of the Baker/Stuzin/Baker Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship in Miami, he is one of the few cosmetic plastic surgeons in the Rocky Mountain Region to have completed formal post-graduate training. Dr. Buford holds higher degrees from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the University of California, San Diego where he received his major in Literature with an emphasis in writing. His practice is limited exclusively to Aesthetic Medicine with an emphasis on Breast Enhancement, Body Contouring, and Minimally Invasive Facial Rejuvenation. Because of this extensive background, he currently participates on a number of Advisory Councils for organizations such as Mentor Corporation and Allergan, Inc. In addition, he is the lead author on the forthcoming text on Plastic Surgery practice management, “Beauty and the Business,” which is due in January of 2010.

A nationally recognized judge for the Miss America Foundation and media and industry darling, Dr. Buford has been a featured expert on numerous television talk shows, plastic surgery websites, books, magazines, and newspapers. He has published several medical white papers on plastic surgery, and is a premier expert trainer in the industry responsible for leading CME courses and training seminars. He boasts a long list of accolades and accreditations, including features in Vogue Magazine, ABCNews.com, RealSelf.com, Plastic Surgery Advisor, FOX television affiliates, healthology.com and emedicine.com as a respected industry resource for professional advice and training on plastic surgery and a number of the facial injectables. He is a nationally recognized speaker and consultant to Lumenis in addition to an acting co-director for the only Colorado-based National Training Center for Encore Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing.

As a advisor to the financial industry, he is a highly-respected top tier consultant to Gerson Lehrman Group on issues related to current and predicted future trends within the field of aesthetic medicine. In 2006, the Consumers’ Research Council of America named him one of “America’s Top Surgeons.” He is an active participant in a number of non-profits and currently sits on the CultureHaus Board of Directors and is an alumni member of the Denver Active 20/30 Children’s Foundation. Time away from his practice is spent writing, cooking, practicing photography, collecting art & antiques, and enjoying Colorado’s abundant outdoor pastimes.

Robert H. Burke, MD

Robert Burke, MD is the founder and director of the Michigan Center for Cosmetic Surgery. He has a world wide professional reputation as a surgeon, educator and journal editor. He is on the clinical faculty of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. He was recently promoted to the rank of full professor at the University of Michigan.

He strives to keep current in all aspects of cosmetic surgery through regular workshops, ongoing research, and scientific presentations. He is an examiner for the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery. His patients love his skills and the personal touch provided by him and his staff. Many of his patients have referred their family and friends.

Dr. Burke is a regular contributor to the medical scientific literature. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery section editor for the International Journal of Cosmetic Surgery. He has won the American Association of Orthodontics Award of Special Merit for his research on the lateral pterygoid muscle. He regularly presents scientific papers at national cosmetic surgery meetings.

Dr. Burke completed a 7 year study of the teardrop shaped saline breast implant and presented his final results at the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery annual scientific meeting in Orlando Florida. He also participated in the FDA pre approval study of cohesive gel silicone breast implants.

Dr. Burke was Elected Trustee of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery at the twenty fourth annual meeting in Orlando, Florida January, 2008. Dr. Burke is the founder and director of the Michigan Center for Cosmetic Surgery/.

Jean L. Chapman, MD

Dr. Jean Chapman graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and finished her residency training at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Early on in her medical career, she decided to dedicate herself to the field of aesthetic medicine. She completed a 2-year private fellowship with a cosmetic laser specialist and phlebologist in Richmond, Virginia.

Now an aesthetic injection, laser, and vein specialist, Dr. Chapman has been practicing in this field since 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been recognized nationally and locally for her expertise in both aesthetic medicine and phlebology.

Jean Chapman is also a clinical instructor for the residency program at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where she loves to teach aesthetic medicine. Dr. Chapman prides herself on her minimalist, yet comprehensive, approach to creating natural and youthful appearances for her patients.

She is adept at treating patients, of all nationalities, in the areas of spider and varicose veins, facial rejuvenation, rosacea, wrinkles, sun damage, melasma, scar remodeling, tattoo removal, and hair removal. She has extensive experience with medical laser systems, sclerotherapy, in-office vascular surgery, chemical peels, and effective topical agents.

Dr. Chapman is a current and active member of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery, American College of Phlebology, American Medical Association, and American Board of Medical Specialties.