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ISAPS Expert Program

The ISAPS Expert Program offers ISAPS Resident and Associate members the opportunity to attend a specialized intensive one-on-one training program with a long-serving ISAPS member who is recognized as being a leader in their field.

What can the ISAPS Expert Program offer?

The program offers one-on-one advanced training for ISAPS Resident and Associate Members who want to learn from leading experts at a time that suits both you and the ISAPS Expert. Whether you have 2 days or 2 months, this experience is tailored to your needs.

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Advanced Education

The primary goal of the program is to provide advanced clinical education in aesthetic surgery. 

Exposure

The exposure to different aspects of plastic surgery in this program will be unsurpassed and difficult to come by in any other setting.

Flexibility

Unlike our Fellowship Program, the Expert Program is designed to fit your schedule and the availability of the ISAPS Expert - the timing of your visit is negotiable. Coordinate a time that works for both of you and start planning your visit. Since availability differs between experts, be sure to check each ISAPS Expert's page for their specific availability before making your decision.

Why Join the Expert Program?

  • The ISAPS Expert Program provides exclusive access to apply for a short-term, one-on-one training with internationally recognized specialists in aesthetic surgery.  
  • Whether you have 2 days or 2 months, this program gives you the chance to enhance your surgical skills, gain leadership and business insight, and expand your network through international connections. 

  • Designed for early-career surgeons who want to learn directly from leaders in the field, this program delivers focused and transformative learning tailored to you and your chosen Expert.

Who Is This For?

The Expert program is ideal for ISAPS Resident and Associate members seeking to refine skills, gain global insight, and learn directly from world-leading specialists through focused and flexible experiences. 

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Learn From Global Experts

Gain experience from the world’s best - shaped around your goals and your Expert’s availability.

This is a rare and prestigious opportunity to observe and engage with globally recognized leaders in aesthetic surgery. Depending on the nature of the placement, you may gain hands-on exposure, observe advanced techniques, or learn about practice management and leadership directly from your Expert. 

 

Advanced Education with Leading Experts.

Want to Advance Your Education?

Elevate your clinical expertise and professional development in aesthetic surgery through one-on-one learning with internationally recognized Experts who are shaping the future of aesthetic surgery. 

Refine the skills that matter most.

Want to Refine Your Skills?

Direct your learning towards what counts, whether mastering a new surgical technique, gaining insight into practice management, or observing innovative procedures up close.

The Expert program is designed to provide advanced and practice-focused clinical education that accelerates your professional growth in aesthetic surgery. 

Build your professional profile

Want to build your Professional Profile?

Stand out on a global stage. Participation in the ISAPS Expert Program enhances your professional visibility and connects you to an international community of excellence through ISAPS. 

Connect globally

Want to Network Internationally?

Access a growing network of various Expert centers across multiple countries worldwide. Collaborate, learn, and expand your international professional network among many respected professionals in aesthetic plastic surgery. 

Frequently Asked Questions

The length of the program will vary and is at the discretion of the host surgeon.

 

The structure of such a teaching program is entirely up to the expert and local host.

Our application portal is where you fill in and submit your online application. Here you will need to register for an account with the email your ISAPS membership is linked to. You will then be able to begin an application.

This portal will allow you to track the status of your application as it goes through the review process, and where you will find an update on whether or not you have been awarded an Expert Visit.

Application Portal

This program does not have an application deadline. Applications are reviewed upon submission on a case-by-case basis.

In order to apply for the ISAPS Expert Program, you must either be an ISAPS Resident or Associate member. Make sure to check out your chosen Expert's profile page to ensure you also meet their eligibility.

You can visit more than one ISAPS Expert in a year providing you have completed your previous visit, submitted a new application for your next, and are committed to embarking on it. 

You are not allowed to apply to the same ISAPS Expert in a year. Doing this, reduces opportunities for others who would like to apply to that ISAPS Expert. 

The ISAPS Expert Program is provides a more flexible opportunity that suits your schedule and our available ISAPS Experts' schedule. You can visit from 2 days up to 2 months. You can be sure of your preferred ISAPS Expert availability by checking out their profiles above.

While the ISAPS Fellowship Program runs on a quarterly basis as a fixed 3-month stay in the country of the fellowship host, and cannot be customised.

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Interested in Becoming an ISAPS Expert?

In order to become an ISAPS Expert, you must:

  • have been an active member of ISAPS for at least 5 years;
  • be board certified for at least 10 years;
  • provide evidence of scientific talks and publications.

If you are eligible and interested, please contact us.

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