The American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meeting® (ABAM) is designed for today's aesthetic medicine professionals, including those who lead teams, guide patients, build systems, evaluate technology, and turn a clinical vision into a strong practice.

Held each winter in Park City, Utah, ABAM brings the global aesthetics community together for education and connection. Practice leaders can learn alongside physicians, nurses, aestheticians, faculty, and industry innovators.

If you are responsible for how an aesthetic practice operates, grows, and serves its patients, you belong in the room.

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Who Is an Aesthetic Practice Professional?

“Practice management” can sound like a narrow administrative function. In reality, creating an exceptional aesthetic practice takes people with many different roles and areas of expertise. ABAM welcomes professionals who contribute to the patient experience, team performance, business strategy, and daily operation of a surgical practice or medical spa.

This page is for:

Practice managers and administrators
Medical spa directors and aesthetic business leaders
Patient care and surgical coordinators
Front-office and patient-experience leaders
Marketing and business development professionals
Operations, finance, and human resources team members
Owners, founders, and executive leaders
Clinical professionals who also hold leadership or management responsibilities

What connects these professionals is their responsibility for helping an aesthetic practice work better for its patients, providers, and team.

Attendees learning together at an ABAM educational session

A Medical Spa Conference Experience With Broader Perspective

People searching for a medical spa conference or med spa conference are often looking for practical ideas they can bring back to work. ABAM provides that opportunity within a larger, multidisciplinary aesthetic medicine conference.

The meeting features surgical and nonsurgical education, practice management workshops, live device demonstrations, an industry trade show, and global networking. That mix gives practice leaders important context about the developments influencing patient questions, team training, service planning, and growth.

Attending clinical presentations does not qualify a non-clinical professional to recommend or perform treatment. It does, however, help practice professionals understand the language, priorities, and developments shaping the specialty. That knowledge can support clearer communication and better-informed operational decisions.

What Can Practice Professionals Gain From ABAM?

Your ABAM experience will depend on your role, selected sessions, and the conversations you pursue.

A Wider View of Aesthetic Medicine

ABAM brings surgical and nonsurgical perspectives into one program, helping attendees see how treatment trends, technology, patient preferences, and international ideas intersect.

This broader view can help practice leaders ask sharper questions before adding a service, purchasing a device, developing patient education, or changing an internal process.

Practice Management Education

Practice management workshops address the business and operational side of aesthetics.

Conversations with other leaders can also reveal how different practices approach common challenges, organize teams, support providers, and maintain a consistent patient experience.

Direct Access to the Clinical Conversation

ABAM is an aesthetic surgery conference with faculty representing plastic surgery, dermatology, facial plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, and nonsurgical aesthetics. Practice professionals can hear directly from the experts whose ideas influence the treatments patients ask about and the technologies practices consider.

Understanding the reasoning behind a treatment or technology can help leaders support accurate messaging, appropriate staff education, and realistic patient communication.

Technology and Industry Connections

Live demonstrations and the ABAM trade show give attendees opportunities to meet industry representatives and explore products, platforms, and practice resources. These conversations are most valuable when they begin with thoughtful questions.

Practice professionals can compare information and consider how an investment would fit their staffing, training, workflow, patient population, and clinical leadership. Each organization remains responsible for its clinical, financial, regulatory, and purchasing review.

A Global Professional Network

ABAM attracts attendees and faculty from more than 20 countries. This international community gives aesthetic practice professionals a chance to learn how colleagues in other regions think about service, leadership, technology, and the patient relationship.

The focused setting creates room to meet peers facing similar operational questions and begin relationships that continue after Park City.

Build a Stronger Bridge Between Your Clinical and Business Teams

The strongest aesthetic practices align clinical priorities with the patient experience and the systems that support care. That alignment requires shared context. Providers need capable operational partners, and practice professionals need enough understanding of the clinical landscape to communicate responsibly and plan effectively.

ABAM gives teams a common educational experience. A physician may focus on technique and evidence while a manager considers staffing, workflow, communication, and implementation. Comparing those perspectives can clarify which ideas deserve further evaluation and what responsible implementation would require.

Learn From More Than 100 Speakers

ABAM features more than 100 speakers each year, including established authorities and emerging voices from the United States and abroad. The program gives attendees access to a range of professional experiences, techniques, and viewpoints.

For practice leaders, faculty diversity matters. It provides insight into how respected professionals explain innovation, approach patient care, and respond to change. It also helps attendees distinguish a passing trend from a development worth examining more closely.

Dr. Renato Saltz created the American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meeting as a forum for collaboration between leading minds in aesthetics. That spirit still defines ABAM.

Take Practical Ideas Back to Your Practice

ABAM can help aesthetic practice professionals return to work with better questions and a clearer sense of direction. Depending on your role and chosen sessions, your takeaways may include:

Greater awareness of developing surgical and nonsurgical treatments
More context for evaluating aesthetic technology and industry partnerships
Ideas for strengthening communication between clinical and administrative teams
New approaches to patient education and the overall patient experience
Insight from peers who lead aesthetic practices in different markets
Professional relationships that support continued learning and collaboration
A clearer framework for deciding which opportunities deserve further review

The goal is thoughtful application. Every idea should be evaluated against the practice’s clinical leadership, patient needs, team capacity, budget, legal obligations, and applicable professional standards.

Professional Connection in Park City

ABAM’s Park City format makes networking feel natural. Morning and afternoon education is traditionally separated by a midday break, giving attendees time to continue conversations, meet colleagues, or enjoy the mountain. Evening social events create additional opportunities to connect outside a formal session.

The winter experience is part of ABAM’s energy, but education and professional exchange remain the reason to attend. Family members are welcome, and Park City offers activities for skiers and nonskiers alike. For practice professionals, the destination creates space to step away from daily demands, think more broadly, and build relationships with people across aesthetics.

Snow-covered ski slopes in Park City, Utah

Attend a Global Aesthetic Meeting With a Mission

ABAM is a nonprofit educational meeting. Net proceeds support the Image Reborn Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides no-cost healing retreats and ongoing community for women affected by breast cancer.

That mission gives the meeting an impact beyond the conference itself. By participating in ABAM, attendees join an international professional community committed to education, connection, and meaningful support for breast cancer survivors.

Learn About Image Reborn

ABAM for Aesthetic Practice Professionals FAQs

Is ABAM only for physicians and clinical providers?

No. ABAM offers a Practice Management Staff registration category and includes practice management workshops as part of the meeting experience. Practice managers, administrators, coordinators, marketing professionals, operational leaders, and other qualified team members can benefit from the program and networking opportunities.

Is this page for medical spa owners or individual professionals?

It is for individual professionals. You do not need to own a medical spa or surgical practice to attend. The audience includes people who lead, support, manage, market, and improve aesthetic organizations at many levels.

Does Practice Management Staff registration include CME credit?

CME credit is connected to designated educational activities and eligible credentials. Practice management professionals should not assume their registration includes CME. Review the current program and accreditation information or contact ABAM if earning credit is important to your registration decision.

Will I understand the program if I do not have a clinical background?

The program includes advanced clinical material, but practice professionals can choose sessions based on their responsibilities and interests. Practice management workshops, the trade show, live demonstrations, networking, and selected general sessions may be especially relevant.

Should practices send more than one team member?

That depends on the organization’s goals. Sending clinical and operational leaders together can help a team evaluate new information from multiple perspectives and create a more realistic plan for follow-up after the meeting.

When and where is the next ABAM?

The 19th American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meeting will be held February 4–7, 2027, at the Grand Summit Hotel in Park City, Utah.

ABAM for Aesthetic Practice Professionals