Julie Bass Kaplan, FNP-BC, CANS, is a family nurse practitioner who began her medical aesthetics career in 1999 when she founded Disappearing Act Medical Aesthetics. She has a special interest in teaching safe injection techniques—she is a faculty speaker for Palette Resources, is a speaker/trainer for Allergan Medical Institute, and sits on Allergan, Galderma and Revance’s advisory boards. Kaplan is a published author for several medical journal articles and speaks at various international conventions. She also provides individual injection training workshops through her company, JBK Aesthetics.

With more than 18 years of plastic and reconstructive surgery experience, Sarah Safa, MS, PA-C, is a top national aesthetic specialist. She is known for her non-surgical precision with laser treatments, advanced neuromodulator injections and facial mapping with a wide array of soft-tissue facial fillers. Safa has trained more than 5,000 aesthetic medical providers on advanced injection techniques and business development. For more than 17 years, Safa has served as a top trainer for Allergan's National Speaker's Bureau, in addition to serving as faculty for the Academy for Injection Anatomy, Revance Therapeutics, MTF Biologics, and Sciton Inc. She is the founder of Refined Aesthetics.