Dr. Alex's Blog: The Aesthetic Show 2013

Sunday, May 26, 2013

The Aesthetic Show 2013

This year marks the third consecutive year Dr. Alex has attended The Aesthetic Show, an annual convention held in Las Vegas, NV featuring the latest in aesthetic treatments, technology, and products. This year The Aesthetic Show was held from May 16 to 19, 2013 at the Mirage convention center, a beautiful venue. Over 2,000 people attended from across the world, including doctors and their staffs. Dr. Alex and his assistant Mikalah attended numerous seminars by leading experts to improve the service and results at A E Skin. Dr. Alex took a full day course in consulting to help provide outstanding service to patients. Additionally, Dr. Alex was invited to a casting call for Aesthetic TV, an online service designed to teach the public about what's new in the aesthetic community. The technical exhibits featured vendors from laser companies, skin care lines, and more, including partners such as Sciton lasers, Elta MD, Clarisonic, Merz Aesthetics, makers of Xeomin, Medicis, makers of Restylane, and Allergan, makers of Juvederm and Latisse. On Saturday night, The Aesthetic Awards ceremony was hosted by Dr. Andrew Ordon of the hit television show "The Doctors". As in past years numerous raffle prizes were given out totaling of over $ 250,000 in value. Michael Moretti and his staff produced a great show as always and we look forward to the event next year.

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Alex Eshaghian, MD, PhD was raised in Los Angeles, CA. He attended UCLA for college and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Biology in 1998. He received many accolades including Phi Beta Kappa, College Honors, Departmental Honors, Goldenkey International Honour Society, and Mortar Board National Honors Society.

In 2000, Dr. Alex moved to Nashville, TN to attend the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s distinguished Medical Scientist Training Program. With scholarships from the National Institutes of Health and the Canby Robinson Society, he graduated with an MD and a PhD. Dr. Alex completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Alex has had clinical training in dermatology at Vanderbilt University, UC Irvine, USC, UCLA, University of New Mexico, Veteran’s Affairs Hospitals in Nashville, TN, Albuquerque, NM, Long Beach, CA, and Los Angeles, CA, as well as in various private clinics in southern California. He is also certified in the injection of Botulinum toxin and dermal fillers as well as in the use of lasers for cosmetic applications.

Dr. Alex has done research for over a decade. His interest in research was sparked early in college when he worked in a nephrology lab. He then spent four years in a molecular biology lab in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA under the direction of Harold G. Martinson, PhD. His dissertation in graduate school was in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the laboratory of James E. Sligh, MD, PhD where he studied genetic factors involved in photo-aging of the skin and in non-melanoma skin cancer. He has given oral and poster presentations at numerous conferences including the American Academy of Dermatology, Society for Investigative Dermatology, and American Society for Human Genetics. He has publications in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, and Cardiovascular Toxicology. He is also a contributing author for the Textbook of Aging Skin.

Dr. Alex has held a number of leadership positions including University of New Mexico School of Medicine Resident Voice committee member, Committee of Interns and Residents member, Dermatology Interest Group Association president and founding member, Executive Board member of Vanderbilt Hillel, Vanderbilt University MSTP Physician Scientist Speaker Series Committee member, Vanderbilt University Careers in Medicine Interest Group member, Vanderbilt University MSTP Student Advisory Committee member, and Vanderbilt University Dermatology Interest Group president. He has also participated in numerous service activities including Miles for Melanoma, Sun Protection Project, Camp Discovery, Links for Locks, and the Shade Tree Clinic.

At Alex Eshaghian Medical, Dr. Alex is translating his research in photo-aging to his clinical practice. His passion is to prevent signs of aging in the skin to make patients look and feel their best.