More than 110 surgeons from 23 countries will gather at Academia, on the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) campus, from 18 to 19 November 2026 for the Advanced Open & Endoscopic Brow, Face & Neck Lifting Masterclass, described by its organisers as Asia’s largest plastic surgery cadaver training programme.
Organised by the International Fellowship in Advanced Aesthetic Science (IFAAS) in collaboration with the Plastic Aesthetic Surgery Meeting (PASM), Singapore’s national plastic surgery meeting, the two-day programme will bring together leading international and local surgical experts for hands-on training on fresh cadavers.
The masterclass comes amid growing global demand for facial surgical procedures. According to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) Global Survey 2025, more than 7.6 million surgical procedures involving the face and head were performed worldwide in 2025, an increase of 3.2% from the previous year. In contrast, most non-surgical treatments recorded declines, including a 25% decrease in hyaluronic acid treatments.
Yet while medical conferences, journals and digital resources offer access to emerging surgical knowledge, opportunities to practise advanced techniques in a supervised setting remain limited. Since 2014, IFAAS has worked to bridge this gap through practical, hands-on continuing medical education, giving doctors the opportunity to train under experienced international faculty.
Valerie Liu, Managing Director of IFAAS, said: “Learning a surgical technique is one thing, but developing the confidence and proficiency to perform it requires practical experience and expert guidance. This is why hands-on education has always been central to what we do at IFAAS. Through our collaboration with PASM, we are bringing together surgeons worldwide to learn directly from leading specialists, exchange knowledge and refine their skills.”
Bringing advanced surgical training to Singapore
Developed to strengthen surgeons’ practical understanding of facial rejuvenation techniques, the masterclass will teach open and endoscopic approaches to brow, face and neck lifting side by side, allowing surgeons to compare techniques directly.
The programme will be led by specialist faculty Dr Giovanni Botti (Italy), Dr Zekeriya Kul (Turkey) and Dr Woo Hyun Tark (South Korea), alongside leading Singapore surgeons Dr Woffles Wu and Dr Wong Chin Ho.
Training will cover techniques adapted to the anatomical characteristics of both Asian and Caucasian patients, including differences in brow shape, soft tissue and skeletal structure.
More than half of the masterclass will be dedicated to hands-on cadaver dissection, with participants practising techniques in small groups under close faculty supervision. Hosted at Academia, one of the region’s largest clinical skills laboratories, the programme has attracted participants from across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Africa and Australia. The hands-on programme was fully booked six months ahead of the event.
Dr Jeremy Sun, Chairman of PASM, said: “Aesthetic surgery is built on the foundations of plastic surgery: a deep understanding of anatomy, reconstruction and the judgment to manage the unexpected. By partnering with IFAAS, we are bringing advanced facelift training and international faculty closer to our community, and strengthening Singapore’s role as a hub for surgical education in the region.”
Supporting doctors beyond clinical practice
IFAAS is also addressing another gap in medical education, focusing on the business knowledge required to establish and manage a sustainable practice. While doctors spend years developing their clinical skills, formal medical training often provides limited exposure to clinic operations, financial planning, patient engagement and the adoption of new technologies.
IFAAS’s new High Performance Aesthetic Clinic Blueprint – Growth Core is an online business education programme designed to equip aesthetic clinic owners with practical knowledge and tools to manage and grow their practices. It will be officially launched at the PASM conference dinner on 21 November 2026.
The programme comprises four modules:
“Clinical excellence has always been at the heart of what we do, but running a successful practice demands a different set of skills, from leading a team to managing operations and patient relationships,” said Liu. “Our Blueprint programme is the next stage in our evolution, from helping doctors perform better procedures to helping them build better practices. Our focus is on building better clinics, not bigger ones, where sustainable growth goes hand in hand with quality patient care.”
