About ISASE: a society founded to teach aesthetic surgery
ISASE was conceived in 2026 by Dr. Marcelo Policarpo de Souza Assis, a plastic surgeon with more than 21 years in facial aesthetic surgery, to turn the training he gives at the Aesthetic Global Training programme into a structured, international society.
Mission
Raise the quality and safety of aesthetic and corrective surgery through structured, evidence-based continuing education that respects the rules of every country.
Vision
Be the reference in continuing education for surgical societies of Asia and Latin America.
What we are not
We do not create a specialty, grant a licence, or authorise anyone to operate beyond what their local law allows. We do not guarantee hands-on contact with patients in Brazil or abroad. Certificates record completed activities only.
Governance
A scientific council of five to seven members, including at least two surgeons nominated by partner societies and one external member with no commercial ties; an education committee that approves tracks and assessments; an ethics committee for conflicts of interest and image use. Every council member files an annual conflict-of-interest declaration.
Dr. Marcelo Policarpo de Souza Assis
Plastic surgeon, MSc in Health Sciences, member of SBCP and ISAPS. Author of the Round-Block SMAS-pexy, a deep plane facelift variant. Coordinates the ISAPS-endorsed Aesthetic Global Training programme and hosts an ISAPS fellowship site in Campinas.
Doutor Opera Day Hospital
Day hospital dedicated to aesthetic surgery in Campinas, São Paulo, where the fellowship observerships take place.
PABI, Indonesia
The Indonesian Association of General Surgeons, with around 4,500 surgeons, is the first partner society: referrals, scientific council seats and the annual congress.