Career Achievement Award
Honoring a lifetime of achievements.
The Career Achievement Award is an annual award and fundraiser that honors esteemed aesthetic plastic surgeons for their significant contributions to advancing the field of aesthetic plastic surgery.
We celebrate each recipient's distinguished career, commitment to aesthetic surgery, dedication to patient safety, and powerful positive influence on others through donations to The Foundation in their honor.
Donating to The Aesthetic Foundation in their honor is a befitting way to say "thank you" to those who have given so much to the specialty while also helping to further our mission.
Nomination And Selection Process
You have the opportunity to nominate someone who has impacted you or the industry in a significant way through education, leadership, or research.
To nominate someone, you must:
Be an active Aesthetic Foundation member.
If your nominee is selected, agree to participate in or chair the Career Achievement Award Steering Committee.
Complete the Nomination Form.
For a nominee to be eligible, they must:
Be an active or life member of The Aesthetic Society and The Aesthetic Foundation.
Have significantly impacted the specialty through education, leadership, or research.
The Aesthetic Foundation’s board considers and evaluates all nominations before selecting and announcing the award recipient(s) each January.
Nomination Deadline: August 15
Award Presentation
We honor the Career Achievement Award recipient(s) each year at The Aesthetic MEET during the annual business meeting. We invite you to celebrate this year’s honoree and the money raised.
Support This Year’s Award Recipient
On April 17, 2027, during The Aesthetic MEET 2027 in Miami Beach, The Aesthetic Foundation will honor Renato Saltz, MD, FACS, with its Career Achievement Award. An internationally recognized aesthetic plastic surgeon, educator and philanthropist, Dr. Saltz has contributed to the specialty through surgical innovation, professional leadership, research, education and service for more than three decades.
An early pioneer of endoscopic facial surgery, Dr. Saltz has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, 50 book chapters, published eight books, and has delivered more than 700 lectures nationally and internationally. He is an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at u. Utah and served as President of The Aesthetic Society (ASAPS, 2009-2010), President of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS, 2016-2018), and President of the Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic Surgeons and has served as a Trustee and Visiting Professor of The Aesthetic Society and ISAPS. He founded and chairs the American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meeting® established in 2008 as a non-profit organization 501(c)(3). ABAM,provides an excellent opportunity for an international clinical exchange of knowledge in aesthetic surgery, and serves as a new forum for residents, fellows, and colleagues worldwide to present their innovative work in the United States with possible publication in the ISAPS and ASAPS Scientific Journals. All in a very nice, relaxing atmosphere in the majestic snowy mountains of Park City, USA. Dr. Saltz also co-founded and co-chairs the Global Aesthetics Conference and 4S Summit, the MBA of Aesthetics.
In 1998, Dr. Saltz founded the Image Reborn Foundation®, another non-profit organization dedicated to providing complimentary three-day renewal retreats for breast cancer survivors. On its 28 years the national organization has served more than 5,000 breast cancer survivors of Utah, Colorado, Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico. The Renewal Retreats offer opportunities for healing, education, psychological support and establishes strong connections and networking for survivors that last a lifetime. ABAM has donated more than $1 million to Image Reborn. In 2026, ABAM partnered with The Aesthetic Society and The Aesthetic Foundation to expand support for breast cancer patients, research and patient-centered care.
Dr. Saltz's sustained contributions to aesthetic surgery, mentorship and survivorship care reflect a career dedicated to advancing the specialty and supporting the people it serves.
He credits the support of his wife, Dr. Flavia Aspesi-Saltz, his children, friends and colleagues, in helping sustain these philanthropic efforts.
Donations made in honor of Dr. Saltz will benefit breast cancer programs and breast surgery research.
