A visionary and thought leader in the field of minimally invasive aesthetics, Dr. Amelia K. Hausauer is the Director of Dermatology for Aesthetx, a premier plastic surgery and dermatology practice located in the heart of Silicon Valley. She is an innovator and rising star in the world of platelet rich plasma (PRP) and microneedling, spearheading several research trials on these subjects in addition to lecturing and training other healthcare providers across the country. Dr. Hausauer is also the chief editor and major contributing author to the upcoming medical textbook, PRP and Microneedling in Aesthetic Medicine, and has written multiple pieces on neuromodulators (i.e. Botox® cosmetic) and dermal fillers. She has served as an investigator on trials for Allergan, Merz Aesthetics, Revance Therapeutics, and ThermiGen LLC. Dr. Hausauer earned a Bachelors of Arts with the highest honors in Human Biology from Stanford University and her medical doctorate at University of California San Francisco (UCSF,) receiving multiple competitive awards/ scholarships from each university. She was awarded one of only a few highly-coveted, advanced cosmetic dermatology training positions in the United States, groomed by one of the world’s masters in filler, botox, and laser. She then completed the prestigious American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) Future Leaders Network training, intended to cultivate the newest class of procedural dermatology leaders. Dr. Hausauer now sees patients in Northern California where she has helped build a unique, multidisciplinary aesthetic medicine practice that seamlessly blends minimally invasive as well as surgical techniques to provide highly customized, full-service patient care from board-certified core practitioners.