Beauty at Any Cost: Safety in Aesthetic Medicine

She was born on August 11, 1983 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Marina was born in international family: her father is a Russian Korean, and her mother is Russian. Marina has an older brother. As a child Marina worked as a model and starred in music videos.
After graduation, she was accepted to St Petersburg State University’s department of International Relations where she studied for 2 years. At the age of 19 Kim moved to Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow State Institute, Department of International Relations with a major in North American Studies.
In 2004 Marina worked as a TV presenter of the economy program Markets on RBC channel. From 2007 to 2013 she worked as the host of news program Vesti and made segments for various Vesti outlets as a correspondent. In 2012 she came in second in the 7th season of Dancing with the Stars. In 2014 she joined Channel One as a presenter at Dobroe Utro.
Ms. Kim moderated multiple round tables at various events including APEC Summit in Vladivostok in 2012, First International Anti-Counterfeit Forum, St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Ekaterina Kruglik is a Candidate of Medical Sciences, Medical Director of the VIP Clinic network of plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine, dermatologist, cosmetologist and plastic surgeon. She graduated from Smolensk State Medical University (formerly Smolensk State Medical Academy) with a degree in General Medicine, completed an internship in general surgery with subsequent specialization in plastic surgery, and a residency in dermatovenereology within the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation with an advanced specialization in cosmetology.

Under her leadership, the VIP Clinic network is among the leading Russian clinics of aesthetic medicine and has received a number of industry awards, including recognition in the national Top‑5 and the “Parade of Clinics” award. Dr. Kruglik’s scientific interests focus on cellular technologies in cosmetology and plastic surgery: she has defended her Candidate’s thesis and is currently working on her Doctoral dissertation in this field.

Ekaterina Kruglik is the scientific director of cosmetology educational programs under the “Russian School”, a regular speaker at national and international congresses, a member of professional societies of plastic surgeons, and an expert in thread and minimally invasive technologies. As an international‑level trainer and the founder of a charitable project supporting women who are victims of domestic violence, she was awarded the title “Woman of the Year 2020” by GLAMOUR magazine.

Professor Nikolay N. Potekaev, Ph.D, MD.
Chief Dermatologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation,
President of National Alliance of Russian Dermatologists and Cosmetologists (NADC),
Director of Moscow Scientific and Research Center of Dermatology and Cosmetology,
Chief of Department of Dermatology and Cosmetology Russian State Medical University,
He is the organizer of the widespread implementation of an entire set of non-invasive methods of diagnoses of skin diseases in Russian dermatological and cosmetological practice and has utilized many treatment methods.
N.Potekaev together with the leading figure of the German School of Dermatology Professor G.Plewig described the world's second observation of the development of rhinophyma on the background of hemangioma. He was the first in Russia to describe a number of rare dermatoses: Morbigan's disease, gluteal granuloma of infants, a fulminant form of rosacea, Flegel's disease on the background of HIV infection, malakoplakia of the skin.
Professor Potekaev is the author of the international Classification of skin lesions in infection caused by the COVID-19 virus (2020). Author of the first national cosmetology manual (2026).