Biography & Background
Dr Leonie Schelke is a Dutch cosmetic doctor registered with the KNMG, practising non-surgical cosmetic medicine with a specific focus on the safe use of injectable treatments. She has worked in the field of aesthetic medicine since 2000, building a private practice in Amsterdam alongside a long-standing role at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam. [Paragraph detail on undergraduate medical training and specific rotations omitted — insufficient source material. Recommended additional source: full CV or university faculty page.]
Dr Schelke now has more than twenty years of experience in the treatment of injectables, including botulinum toxin and dermal fillers. In 2020, she was awarded a PhD for research into the use of duplex ultrasound in the management of vascular complications following filler treatment. Since 2010, she has run a dedicated policlinic for filler complications within the Department of Dermatology at Erasmus MC, seeing patients two days a week and managing around five hundred new referrals annually, including complex cases referred from other practitioners internationally.
Dr Schelke is a teacher within the Dutch certified educational programme for cosmetic medicine and is co-founder and trainer of CutaneoUS, an organisation providing ultrasound courses for cosmetic medicine and dermatology. She is recognised as an Academy expert by IMCAS, where she has contributed nineteen video lectures on topics including ultrasound-guided filler injection, vascular complication management, and tissue behaviour in filler treatment. She continues to lecture at international conferences on the role of ultrasound in injectable safety.
Dr Schelke practises at Medical Laser Center in Amsterdam, where her approach centres on keeping ageing skin healthy through carefully planned, non-cutting cosmetic treatment. Patients considering treatment with Dr Schelke can expect an approach grounded in safety-first, evidence-based practice, informed by her ongoing clinical and research work in filler complication management.
Qualifications & Training
- MD — Doctor of Medicine
- PhD — Doctorate in the use of duplex ultrasound and management of vascular complications following filler treatment, awarding institution not explicitly confirmed