Meet Your Mentors at the Dallas Med Spa Boot Camp
In aesthetics, you can invest in courses. You can attend conferences. You can spend thousands learning technique.
But mentorship is different. It’s not just about what you learn, it’s who you learn from, how you learn and what you see in real time.
That’s exactly what defines AmSpa’s Medical Spa Boot Camp in Dallas: direct access to leaders who have built successful practices and are willing to share how they did it. And for faculty speaker Sonya Ellis, MSN, CANS, CPSN, mentorship isn’t optional, it’s essential.
Why Mentorship Matters in Aesthetics
Ellis speaks candidly about the cost of entering the industry, not just financially, but educationally.
“We spend a lot of money on our education as aesthetic and plastic surgery providers… I think somebody told me it’s about twenty thousand, which I’m not shocked about at all.”
New providers are investing heavily in their future, but Ellis believes something is still missing.
“Think about these new people that are coming… we should pay it forward and find a way to help them out to where it doesn’t cost them an arm and leg.”
That “pay it forward” mindset is what drives her mentorship program and her approach to education. Instead of shortcuts, she emphasizes immersion.
“It is literally like a shadowing opportunity… they have to be there once a week. And imagine what that person is gonna learn in three months.”
And just as importantly, she grounds everything in clinical identity and responsibility:
“We are nurses first. We are an aesthetic nurse second.”
Mentorship, in Ellis’ world, is about developing providers who understand not just technique, but judgment, safety and long-term patient trust.
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Raising the Standard of the Industry
As aesthetics continues to grow, Ellis is clear about what’s at stake.
“We can’t sit here and complain that all these people are doing the wrong thing when we’re not willing to help them do the right thing.”
That idea is bigger than one practice. It’s about the future of the industry.
Mentorship creates consistency, builds confidence and ensures that new providers enter the field prepared. It also strengthens businesses from the inside out.
“Everybody who’s gone through our mentorship program that’s serious about the program has gotten a job… and gotten a good job.”
That outcome-driven approach, developing real, employable, confident providers, mirrors what attendees gain from immersive education experiences like AmSpa’s Medical Spa Boot Camp.
What Mentorship Looks Like at the Dallas Boot Camp
At the Dallas Medical Spa Boot Camp, mentorship happens at scale.
This isn’t passive education. It’s a structured, full-day experience built around how modern med spas actually grow, operate and succeed.
The agenda reflects the real-life challenges practice owners face every day, including:
- Business growth strategy and long-term planning
- Financial performance, KPIs and profitability
- Compliance, legal structure and risk management
- Marketing, lead conversion and patient acquisition
- Patient experience and retention
- Clinical innovation and evolving treatment approaches
View the event schedule on Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11, 2026 in Dallas, TX.
Meet the Faculty: Your Mentors for the Day
The Dallas Boot Camp faculty represents every critical pillar of a successful med spa. You’ll hear from:
- Alex Thiersch, JD (AmSpa), delivering state-of-the-industry insights and leading legal and compliance discussions that define how practices grow safely and sustainably
- Business and financial experts from Skytale Group, breaking down KPIs, profitability and strategic growth
- Operators like John Rodriguez (Ethos MedSpa), sharing real-world frameworks for scaling a business
- Marketing and conversion leaders like Jared Rohrer (Aesthetic Conversion), connecting digital strategy directly to booked revenue
- Operational innovators and consultants, covering systems, staffing and performance optimization
- Clinical leaders including Sonya Ellis and Steven Ellis, MD (The L.A.B Med Spa), Jennifer Walden, MD, FACS (The MedSpa at Walden Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Center), and Apryl Witherspoon, MSN, APRN, FNP-C (NWME Aesthetics), presenting forward-looking insights on treatments, techniques and what’s next in aesthetics
Together, this faculty delivers what mentorship is meant to be: practical, experience-driven and immediately applicable.
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Learning From People Who’ve Done It
One of the biggest gaps in aesthetics education is learning how everything fits together. Clinical skill alone isn’t enough. Business skill alone isn’t enough. The Medical Spa Boot Camp bridges that gap, giving attendees a full picture of what it actually takes to run a successful, compliant and scalable practice.
That’s exactly what Ellis teaches her mentees every day, and what you’ll experience in Dallas: “They’re learning everything that they need to in that room slowly.”
That kind of layered, real-world learning is what turns information into confidence and confidence into results.
The mentorship you experience at Boot Camp doesn’t stop when the day ends. Through AmSpa membership, you gain access to a nationwide community of providers, operators and industry leaders who share insights, ask questions and support each other long after the event. It’s ongoing, real-world mentorship that helps you apply what you’ve learned and continue building your practice with confidence.
Meet Your Mentors in Dallas
Mentorship doesn’t have to take years. Sometimes, it starts with a single day of learning from the right people.
At the Dallas Medical Spa Boot Camp, you’ll sit in the room with experts who have already navigated the challenges you’re facing, and who are willing to show you how to do it better.
Come meet your mentors and connect with the community that will support your growth long after the event.
Medical Spa Boot Camp, July 10-11, 2026 at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre. Secure your spot today.