The UIME (International Association of Aesthetic Medicine // Union Internationale de Médecine Esthétique) was created 25 years ago in France by representatives of four European countries (Belgium, France, Italy and Spain). The UIME was created in response to the blooming of a new specialty within the medical world: aesthetic medicine.

The goal was to gather any practitioner who had a desire to focus on aesthetic medicine, regardless of their specialty. Both family practitioners and specialists were targeted.

This concept became very attractive to a growing number of physicians. More countries from Western Europe soon joined the UIME followed by several Latin American countries and the United States. The opening of Eastern Europe to the world also added to the number of member nations. Today, twenty countries from all over the world are members of the UIME.

The UIME holds an international congress every other year and the AAAM (American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine) has been selected by the UIME's executive committee to hold the XIVth International Congress of Aesthetic Medicine in Las Vegas, November 9-12, 2003.

Member Organizations

- American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine
- Argentinian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Algerian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Belgian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Brazilian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Canadian Association of Aesthetic Medicine
- Chinese Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Chilean Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Colombian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Equatorian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- French Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Italian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Kazakstan Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Korean Academy of Aesthetic Medicine
- Mexican Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Moroccan Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Peruvian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Polish Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Puerto Rican Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Romanian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Russian Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Singapore Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- South African Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Swiss Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Turkish Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Uruguayan Society of Aesthetic Medicine
- Venezuelian Society of Aesthetic Medicine

Executive Committee
President: G. Marzulo (Chile)
Vice-Presidents: M. Leventer (Romania)
V. Garcia Guevara (Venezuela)
General Secretary: J.J. Legrand (France)
General Secretary for Americas: R. Pinto (Argentina)
General Secretary for Africa and Middle East:
A. Bourra (Morocco)
CME Chairman: M. Delune (USA)

Members
- M. Oughanem (Algeria)
- R. Pinto (Argentina)
- J. Hébrant (Belgium)
- A. Faria de Souza (Brazil)
- H. Alibhai (Canada)
- G. Marzullo (Chile)
- Q.X. Peng (China)
- J. Salazar (Colombia)
- V. Perez (Equator)
- J.J. Legrand (France)
- C.A. Bartoletti (Italy)
- G. Joumatova (Kazakstan)
- B. Miller (Mexico)
- A. Bourra (Morocco)
- T. Fernandez (Peru)
- A. Ignaciuck (Poland)
- J. Colon (Puerto-Rico)
- M. Leventer (Romania)
- O. Panova (Russia)
- R. Smit (South Africa)
- J. Jang (South Korea)
- P. Rodrigo (Spain)
- X. Martin (Switzerland)
- M. Delune (USA)
- V. Garcia (Venezuela)
- H. Subasi (Turkey)
- A. Elbaum (Uruguay)
- M. Delune (USA)
- V. Garcia (Venezuela)

Previous Congresses
1975: 1st - Ajaccio, France
1978: 2nd - Brussels, Belgium
1980: 3rd - Paris, France
1982: 4th - Rome, Italy
1985: 5th - Brussels, Belgium
1987: 6th - Paris, France
1989: 7th - Barcelona, Spain
1991: 8th - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993: 9th - Rome, Italy
1995: 10th - Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997: 11th - Sevilla, Spain
1999: 12th - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2000: 13th - Monte Carlo, Monaco
2003: 14th - Las Vegas, USA
2005: 15th - Rome, Italy
2007: 16th - Buenos Aires, Argentina