Pat Lam is the current President of Skin Care Consultants. In this capacity and in other varied management functions, she has played an important role in guiding the growth and direction of the company during much of its history.

In addition to her management responsibilities, Pat Lam is a renowned educator in the health and beauty field. She is an internationally celebrated author and instructor whose cutting-edge, comprehensive textbooks and instructional videos – covering new ground in subjects relating to nutrition, skin care, and anti-aging - are widely used by practitioners and taught in educational institutions around the world.

Her background firmly rooted in education, for over 25 years, Pat Lam was the Vice-Principal of the Lam School of Advanced Esthetics, which was the first and longest-standing CIDESCO accredited esthetics school in North America. In this role, she was instrumental in developing the school’s pioneering and innovative 1,600 hour curriculum which incorporated – in addition to traditional esthetics subject matter - the related disciplines of health, wellness, stress therapy, physical fitness, and nutrition that are only now today becoming widely accepted as integral components to a successful, long-term skin care regime.

A highly in-demand and dynamic public speaker, Pat Lam is a well-known lecturer at prominent industry conferences worldwide.  In addition, she is a notable and frequent contributor to many main-stream trade publications, with numerous published articles. Until recently, she also served for a number of years on the Advisory Board for Skin Inc., one of North America’s premier esthetic trade journals.

In addition to her management and educator activities, Pat Lam is an officially designated and active senior CIDESCO International Examiner. In this capacity, she travels extensively around the world to examine esthetics schools located on all continents. At present, she furthermore holds the position of Vice-President of the Society of Professional Skin Care Specialists – CIDESCO CANADA.

With her professional and personal interests embracing all related aspects of wellness, she is a certified personal trainer and fitness instructor. She was also the first esthetician in the world to become board certified as an anti-aging health practitioner by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M).

Pat Lam holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto. A CIDESCO Diplomate, she has additionally completed advanced studies in the field of esthetics in England and France. CIDESCO International has recognized Pat Lam with one of its highest honours for her contributions to the profession, awarding her a Gold Medal for her work in the domain of stress therapy.

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