Medical Direction & Team
SKN MD is a physician-led medical aesthetics practice. Every treatment plan is overseen by our medical team, and treatments are performed following an individual medical assessment and order, consistent with the standards of the Collège des médecins du Québec.
Dr Maxime Desrosiers Bérubé
Medical Director · Physician, Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ 12639)
“Facial aesthetics is a medicine of precision. Every gesture must honour the anatomy.”
« L’esthétique faciale est une médecine de précision. Chaque geste doit honorer l’anatomie. »
Dr Desrosiers Bérubé leads SKN MD’s medical practice. A physician and member of the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ 12639), he has focused his practice on advanced aesthetic medicine since 2023.
His medical training informs an uncommon reading of facial dynamics: where others see a wrinkle, he sees a muscular pattern; where others fill, he rebalances. This medical approach to aesthetics is the signature of SKN MD.
Across all three clinics he provides medical supervision of every protocol, validates complex treatment plans, and personally receives the patients for whom a medical evaluation must precede any injection. He chairs the internal quality committee and takes an active role in the team’s continuing education.
Dr Irmgard Fruth
Physician · Family Medicine, McGill University · Member, Collège des médecins du Québec
Dr Fruth graduated from medical school in Ulm, Germany, in 1997 and began her clinical career in orthopedic and trauma surgery. After moving to Canada, she joined the orthopedic research team at McGill University.
She completed her residency in Family Medicine at McGill University in 2007, followed by training in aesthetic medicine in 2010. Since then she has provided medical care across Montreal’s West Island.
She offers non-surgical aesthetic facial treatments to patients of all ages and backgrounds. Her initial aesthetic consultation considers health, personality, and lifestyle as a whole, and questions are answered in a warm, holistic, and personalized way grounded in expertise, experience, and honesty.
Clinical Nursing Team
Our nurses perform injectable treatments following an individual medical assessment and order, under the supervision of our medical team.
Valentina El Jesser
Clinical Nurse · OIIQ 2202364 · Montréal & Terrebonne
Valentina El Jesser is a clinical nurse (OIIQ 2202364) practising at SKN MD’s Montréal and Terrebonne clinics. A graduate of Cégep Édouard-Montpetit and the Université de Sherbrooke, she has focused her practice on aesthetic medicine since 2023, with more than four hundred injectable treatments performed.
She earned her DEC in nursing at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit in 2020, followed by her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Université de Sherbrooke (Longueuil campus) in 2022. Registered with the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec since 2020 (OIIQ 2202364), she oriented her practice toward aesthetic medicine in 2023.
Her continuing education spans advanced injection programs at the Académie Esthétique (2023), CAMA (2024), Nurses4Nurses (2025 and 2026) and the Master Injector webinar (2025). She is certified in Allergan Neuromodulator and fillers (October 2023), radiofrequency microneedling (2024) and CO2 laser (2025).
Her philosophy is simple: enhance, without transforming. Her practice centres on three areas — the lips, chin and cheeks — where precision of technique defines the result. Her approach comes down to three words: natural, precision, listening.
Trilingual (French, English and Spanish), Valentina sees patients primarily at the Montréal clinic and also practises in Terrebonne, bringing an ongoing curiosity about international approaches to aesthetic medicine to her work.
Jessica Parker
Registered Practical Nurse (Ontario) · Certified Nurse Injector
“Elevated facial harmonization through strategic, natural-focused injectables.”
Jessica Parker is a Registered Practical Nurse and Certified Nurse Injector with over 10 years of diverse clinical experience across maternity care, acute care, perioperative settings, and college-level clinical teaching, along with 2 years of focused experience in medical aesthetics. Her extensive clinical background has given her a strong medical foundation, advanced assessment skills, and a deep understanding of anatomy, safety, and patient care.
This experience lets her approach aesthetic medicine with precision, clinical judgment, and confidence, so every treatment is delivered with both safety and intention. Jessica is known for a patient-first philosophy — taking the time to listen, understand individual goals, and build thoughtful, customized treatment plans. She believes aesthetic medicine should enhance natural beauty rather than change it, and prioritizes subtle, balanced results that complement each patient’s features rather than following fleeting trends.
In her practice she focuses on natural-looking injectable treatments centred on facial harmony, proportion, and long-term skin health. Her approach is conservative yet strategic, aiming for refined results that evolve gracefully over time. She values education and transparency so patients feel informed and comfortable throughout their aesthetic journey, and she is certified through CAMA Botulinum & Fillers Advanced (2024).
Claudette Amin
Licensed Practical Nurse · OIIAQ · Montréal & Terrebonne
Claudette Amin is a licensed practical nurse (OIIAQ) practising at SKN MD’s Montréal and Terrebonne clinics. She performs injectable protocols following an individual medical assessment and order, under the supervision of the medical team, and maintains each patient’s long-term follow-up.
She is often the nurse who guides a first consultation — the appointment where a patient is introduced to the MD Codes reading of the face, asks questions, and takes the time they need, sometimes a night to reflect, before signing a treatment plan. Her clinical rigour and attentive listening make her a reassuring presence for patients who are discovering aesthetic medicine.
Her approach is grounded in skin health and longevity rather than transformation. She favours natural, understated work that respects each patient’s features and supports the quality of the skin over time, and she believes the most natural-looking results are built gradually — in step with each patient’s own pace and comfort.
Her practice comes down to three words: natural, patience, skin health.
Every consultation begins with an individual medical assessment.