Reference Section
Doctors and surgeons professional organisations compiled by Linda Briggs

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United Kingdom

General Medical Council
Obligatory if the surgeon wishes to carry out consultations or procedures in the UK.  Others countries will have their own equivalent. GMC registration is solely a UK requirement and surgeons working in other countries must conform to their own legislation.

General Dental Council
Obligatory registration for dentist working in the UK

Qualification - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh(FRCS)

Qualification - Royal College of Surgeons for England  (FRCS)

Qualification - Royal College of Surgeons for Ireland (FRCSI)

Qualification - Royal College of Ophthalmologists  ( FRCOphthalmologists)

Memberships - voluntary

Association of Surgeons

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

British Association of Cosmetic Doctors

British Association of Cosmetic Surgeons(BACS)

British Association of Dermatologists (BAD)

British Association of Oral Maxillo facial surgery (BAOMS)

British Association of Otolaryngologists/Head & Neck Surgeons

British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS) Now known as BAPRAS

British Dental Association

British Medical Association

Dentists

British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry

Eye specialists

British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS)

Gynaecologists

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

John Squires Library - A wonderful source of reference in the UK

United States of America

Obligatory - State licensing authorities

American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)

American Hair Loss Council

American Medical Association

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery

American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

California Society of Plastic Surgeons

Foundation for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)

Venezuela

Venezuela Plastic Surgery Society

European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery

European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

European Association of Plastic Surgeons

European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

European GP's information

European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery

European Society for Vascular Surgeons

European Organisations for eye specialists

European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons

European Organisations for Dentists

European Association for Osseointegration

World wide organisations

International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons

International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

International Consortium of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

International Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery Association

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

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