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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