Happy Birthday ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½

20th November 2015

 

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ (or BAPS as it was then known) is 69 years old today.

The first meeting of the Association was held on 20th November 1946 at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, under the chairmanship of the then College President Sir Alfred Webb-Johnson.

38 surgeons attended the meeting and the first Council was elected with Sir Harold Gillies sitting as President.

Read more about the history and formation of our Association here

'The British Association of Plastic Surgeons, the first forty years', published in 1987 also provides a fascinating insight into the birth and early history of ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½. The book is available to download here

 

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