IPRAS Information

IPRAS, the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, began as the solution to the need of the specialty to present the emerging contributions of plastic and reconstructive surgery to the entire world of medicine. IPRAS was formed in 1955 by an international group of plastic surgeons in Sweden in order to bring order and harmonization to an evolving specialty. Men, who became giants in plastic surgery, such as Skoog, Broadbent, Sanvenero-Rosselli, and Manchester, saw the need for an international organization which would provide a forum for the discussion and implementation of scientific advances in plastic surgery. The countries with the largest concentrations of plastic surgeons pledged their support for the concepts envisioned. The first International Symposium was held in Washington, DC and was acknowledged by all plastic surgeons involved to have accomplished the goals anticipated. In 1992, the emergence of aesthetic surgery as a major sector of plastic surgery prompted IPRAS to add the word ТAestheticУ to its original name, the International Confederation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (IPRS).