AAFPRS - CHRONOLOGY

Chronology of Subspecialty Development

1964	AAFPRS officially founded October 18, 1964
1968	AAFPRS fellowship program begun AAFPRS audiovisual library started
1969	AAFPRS aging face course begun AAFPRS soft tissue workshops begun
1970	First International Symposium, New York, New York AAFPRS published first patient brochure, “Facts about Plastic Surgery of the Nose” AAFPRS became first non-university group in otolaryngology to get AMA approval to grant CMEs
1972	One thousand AAFPRS members AAFPRS Educational and Research Foundation established AAFPRS seated on new AMA Plastic Surgery Section
1974	AAFPRS secured seat on ACS Board of Governors
1975	Second International Symposium, Chicago, Illinois ABO, ACS, and AMA approved Essentials in Otolaryngology
1976	AAFPRS San Diego Classics videotape series begun AAFPRS Learning Center exhibited for first time in Palm Beach
1978	AAFPRS representation to AMA House of Delegates approved
1979	Third International Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana
1980	AAFPRS videotape library moved to San Diego Jack Anderson published “An Old Medical Specialty Puts on a New Face… and Head… and Neck” in the Southern Medical Journal
1981	Delineation of Hospital Privileges for the Practice of Head and Neck Surgery published by AAFPRS and AAO-HNS Facial Plastic Times began publication
1982	AAFPRS office moved to Washington, D.C. Lawsuit filed in Georgia alleging libel and defamation of character
1983	Lee VanBremen hired as first full-time AAFPRS executive vice president Two thousand AAFPRS members AAFPRS became member of AAAHC Fourth International Symposium, Los Angeles, California
1984	AAFPRS published first monograph: Proportions of the Aesthetic Face, by Powell and Humphrey
1985	John Conley endowed AAFPRS Foundation with first sizeable gift “Facial plastic surgery” approved in AMA self-designation list
1986	American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery incorporated AAFPRS Founders Club created Georgia lawsuit tried
1987	AAFPRS patient newsletter, Facial Plastic Surgery Today, begun Leslie Bernstein endowed research grants with second sizeable gift to AAFPRS Foundation Monthly publication of Facial Plastic Times begun
1988	The Face Book published by AAFPRS Pages for facial plastic surgery set aside in Archives of Otolaryngology AAFPRS fellowship program modified; first exams given Three thousand AAFPRS members Anderson donated proceeds from Georgia lawsuit
1989	Fifth International Symposium/celebration of AAFPRS twenty-fifth anniversary, Toronto, Canada First ABFPRS examination for certification
1991	First ABFPRS certificate awarded
1992	ABFPRS moved to independent headquarters in AAO-HNS building T. Susan Hill hired as first full-time ABFPRS executive director International Face-to-Face program established by AAFPRS Foundation
1993	Sixth International Symposium, San Francisco
1994	National Domestic Violence Project established by AAFPRS Foundation
1995	ABFPRS ruled equivalent to ABMS primary boards in California, following similar decisions in Florida, Colorado, and Oklahoma 300th ABFPRS diplomate named

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