The History of
ASCBS The American Society of Cosmetic Breast
Surgery was first organized in 1985 by the faculty of sixteen surgeons who
together developed the structure of the organization that was founded around the
Reason for Being
and the Purpose. The original faculty had at that time a total
experience to share of about 20,000 breast implant and other cosmetic breast
operations. Since then, the faculty has evolved and
changed, but has fortunately retained almost every one of the original
experienced members, who all together have represented direct experience with
about 100,000 surgical cosmetic breast procedures. Annual meetings have mostly been held in
Newport Beach, California, and in the past 8-9 years it has been hosted at the
Hyatt Newporter Resort hotel. Some other special meetings have been held in
Hawaii, Nassau, Baltimore, and Las Vegas. The usual attendance is of 70 - 100 surgeons,
of which about 20 -25 are faculty. Hundreds and perhaps over a thousand general
and cosmetic surgeons now do more and better cosmetic breast surgeries than they
did before attending these meetings and associating and learning from the
faculty. The meetings have always included handouts of
information and reviews of the literature, lectures including anatomy, anatomy
dissection demonstrations at a University of California Medical School by an
anatomist, and observation of live surgery as well as handouts of surgical
demonstrations of different approaches on unedited videotapes. (Edited
videotapes such as those that have been shown by others are simply not
completely truthful.) Most often, those surgeons with a serious
intent of learning will follow a fellowship route of learning cosmetic
techniques by observation and training from the faculty members who can share
the most and who are the best teachers of the different techniques. Click here to view Rationale of the Breast Society
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