Argentine Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
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Argentine Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SACPER) is a medical nonprofit association, which includes doctors specializing in plastic surgery
in Argentina.
, France
, Germany
, and the United States
, where the first specialized training centers and the first texts on the subject appeared. They were attended by surgeons from around the world to learn the new specialty. A small group of select plastic surgeons in Argentina
, Brazil
, Chile
, Peru
and Uruguay
, among other countries, met in São Paulo
, in 1940, and organized the Latin American Society of Plastic Surgery.
The first Latin American Congress of Plastic Surgery in Rio de Janeiro
and São Paulo followed in 1941. Attendees included Argentine surgeons Dr. Ernesto Malbec (Buenos Aires
) and Dr. Lelio Zeno (Rosario
). The 2nd Latin American Congress was held in 1942, in Buenos Aires and Rosario, and created a significant boost to the specialty in Argentina.
Argentina was home to a small number of specialists up to the 1940s, and the publication of their findings were largely limited to general medical journal
s or the bulletin of the Argentine Society of Surgeons. "Clinical rounds" by plastic surgeons, in the few hospitals that included one, began in Argentina in 1949. Complex cases that were discussed with great interest, allowing professionals to compare and add opinions for medical diagnosis
and treatment; So then began the teaching of the specialty in Argentina.
The clinical rounds showed great practical utility, and were gaining in importance with the passage of time. An initiative by Dr. Héctor Marino for the establishment of a professional associationof Argentine plastic surgeons led to two meetings on the subject, in late 1951 and early 1952, and the Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery was established on March 24, 1952. An interim steering committee of 14 members was formed, and Doctors José C. Viñas and Alberto Beaux drafted the charter.
The first scientific meeting was held at the headquarters of the Argentine Medical Association
, on July 17, 1952. The first General Assembly was held on April 23, 1953, to elect the first board of directors and appoint its first president, Dr. Ernesto Malbec.
By the mid-'50s, Argentine plastic surgery had developed considerably, as more hospital
s included professional plastic surgeons in their staff. SACPER's Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery met in cities across the country, and the group began to develop conferences, courses and other educational activities.
The first SACPER presidents were:
All of them with recognized ability and reputation also as pioneers and promoters of the specialty in Argentina.
In 1965, the Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery invited Spanish and Portuguese Plastic Surgery Societies to the First Ibero-American Congress, leading to the establishment of the Ibero Latin American Federation of Plastic Surgery a decade later..
Since SACPER's founding in 1953 until 1995, its president was in charge of the Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery. Since 1996, it was decided that the chairmanship of the latter, to fall on another member of the Society, in view of the complexity of these events by taking the advances and new developments in the specialty and mass audience of professionals.
The specialty has been recognized by the National Academy of Medicine, dedicating a seat which was occupied successively by two former presidents of SACPER: first by Dr. Héctor Marino and then by Dr. Fortunato Benaim.
the following:
1. Contribute to the continuous improvement of plastic surgeons organizing scientific events (seminars and conferences
) and refresher courses, as well as accreditation
and evaluation
of continuing medical education
programs.
2. To establish the basic patterns of teaching and training
of future specialists, as well as certification
and recertification of current specialists.
3. To ensure compliance with ethical and legal standards in the specialty medical practices, and excellence in the system.
4. Provide accurate information to the community, objective and scientific rigor on the specialty.
The SACPER Commission Directive conducts its business through Committees (technical-administrative area) and Chapters (scientific-care area). They are:
Committees: a) Continuing medical education
; b) Medical ethics
, c) Legal issues; d) Medical recertification; e) Teaching and research
, among others.
Chapters: a) Aesthetic surgery; b) Treatment of burn and surgery
; c) Maxillofacial surgery; d) Pediatric plastic surgery
; e) Hands and extremities plastic surgery
, among others.
The current President of the SACPER is Dr. Carlos A. Reilly.
1. Buenos Aires
2. La Plata
3. Mar del Plata
4. Rosario
& the Littoral
5. Córdoba
& Central Argentina
6. Northeast
(NEA)
7. Northwest
(NOA)
8. Cuyo
9. Patagonia
Professionals first associate through a regional area; to these can be incorporated specialists who meet the requirements to become members. Members of the national society must first be a member of their respective regional chapter.
These Congresses are increasingly important and popular because of the unceasing progress and development of new procedures, instruments and technical resources on both aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
.
The 40th Congress took place in Buenos Aires, on May 13–16, 2010, and was chaired by Dr. Juan Carlos Seiler.
is of three years' duration, and trains specialists with solid scientific and practical bases.
Sevety-two local and foreign specialists have graduated since the course's inception in 1977; its current Director is Dr. Ricardo J. Losardo.
is Dr. Martha O. Mogliani.
It is dedicated to the medical and surgical treatment of patients with cleft lip and palate with the participation of voluntary and pro bono plastic surgeons, and is directed by Dr. Rodolfo Rojas.
(AMA) and is related internationally with Ibero-Latin American Federation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FILACP), and International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS).
Surgeons in this specialty believe that the terms "aesthetic" and "reconstructive" are, in reality, inseparable in the daily practice of plastic surgery, for what is ultimately intended for each patient
, according to their needs and condition, is a better quality of life
.
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
in Argentina.
Origins and history
In the world, plastic surgery was developed with the First World War, and in EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where the first specialized training centers and the first texts on the subject appeared. They were attended by surgeons from around the world to learn the new specialty. A small group of select plastic surgeons in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, among other countries, met in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, in 1940, and organized the Latin American Society of Plastic Surgery.
The first Latin American Congress of Plastic Surgery in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
and São Paulo followed in 1941. Attendees included Argentine surgeons Dr. Ernesto Malbec (Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
) and Dr. Lelio Zeno (Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
). The 2nd Latin American Congress was held in 1942, in Buenos Aires and Rosario, and created a significant boost to the specialty in Argentina.
Argentina was home to a small number of specialists up to the 1940s, and the publication of their findings were largely limited to general medical journal
Medical journal
A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...
s or the bulletin of the Argentine Society of Surgeons. "Clinical rounds" by plastic surgeons, in the few hospitals that included one, began in Argentina in 1949. Complex cases that were discussed with great interest, allowing professionals to compare and add opinions for medical diagnosis
Medical diagnosis
Medical diagnosis refers both to the process of attempting to determine or identify a possible disease or disorder , and to the opinion reached by this process...
and treatment; So then began the teaching of the specialty in Argentina.
The clinical rounds showed great practical utility, and were gaining in importance with the passage of time. An initiative by Dr. Héctor Marino for the establishment of a professional associationof Argentine plastic surgeons led to two meetings on the subject, in late 1951 and early 1952, and the Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery was established on March 24, 1952. An interim steering committee of 14 members was formed, and Doctors José C. Viñas and Alberto Beaux drafted the charter.
The first scientific meeting was held at the headquarters of the Argentine Medical Association
Argentine Medical Association
The Argentine Medical Association is the principal professional association of physicians in Argentina. It is a medical non-profit organization with headquarters in Buenos Aires.-Overview:...
, on July 17, 1952. The first General Assembly was held on April 23, 1953, to elect the first board of directors and appoint its first president, Dr. Ernesto Malbec.
By the mid-'50s, Argentine plastic surgery had developed considerably, as more hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
s included professional plastic surgeons in their staff. SACPER's Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery met in cities across the country, and the group began to develop conferences, courses and other educational activities.
The first SACPER presidents were:
- 1953: Dr. Ernesto Malbec
- 1954: Dr. Héctor Marino
- 1955: Dr. Julián Fernández
- 1956: Dr. Alberto Beaux
- 1957: Dr. Roberto Dellepiane Rawson
- 1958: Dr. Miguel Correa Iturraspe
- 1959: Dr. Guillermo Armanino
- 1960: Dr. Jorge Santamarina Iraola
- 1961: Dr. Fortunato Benaim
- 1962: Dr. Jorge Niklison
- 1963: Dr. Cornelio O’Connor
- 1964: Dr. Luis Monti
- 1965: Dr. José Spera.
All of them with recognized ability and reputation also as pioneers and promoters of the specialty in Argentina.
In 1965, the Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery invited Spanish and Portuguese Plastic Surgery Societies to the First Ibero-American Congress, leading to the establishment of the Ibero Latin American Federation of Plastic Surgery a decade later..
Since SACPER's founding in 1953 until 1995, its president was in charge of the Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery. Since 1996, it was decided that the chairmanship of the latter, to fall on another member of the Society, in view of the complexity of these events by taking the advances and new developments in the specialty and mass audience of professionals.
The specialty has been recognized by the National Academy of Medicine, dedicating a seat which was occupied successively by two former presidents of SACPER: first by Dr. Héctor Marino and then by Dr. Fortunato Benaim.
Objectives
They stand out in SACPER statuteStatute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. The word is often used to distinguish law made by legislative bodies from case law, decided by courts, and regulations...
the following:
1. Contribute to the continuous improvement of plastic surgeons organizing scientific events (seminars and conferences
Meeting
In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.- Definitions :An act or process of coming together as an assembly for a common purpose....
) and refresher courses, as well as accreditation
Accreditation
Accreditation is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented.Organizations that issue credentials or certify third parties against official standards are themselves formally accredited by accreditation bodies ; hence they are sometimes known as "accredited...
and evaluation
Evaluation
Evaluation is systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of standards.Evaluation often is used to characterize and appraise subjects of interest in a wide range of human enterprises, including the arts, criminal justice,...
of continuing medical education
Continuing medical education
Continuing medical education refers to a specific form of continuing education that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications, online programs, audio, video, or...
programs.
2. To establish the basic patterns of teaching and training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
of future specialists, as well as certification
Certification
Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization. This confirmation is often, but not always, provided by some form of external review, education, assessment, or audit...
and recertification of current specialists.
3. To ensure compliance with ethical and legal standards in the specialty medical practices, and excellence in the system.
4. Provide accurate information to the community, objective and scientific rigor on the specialty.
Organizational structure
The SACPER governing body is constituted by the General Assembly and the governing board, headed by a president. The assembly is held with the members present at the annual meeting, and the following posts are elected by simple majority: a) SACPER Commission Directive, b) President of the Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery, c) Editor of the Argentine Journal of Plastic Surgery, and d) Director of Higher Course of Specialization in Plastic Surgery. These four figures represent in each of their areas the highest expression of scientific development of the specialty.The SACPER Commission Directive conducts its business through Committees (technical-administrative area) and Chapters (scientific-care area). They are:
Committees: a) Continuing medical education
Continuing medical education
Continuing medical education refers to a specific form of continuing education that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications, online programs, audio, video, or...
; b) Medical ethics
Medical ethics
Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology, and sociology.-History:Historically,...
, c) Legal issues; d) Medical recertification; e) Teaching and research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
, among others.
Chapters: a) Aesthetic surgery; b) Treatment of burn and surgery
Burn
A burn is an injury to flesh caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, light, radiation, or friction.Burn may also refer to:*Combustion*Burn , type of watercourses so named in Scotland and north-eastern England...
; c) Maxillofacial surgery; d) Pediatric plastic surgery
Pediatric plastic surgery
Pediatric plastic surgery is plastic surgery performed on children. Its procedures are most often conducted for reconstructive or cosmetic purposes. In children, this line is often blurred, as many congenital deformities impair physical function as well as aesthetics.Surgery is defined as treating...
; e) Hands and extremities plastic surgery
Hand surgery
The field of hand surgery deals with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems that may take place in the hand or upper extremity including injury and infection. Hand surgery may be practiced by graduates of general surgery, orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery...
, among others.
The current President of the SACPER is Dr. Carlos A. Reilly.
Regions
SACPER is organized into nine regional which cover the whole country. Them are:1. Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
2. La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
3. Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...
4. Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
& the Littoral
Mesopotamia, Argentina
La Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising the provinces of Misiones, Entre Ríos and Corrientes. The region called Litoral consists of the Mesopotamia and the provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Santa Fe...
5. Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...
& Central Argentina
6. Northeast
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region...
(NEA)
7. Northwest
Argentine Northwest
The Argentine Northwest is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán.-Geography:The region had 5 different biomes:* Sub-Andean humid Sierras of the east...
(NOA)
8. Cuyo
Cuyo (Argentina)
Cuyo is the name given to the wine-producing, mountainous area of central-west Argentina. Historically it comprised the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. The term New Cuyo is a modern one, which indicates both Cuyo proper and the province of La Rioja...
9. Patagonia
Patagonia
Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...
Professionals first associate through a regional area; to these can be incorporated specialists who meet the requirements to become members. Members of the national society must first be a member of their respective regional chapter.
Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery
The most important scientific activity at SACPER, these events are held annually. Its location is rotated among the different cities of the country, and the General Assembly decides on the venue by a vote.These Congresses are increasingly important and popular because of the unceasing progress and development of new procedures, instruments and technical resources on both aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
Reconstructive surgery
Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body, although Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons and Otolaryngologists do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer.Other...
.
The 40th Congress took place in Buenos Aires, on May 13–16, 2010, and was chaired by Dr. Juan Carlos Seiler.
Higher Course of Specialization in Plastic Surgery
The most prestigious course offered by SACPER, the postgraduate coursePostgraduate education
Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...
is of three years' duration, and trains specialists with solid scientific and practical bases.
Sevety-two local and foreign specialists have graduated since the course's inception in 1977; its current Director is Dr. Ricardo J. Losardo.
Argentine Journal of Plastic Surgery
The official publication of SACPER, the journal currently publishes four quarterly numbers per year; its current editorEditor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
is Dr. Martha O. Mogliani.
Community service
It is the most important daily work at SACPER, and is expressed through a solidary campaign against congenital malformation, which operates throughout the country as a SACPER contribution to the community.It is dedicated to the medical and surgical treatment of patients with cleft lip and palate with the participation of voluntary and pro bono plastic surgeons, and is directed by Dr. Rodolfo Rojas.
Inter-institutional relations
The SACPER is a section of Argentine Medical AssociationArgentine Medical Association
The Argentine Medical Association is the principal professional association of physicians in Argentina. It is a medical non-profit organization with headquarters in Buenos Aires.-Overview:...
(AMA) and is related internationally with Ibero-Latin American Federation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FILACP), and International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS).
Surgeons in this specialty believe that the terms "aesthetic" and "reconstructive" are, in reality, inseparable in the daily practice of plastic surgery, for what is ultimately intended for each patient
Patient
A patient is any recipient of healthcare services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider....
, according to their needs and condition, is a better quality of life
Quality of life
The term quality of life is used to evaluate the general well-being of individuals and societies. The term is used in a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international development, healthcare, and politics. Quality of life should not be confused with the concept of standard of...
.
See also
- Plastic SurgeryPlastic surgeryPlastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
- Reconstructive SurgeryReconstructive surgeryReconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body, although Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons and Otolaryngologists do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer.Other...
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Health in Argentina
External links
- Argentine Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. (SACPER).http://www.sacper.org.ar
- Ibero-Latin American Federation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FILACP). http://www.filacp.org
- Argentine Medical Association (AMA). http://www.ama-med.org.ar
- International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS). http://www.ipras.org