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SUPPORT LETTER FROM BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERDear colleagues and friends of IPRAS,I have always been certain that the only way forward is to have our eyes looking to thefuture, confident that plastic surgery will carry on thriving, absorbing new technologies andtechniques. I have accompanied our society since its first steps, and I am glad to see visionstransformed to reality! It has been my hope that IPRAS and its national societies willcontinue to be the forums where innovation will be presented, where the inquisitive mindwill find others equally curious, so that plastic surgery may evolve within the framework oftwo principal objectives: to generously pass on knowledge to the next generation, and toassure safety to our patients.I am particularly happy that the upcoming IPRAS World Congress is to be held in beautifulChile, in our continent of South America, where plastic surgery has made giant steps ofdevelopment. I invite you all to add this important event to your plans for 2013 and to takeadvantage of the opportunity to attend one of the most important scientific gatherings forplastic surgery.Ivo PITANGUYHead-Professor of the Plastic Surgery Departments of the Pontifical Catholic Universityof Rio de Janeiro and the Carlos Chagas Institute of Post-Graduate Medical StudiesMember (and patron) of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, the National Academyof Medicine, and the Brazilian Academy of LettersVisiting Professor, I.S.A.P.S. FICS, FACS110 IPRAS Journal www.ipras.org Issue 7