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BAPRAS and the Developing WorldBritish Plastic Surgery has a long tradition of links withthe developing world. Through its Overseas Service andTraining Committee, BAPRAS continues to offer supportto developing countries, recognising the importance ofReconstructive Plastic Surgery in the treatment of injuryand disease and helping to develop Plastic Surgery skillsin these environments.BAPRAS is keen to provide sustained and effective help tocolleagues abroad. Some UK Plastic Surgery units alreadyhave twinning arrangements with overseas hospitals anddepartments and more links can be set up through theBAPRAS Overseas Service and Training Subcommittee.BAPRAS also has links with non-governmentalorganisations, as well as the UK government, to provideacute help, for example following natural disasters abroad,such as earthquakes. Overseas activities include:• Funding short visits for Surgeons to learn newtechniques in the UK• Supporting Surgeons in countries as diverse asBangladesh, Ghana, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lankaand Uganda• Enabling BAPRAS members to visit many of thesecountries to participate in meetings and to work incollaboration with overseas colleagues• Conducting teaching and training and workshops incountries with limited plastic surgical infrastructure.The Journal of Plastic, Reconstructiveand Aesthetic SurgeryAn early proposal, after the foundation of the Associationin 1946, was to start a regular scientific communication onPlastic Surgery and the British Journal of Plastic Surgerywas launched in March 1948, under the editorship of MrA B Wallace.LecturesTHE GILLIES LECTUREIn 1961 the Council of the British Association of PlasticSurgeons instituted the Gillies Lecture as a memorialto Sir Harold Gillies. Distinguished Plastic Surgeonsfrom within the UK and abroad, are invited to lectureto the Association and receive the Medal. The mostrecent Gillies Lecture was given at the BAPRASWinter Scientific Meeting in December 2011 by Dr SamNoordhoff, a world leader in the field of cleft lip andpalate and Craniofacial Surgery, who practised for over40 years in Taiwan and was instrumental in establishingseveral hospitals and Plastic Surgery Departments inTaipei, which have an international reputation.THE McINDOE LECTUREIn 1962, the Royal College of Surgeons of Englandreceived a donation from the Royal Air Forces Associationwhich was to cover a Lectureship, awarded by the Councilof the College, on the recommendation of the President ofthe College and the President and Honorary Secretary ofthe BAPRAS, devoted to Plastic Surgery or another alliedsubject, in the name of Sir Archibald McIndoe, the ThirdPresident of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons.HUNTERIAN LECTURESMany Plastic Surgeons, and members of the Association,have been awarded Hunterian Professorships by the RoyalCollege of Surgeons, at the invitation of the Council. Themost recent Hunterian lecture was given at the BAPRASWinter Scientific Meeting in December 2011 by Mr MSchaverien whose ground-breaking work in the UK,Australia and the USA was the basis of his lecture on “Theuse of three-dimensional imaging for the investigationof the microvascular arterial and venous anatomies andperfusion of surgical flaps and the integument”.The Organisation of BAPRASThe Officers of BAPRAS are its President, Vice-President, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer.The other elected members of Council and the officersare the Trustees of the Association and there has been astrong move recently towards regional representation onthe Council.A number of other colleagues are invited to attendBAPRAS Council meetings, including the Presidentof the Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons, a patientliaison representative, the editor of JPRAS, the Chairmanof the Overseas Service and Training Committee, theChairman of the Professional Standards Committee, theCommunications Officer, the chairman of the SpecialistAdvisory Committee in Plastic Surgery, the President ofthe British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, andthe Chairman of the Education and Research Committee.From 2012 the presidency will be extended to a two yearterm of office. Recent Presidents:• Mr Timothy Goodacre (Oxford) 2011• Mr Richard Milner (Newcastle) 2012• Mr Graeme Perks (Nottingham) 2013/2014European and InternationalRepresentationBAPRAS is proud to be represented on the EuropeanBoard of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery,and the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes.BAPRAS is represented on the International Confederationfor Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery by itsPresident.80 IPRAS Journal www.ipras.org Issue 7