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P R EIS PI DR EA NS T J’ S OMU ER SN S ALG EBoard of DirectorsPresidentMarita Eisenmann-Klein - GermanyGeneral SecretaryNelson Piccolo - BrazilTreasurerBruce Cunningham - USADeputy General SecretaryYi Lin Cao - ChinaDeputy General SecretaryBrian Kinney - USADeputy General SecretaryAhmed Noureldin - EgyptDeputy General SecretaryAndreas Yiacoumettis - GreeceParliamentarianNorbert Pallua - GermanyExecutive DirectorZacharias Kaplanidis - GreeceProf. Marita Eisemann-KleinPresident of IPRASDear Colleagues,now, after having created a stable fundament with our new IPRAS officers and sub-committees,we are ready to start the creative part, - actually the fun part: the promotion of ISPRES, theInternational Society of Plastic Regenerative Surgery.The interest in stem cell applications and fat grafting techniques is growing rapidly.The complexity of this field requires interdisciplinary cooperation. And whenever we meet in thesegroups we are thrilled to realize how much progress has been achieved.What a great time to be a plastic surgeon!Shouldn’t we congratulate ourselves continuously for our “scriptdecision” to become plasticsurgeons?And what personality traits are necessary to become a successful plastic surgeon?Courage and optimism, self-confidence balanced with modesty and frustration tolerance, theability to embrace new challenges, risks and adventures and above all, - INTUITION.Why intuition? Simply because in critical situations - and we experience many more than most ofthe other professionals - our instinct takes over and supports our intellectual faculties.Why only then? Because we are educated to be rationalists. Albert Einstein stated: “The intuitivespirit is a holy gift and the rational spirit a faithful servant. We have created a society which honoursthe servant and forgets about the gift.”Is there anything we can do to enhance our intuition? Yes, there is.Creative people experience stimuli of all kind more intensively, not necessarily only the ones thatare important for our professional performance or private happiness. A perfect place to trainthese skills will be our Chinese-European Congress in Beijing, October 27-30th! Our Chinesecolleagues keep surprising us with unusual approaches to problems in our fields. There will be alot of great ideas to take home with us!However, stimuli from inside are just as important as external stimuli. We must look more closelyto all our ideas, thoughts and sometimes unusual associations from our subconscious.These unusual associations are the treasures that promote our creativity!As Albert Einstein states: “Nothing can exist without order, nothing can develop without chaos.”I believe strongly in this statement the longer I look at my desk….Its status was commented by a friend: “Now I can imagine how it looks when a post train runs offthe rails.”Steve Jobs, one of the greatest minds of our time, stated:“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you trulywant to become, everything else is secondary.Stay hungry, stay foolish.”Cordially yoursMarita Eisenmann-KleinIPRAS PresidentIssue 6 www.ipras.org IPRAS Journal 5