Membership Information
A Message about membership...
We would like to encourage you to become a member of the Plastic
Surgery Research Council. Our mission is to provide the premiere Annual
Meeting for the presentation of research in Plastic Surgery. This can
only be done if we maintain a broad-based representation of membership
in the Plastic Surgery community. The applications for new members each
year should include a representative sampling of young plastic surgeons
who are in the early stages of their careers. We have instituted a Resident
Member category. All residents are eligible to apply, and need only
a letter of endorsement from their program chairman. We encourage all
plastic surgeons to join us. Please refer to the membership requirements
below. We hope to welcome you to our membership soon.
-Arun K. Gosain, MD
Membership Categories
Active Membership is open
to qualified Plastic Surgeons under the age of 50 who have completed
an approved residency in Plastic Surgery prior to application for membership.
Active members have voting privileges and automatically become Senior
Members when they reach the age of 50.
Associate Membership is open
to individuals without qualification for Active Membership but whose
contributions make their inclusion in the Council desirable. Associate
Members may not vote.
Resident Membership is open to all Residents in the field of
Plastic Surgery. Upon completion of plastic surgery training, Resident
Members may apply for Active Membership.
Senior Membership is open
to those members of the Council formerly in the Active category who
are over the age of 45. Senior Members do not have voting privileges.
Active and Associate Membership
Application Process and Requirements
Applications for Active and
Associate Membership will be considered when each of the items listed
below is received by the Executive Office.
Membership Requirements
1. A sponsorship letter from a current member of
the Plastic Surgery Research Council.
2. The completed application form.
3. A copy of your curriculum vitae.
Attendance at a Research Council Annual Meeting
is also required. (This may include the meeting in the year in which
your application is submitted for vote.)
All application materials must be received by the
Executive Office by March 1 for the applicant to be considered
at the Annual Meeting that spring.
Resident Membership Application
Process and Requirements
Resident Membership is open to all
Residents in Plastic Surgery training. Please submit the Application
for Resident Membership, a letter from your Program Director, and
the Annual Resident Dues payment of US$25 to become a Member. Resident
Membership will continue until you are no longer a Resident. At that
time, you may apply for Active Membership. The US$25 dues payment is
good through June, at which time you will be billed for the following
year if you are still a Resident at that time. Residents must have attended
one meeting of the Council prior to election to membership which may
include the meeting during which the application is made.
Download an application (requires ADOBE
Acrobat Reader):
Resident
Application
Full Application