American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)

The following was obtained from the AAPS web site and other sources.

-Membership in AAPS IS by invitation only. 

-Candidates for Active Fellowship must be certified by either the American Board of

        Plastic Surgery or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in        

        Plastic Surgery.

- The candidate must show recognized contributions of quality in the field of plastic

        surgery as a pre-requisite to membership.

-The candidate  will be expected to have made outstanding contributions to the The

        following was obtained from the ABPS web site and other sources.field of plastic    

        surgery in the areas of education, research or clinical excellence.

-Each candidate for membership must be sponsored by a Fellow and endorsed by

        another Fellow of the Association, and either the sponsor or endorser must be

        from the candidate's community or (if no Fellow resides in his community) from

        his region.

-The candidate must have had five (5) years of practice in the field of plastic surgery

       following certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery or certification in

       plastic surgery by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.