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Surgeons who have completed AAFPRS Foundation fellowships in facial plastic surgery must complete the same requirements for certification as do residency-trained surgeons. However, they complete requirements in a different order.
First, they must take the ABFPRS examination as a completion requirement for their fellowship.
Click here to register for the exam as a fellow or to submit an application as a graduate fellow.
Second, when they accrue sufficient experience and complete other requirements for certification, they may complete the application for certification.
All requirements are spelled out in the ABFPRS Booklet of Information. The Booklet of Information is part of the Application for Certification, which also includes the Sequential Operative Log and Photo Card. These materials are available on-line only.
Sample Operative Reports
To help clarify what the ABFPRS Credentials Committee may accept or reject as an operative report, you may download Sample Operative Reports (PDF).
Study materials
To prepare for the exam, it is recommended that surgeons
review the Examinee's Guide
to the Written and Oral Exams (PDF). In addition, they
should download a copy of the ABFPRS
Reading List (PDF), which is a bibliographic listing of
articles upon which the prior year's examination was based.
Additional study materials and courses are available through
the Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy
of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
A word of advice
Before beginning to complete the application, many surgeons find it helpful to contact the ABFPRS office to speak to staff members who can answer questions and help ensure requirements are understood. Incomplete applications will not be forwarded to the Credentials Committee for review.
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