THE JACK R. ANDERSON PRIZE FOR SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE

This prize is awarded annually to the U.S. or Canadian surgeon who achieves the highest combined score on the written and oral portions of the ABFPRS examination administered in Washington, D.C.

Established in 1993, the prize commemorates Jack R. Anderson, M.D., who cherished scholarship and surgical excellence and who devoted his life to ensuring that other dedicated surgeons would have access to training, the opportunity to practice, and recognition for excellence in facial plastic surgery. In 1988, he made the AAFPRS Foundation the beneficiary of the $1.5 million proceeds from a lawsuit that successfully challenged plastic surgeons’ defamatory remarks about otolaryngologists’ training in facial plastic surgery. He directed the AAFPRS Foundation to use a portion of those funds to create the fellowship examination program that the FPS FEC oversees through the ABFPRS.

Gifts to the FPS Fellowship Examination Corporation fund a monetary award and commemorative certificate for the recipient, as well as permanent citation in the ABFPRS office.