FPT September Issue The Mark V. Connelly Award for an Outstanding ABFPRS Application The ABFPRS is proud to announce that Dr. Cristen Olds is the inaugural recipient of the Mark V. Connelly Award for an Outstanding ABFPRS Application. To give...
Dr. Katherine Hicks Achieves 2025 Jack Anderson Award for Top Score on the ABFPRS Examination
FPT October 2025 Dr. Katherine Hicks, from Greenville, South Carolina, earned the highest score on the 2025 ABFPRS examination in Washington, D.C., and will be honored with the Jack R. Anderson Award for Scholastic Excellence at the AAFPRS Fall Meeting...
2025 President’s Message
DATE: May 9, 2025 TO: ABFPRS DIPLOMATES AND FRIENDS FROM: Theda C. Kontis, M.D., ABFPRS President SUBJECT: 2025 ANNUAL REPORT—ABFPRS KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Abraham Lincoln It...
Ritchie A.L. Younger, M.D. honored as 2024 Schoenrock Award Recipient
The ABFPRS is proud to announce that Dr. Ritchie A.L. Younger has been recognized as the Schoenrock award winner for 2024. Dr. Younger has served as an ABFPRS examiner and been a stalwart member of the ABFPRS Credentials Committee for...
Dr. Nima Vahidi achieves Jack Anderson Award for top score on 2024 ABFPRS examination
Dr. Nima Vahidi, from Richmond, Virginia, earned the highest score on the 2024 ABFPRS examination in Washington, D.C., and will be honored with the Jack R. Anderson Award for Scholastic Excellence at the AAFPRS Fall Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana....
Gregory H. Branham, M.D. honored as 2023 Schoenrock Award Recipient
“The ABFPRS examination and application process underscore the integrity and high standards that serve as foundations for our specialty.” Gregory H. Branham, M.D. “Back when I started my residency at the St. Louis University Medical Center, having the option to...
Eric Barbarite achieves Jack Anderson Award for highest score on the 2023 ABFPRS exam
Dr. Eric Barbarite, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earned the highest score on the 2023 ABFPRS examination in Washington, D.C., and will be honored with the Jack R. Anderson Award for Scholastic Excellence at the AAFPRS Fall Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada....
Peter A Hilger, M.D., honored as 2022 Schoenrock Award Recipient
“I am flattered and appreciative of the honor the ABFPRS has extended to me through the Larry D. Schoenrock Award,” relates Dr. Peter Hilger. “It highlights the value of professionalism in medicine.
Dr. Dominic J. Vernon achieves Jack Anderson Award for top score on 2022 ABFPRS examination
Dr. Dominic J. Vernon, from Indianapolis, Indiana, earned the highest score on the 2022 ABFPRS examination in Washington, D.C., and will be honored with the Jack R. Anderson Award for Scholastic Excellence at the AAFPRS Fall Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland (just outside Washington, D.C.).
Marshall J. Murdoch, M.D., earns Claus D. Walter Award for highest international score on 2022 IBCFPRS examination
It gives the IBCFPRS Board of Directors great pleasure to announce that Dr. Marshall J. Murdoch, a plastic surgeon from Knysna, South Africa, earned the highest score on the 2022 IBCFPRS exam in Washington, D.C., this past June. Although he won’t be able to attend, Dr. Murdoch will be honored with the Claus D. Walter Award for Academic Excellence at the AAFPRS/IFFPSS fall meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.