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Robert L. Simons, MD
North Miami Beach, Fla

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 1999;1:63-64.

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INTRODUCTION

Today, when facial plastic surgery is recognized universally as a legitimate surgical specialty, it may be hard to imagine that this was not always the case. Thirty-five years ago, few, if any, surgeons limited their practice to facial plastic surgery. Only a few decades before that, the first reference to the term facial plastic surgery appeared. How did we get from there to here in such a short span of time?

Commitment is the answer. Commitment to improving standards of patient care, to evolving techniques and technology, and to teaching and leading the next generation of surgeons.

Commitment is the common thread that runs through our history and the force that will shape our future. To commitment, then, I would like to dedicate this and future columns so that the surgical advances featured elsewhere in the new journal Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery can be properly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Early Teachers From Many Specialties

Organizing Facial Plastic Surgery Training

Facial Plastic Surgery Comes of Age

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Arch Facial Plast Surg 2008;10:408-409.
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