:: Recent Society and Meeting Activities

Membership and participation in professional societies is an important method for staying current on new techniques and approaches to plastic surgery and provides a forum for both education and teaching. Dr. Brown is a member of several societies including:

• CSPS (Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• CSAPS (Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons)
• OSPS (Ontario Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• ASAPS (American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons)
• ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons)
• RCPSC (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada)

In additional to this, Dr. Brown has participated in the following activities:

1. Founder and Co-Course Director of the Annual Toronto Breast Surgery Symposium, Canada’s largest annual meeting dedicated to aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery.
2. Member of the Scientific Program Committee, Breast Sub-Committee of the American Society of Plastic Surgery.
3. Member of the Examination Development Committee, Plastic Surgery Section of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
4. Lecturer at the Inamed Teaching Academy on the use of Cohesive Gel Breast Implants in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery.
5. Invited member, expert advisory panel for Health Canada on the safety of silicone gel breast implants.