Ibero-Latin-American Federation of Plastic Surgery / Federacion Ibero Latinoamericana de Cirugia Plastica (FILACP)

Description:

The Ibero-Latin-American Federation of Plastic Surgery (FILACP) is the largest organization of Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Plastic Surgeons. It is constituted by the 22 National Societies of Plastic Surgery of the countries of America and the Iberian Peninsula, which gather more than 6,000 certified specialists. It is an international consultative body on matters related to the specialty.

small but select group of plastic surgeons, assumed the task of organizing the Latin American Plastic Surgery Society: Drs. Oscar Ivanissevich, Lelio Zeno, Héctor Marino and Ernesto Malbec, from Argentina; Antonio Prudente, Rebello Neto and Linneu Silveira, from Brazil; Enrique Apolo and Pedro Pedemonte, from Uruguay; José Vélez Diez from Canseco of Peru; and Emilio Aldunate Phillips and Rafael Urzua Casas-Cordero, from Chile. The Company was incorporated in Sao Paulo, Brazil in July, 1940.

The first congress of this new company was held in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, from July 6 to 12, 1941, under the chairmanship of Dr. Antonio Prudente. At that time the Congresses were held in two different cities of the same country because the transportation was very limited to arrive from different countries and to join the plastic surgeons of Ibero-America, for this reason two important cities of each host country were chosen.

The official topics were "Treatment of Wounds" by Prof. Lelio Zeno and Dr. Antonio Prudente, and "Inclusions in Plastic Surgery" by Drs. Ernesto Malbec and Rebello Neto.

The II Congress was held in Buenos Aires and Rosario, on October 18 and 24, 1942, chaired by Dr. Lelio Zeno. The topics discussed were "Cleft lip and palate" and "Large tissue loss of the face".

The III Congress took place in Chile, in the cities of Santiago and Viña del Mar on October 22 and 26, 1944, exactly 70 years ago.