Membership
Application for Candidate Membership
Application for Active Membership
Please Welcome our New Members for 2011
Membership Survey Results
The Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons invites you to apply for membership. SESPRS membership benefits each physician by providing a variety of live educational programs and training DVDs, discounted program registration, committee volunteer opportunities, potential abstract acceptance and speaking engagements, members-only access to member data and Society information, scholarship and educational grant offerings, and much more. One of the most tangible benefits of Society membership is an exclusive, complimentary registration to the SESPRS Annual Scientific Meeting, held in early summer each year. Currently, SESPRS offers two classes of membership for which Physicians/Residents may apply. They include Candidate Membership and Active Membership.
CANDIDATE MEMBERSHIP
Eligibility
- A resident physician or fellow in training in an ABMS approved plastic surgery training program in one of the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or Virginia and Caribbean, OR
- A physician, having satisfactorily completed approved formal training as outlined by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, who is not yet board certified and is practicing in one of the member states/areas listed above, OR
- A physician, having completed a recognized plastic surgery training program, who is now in training in an advanced fellowship (i.e. hand, microsurgery, craniofacial, aesthetic etc) in one of the member states/areas mentioned above.
Application Requirements:
- Submit a completed application form. This may be obtained from the Society office, or you may click on the link above.
- Forward or submit a current photo. An electronic copy of your photo is preferred.
- Submit an application fee of $25.00.
- Have your program director submit a letter of recommendation attesting to your good standing in the training program. Those who have completed training must submit a letter from your program director attesting to the satisfactory completion of that training.
The application deadline is February 1 of each year. Candidate members will be automatically advanced to active members when they have become board-certified and upon approval by the membership.
ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
Applicants for Active Membership MUST meet the following criteria:- A practicing plastic surgeon,
- Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
- Actively engaged in the practice of plastic and reconstructive surgery in one of the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia; or in Caribbean countries which are not within the geographical boundaries of any other regional society.
- Attend one meeting of the SESPRS. That meeting can include the meeting at which the applicant is being considered for membership or a meeting attended as a Candidate member, resident or fellow.
- Of high moral and professional character.
Application Requirements:
For those who are not current members…
- Submit a completed application form. This may be obtained from the Society office, or you may click on the link above.
- Forward or submit a current photo. An electronic copy of your photo is preferred.
- Submit an application fee of $25.00.
- Provide documentation of certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
- Provide a letter of recommendation from any sponsoring member of the SESPRS. If you need assistance in verifying a colleague’s membership status, please contact the Society offices.
For current Candidate members…
- Provide a letter stating your desire to be elevated to Active membership in the Society.
- Provide documentation of certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
- Provide a letter of recommendation from any sponsoring member of the SESPRS. If you need assistance in verifying a colleague’s membership status, please contact the Society offices.
The application deadline is February 1 of each year.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Life Membership may be conferred upon Active Members of the Society in any one of the following circumstances:
- A person sixty-five (65) years of age-or older, having been an Active Member of the Society for at least twenty-five (25) years.
- Voluntary retirement from active practice after ten (10) years of Active Membership in the Society.
- Permanent disability.
Those wishing to become Life members in the Society must submit a formal letter to the Society offices stating the request. Documentation shall be reviewed by the Membership Committee, which then forwards their recommendation to the Executive Committee. Approval of the Executive Committee is required. Life members enjoy full privileges of Society membership, and shall not be required to pay dues but shall pay registration and social fees when attending Society meetings.