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Welcome from Nora Nugent

ESAPS President

Dear colleagues,

Thank you for visiting ESAPS.eu and on behalf of me and the Board of ESAPS, I extend a warm welcome to you. ESAPS is the European Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and includes EASAPS (the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery). Together we represent European Plastic Surgeons in aesthetic plastic surgery across Europe.

I have taken over the Presidency in September 2024 from Birgit Stark of Sweden who along with her predecessors has worked tirelessly to advance European plastic surgery and to develop education and patient safety in aesthetic plastic surgery. We represent accredited plastic surgeons in Europe and work closely with European plastic surgery nati

onal societies to be your Voice in Europe and to help you in your aesthetic plastic surgery practice.

Our mission is to serve European plastic surgeons including those early in their careers and those with huge experience and expertise, unite us with one voice and advance patient safety and the quality of aesthetic surgery practice and education. Our journey started in 1997 as EASAPS bringing national plastic surgery societies together into a federation and has now evolved into ESAPS where you can join our growing aesthetic surgery community with an individual plastic surgeon membership. Of course, continuing our vital relationships with the national societies remains a priority as well.

I am fortunate to be surrounded by an experienced, supportive and knowledgeable Board for my 2024 – 2026 term and I look forward to both working with them and European plastic surgeons over this time. We have an established mission and strategy to grow our voice and educational and safety offering over the next five years. As well as the Advanced Body Contouring (ABC) taskforce, we are developing a one-year Aesthetic Breast Programme and further educational events. Our next Biennial Congress will be in London on October 1st and 2nd 2026 in collaboration with the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS). I cordially invite you to mark your diaries with this date and join us in London in 2026. ESAPS will also continue to work on European patient safety and regulatory issues as well.

I encourage all fully accredited European plastic surgeons to join ESAPS and avail of our educational and networking community benefits. If your national society is already a member of EASAPS, your ESAPS membership subscription is significantly reduced. ESAPS members can also receive a complimentary copy of the excellent ESAPS Patient Safety Handbook as part of their membership. Join us today and meet your European Aesthetic Plastic Surgery community!

My very best wishes

Nora Nugent FRCSI (Plast)
President ESAPS 2024-2026

Board of Directors

President

Dr. NUGENT Nora

United Kingdom

President-elect

Dr. CIRILLO Pierfrancesco

Italy

Secretary

Dr. MENDANHA Mario

Portugal

Treasurer

Dr. VAN HEIJNINGEN Ivar

Belgium

Past President

Dr. STARK Birgit

Sweden

Responsible Scientific Ctee

Dr. BEGIC Anadi

Norway

Responsible Membership Ctee

Dr. CIRILLO Pierfrancesco

Italy

Responsible Marketing & Communication Ctee

Dr. BRITO Iris

Portugal

Responsible Patient Safety Ctee

Dr. PAKKANEN Timo

Finland

Responsible Residents Ctee

Dr. MATIAS Miguel

Portugal

Trustee

Dr. PARREIRA Carlos

Portugal

Parliamentarian

Dr. AZENCOT Armand

France

Executive Secretary

AURELIE Eliarda

France

ESAPS Committees

Finance, Legal and Business Committee

Chair: Ivar van Heijningen (Belgium)

    Scientific and Education Committee

    Chair: Anadi Begic
    • Nora Nugent

    • Katarina Andjelkov

    • Armand Azencot

    • Iris Brito

    • Luigi Canta

    • Martin Halle

    • Mario Mendanha

    • Jordi Mir

    • Jesus Benito Ruiz

    • Rado Zic

    Patients' Safety Committee

    Chair: Timo Pakkanen

      Membership Committee

      Chair: Pierfrancesco Cirillo

        Nominating Committee

        Chair:

          Bylaws Committee

          Chair:

            Marketing & Communication Committee

            Chair: Iris Brito

              Governance Committee

              Chair: Steffen Handstein

                Residents and Young Fellows Committee

                Chair: Miguel Matias

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