IAOMS President Rui P. Fernandes Receives Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

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A rare distinction from one of surgery's oldest institutions, shared with leaders of the British OMS community

Dr. Rui P. Fernandes receives his Honorary Fellowship certificate at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

IAOMS President Dr. Rui P. Fernandes has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England), conferred at a ceremony at the College in London earlier this month.

RCS England offers Honorary Fellowship by special invitation to individuals whose achievements have made a profound and lasting impact on surgery or medicine at an international level. For Dr. Fernandes, receiving this honorary fellowship adds to his 2017 induction as an ad hominem Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

The recognition is personal, but it also reflects on the specialty. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is practiced in many different ways around the world, and honors from established surgical institutions affirm the place of OMS within surgery as a whole.

"To be welcomed as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England is a profound privilege," said Dr. Fernandes.

BAOMS President Dr. Bhavin Visavadia addresses the ceremony at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Dr. Fernandes during the ceremony at RCS England in London.

Pictured beside the statue of John Hunter: Drs. Bhavin Visavadia, Sat Parmar, Daljit Dhariwal and Rui P. Fernandes.

Dr. Fernandes was joined by leaders of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS). Pictured with him beside the College's statue of John Hunter, the 18th-century surgeon and anatomist regarded as a founder of scientific surgery, are Drs. Bhavin Visavadia, current BAOMS President, and Sat Parmar and Daljit Dhariwal, both BAOMS Past Presidents.

On behalf of surgeons across the globe, IAOMS congratulates Dr. Fernandes on this well-deserved honor.