British Association of Paediatric Surgeons

British Association of Paediatric SurgeonsFormation| 1953

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The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) is a registered charity that aims to advance the study and practice of paediatric surgery.

## The organisation

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The organisation was founded in the UK 1953 and included oversees members.[1] The idea for the group came up when a group of four British surgeons - Denis Browne, Robert Zachary, David Waterston and Peter Rickham - attended a meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics the year before. At the time, there were only a few dozen known paediatric surgeons across the world, so they were all invited to join BAPS.[2] Its first meeting was held in 1954.[3]

## Aims

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Aims of the Society have been listed as to the advance the study, practice, and research in child surgery, to promote the teaching of surgery in children, both under-graduate and post-graduate, and advise on the training of paediatric surgeons, advice on matters concerning the children surgical services in the British Isles, and to the promote friendship with overseas paediatric surgeons.[3]

## Founding members

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* Denis Browne (surgeon), Great Ormond Street Hospital in London
* Valentine Swain, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in Hackney.
* JJ Mason Browne, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
* Wallace Denison, RHSC, Glasgow
* Isabella Forshall, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
* Peter Paul Rickham, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
* Robert Zachary, Sheffield
* Ambrose Jolleys, Manchester
* John Scott, Newcastle
* David Waterston

## Affiliations

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BAPS is one of several national paediatric surgical organisations affiliated with the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.[4] The organisation awards the Denis Browne Gold Medal to recognize outstanding achievement in the field.[5] The award is named for Sir Denis Browne, the first president of the association. The first award, given in 1968, went to surgeon Robert Edward Gross.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Grosfeld, Jay L.; Boix–Ochoa, Jose (May 2009). "World Federation of Associations of Paediatric Surgeons (1974–2007)". A History of Surgical Paediatrics. World Scientific: 635–650\. doi:10.1142/9789812772282_0050. Retrieved 13 July 2024.635-650&rft.date=2009-05&rft_id=info:doi/10.1142/9789812772282_0050&rft.aulast=Grosfeld&rft.aufirst=Jay+L.&rft.au=Boix–Ochoa,+Jose&rft_id=https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789812772282_0050&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:British+Association+of+Paediatric+Surgeons" class="Z3988">
2. ^ "EUPSA-BAPS Joint Congress" (PDF). European Paediatric Surgeons' Association. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
3. ^ a b Young, Daniel G. (February 2014). "From where did the BAPS emerge?". Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 49 (2): 251–257\. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.11.032. ISSN 1531-5037. PMID 24528960.251-257&rft.date=2014-02&rft.issn=1531-5037&rft_id=info:pmid/24528960&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.11.032&rft.aulast=Young&rft.aufirst=Daniel+G.&rft_id=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24528960/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:British+Association+of+Paediatric+Surgeons" class="Z3988">
4. ^ "About Journal of Pediatric Surgery". Elsevier. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
5. ^ Grosfeld, Jay L.; O'Neill, James A. (2012). "1. History of Paediatric Surgery". In Coran, Arnold G.; Adzick, N. Scott; Krummel, Thomas M.; Laberge, Jean-Martin; Shamberger, Robert; Caldamone, Anthony (eds.). Pediatric Surgery. Vol. 1 (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier. pp. 11–12\. ISBN 978-0-323-07255-7.11-12&rft.edition=7th&rft.pub=Elsevier&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-323-07255-7&rft.aulast=Grosfeld&rft.aufirst=Jay+L.&rft.au=O'Neill,+James+A.&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkLQ_td4EXwC&pg;=PA11&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:British+Association+of+Paediatric+Surgeons" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "Denis Browne Gold Medal". British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

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