News

June 6, 2013:

The American Board of Cosmetic Surgery (ABCS) is pleased to announce 54 candidates have submitted applications to challenge the ABCS Annual Certifying Examination scheduled for October 20, 2013 in Dallas, Texas at the ABOG testing center. Candidates must first achieve certification from one of seven ”core” boards recognized or deemed equivalent of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists (BOS) of the American Osteopathic Association (BOS/AOA). Following certification by a core board the candidate must participate in additional supervised training and surgical experience. Only then may a candidate choose to pursue the elite status of being certified by the ABCS, the only certifying board dedicated to patient safety in Cosmetic Surgery. In general on an annual basis, approximately seventy-five to eighty percent of the candidates pass the examination and join the three hundred and twenty Diplomates actively practicing Cosmetic Surgery in the United States.

We would like to recognize the highest-scoring candidates on the 2011 Oral and Written Examinations with the following awards:

ABCS Oral Examination – Highest Scorers

The highest scorers were tied on the ABCS Oral Examination and are honored by receiving the “Robert F. Jackson, MD, Award.”  This award exemplifies the outstanding performance demonstrated by Dr. Jackson throughout his many years of dedicated service as an Oral Examiner, Past President and current Trustee of the ABCS.  This year’s recipients are Brett S. Kotlus, MD and Robert J. Troell, MD.

ABCS Written Examination – Highest Scorer

The highest scorer on the ABCS Written Examination is honored by receiving the “William K. Miles, MD, Award.”  Dr. Miles’s service on the Board of Trustees, as Oral Examiner and as Chairman of the Credentials Committee in past years, demonstrated the highest standards of excellence in the practice of cosmetic surgery.  Dr. Miles passed away on March 22, 2009, after serving his community in Fort Worth, Texas for more than 44 years.  This award recognizes the outstanding academic achievement by the highest-scoring candidate.  This year’s recipient is Brent R. Rosen, DO.

Congratulations! On April 9-10, 2011, the following doctors passed the oral and written examinations conducted by the ABCS.  We would like to congratulate each of them on their accomplishment in his/her area of certification:

• Rania Agha, MD – Dermatologic
• Scott Blyer, MD, DDS – Facial
• Steven T. Constantine, DO – Facial
• Tarek Copty, MD – General
• Anthony C. Corrado, DO – General
• Robert Chad Deal, MD – General
• Jerome M. Guanciale, DO – General
• Dustin M. Heringer, MD – General
• Victoria Karlinsky-Bellini, MD – General
• Brett S. Kotlus, MD – Body, Breast & Extremity
• Chris A. Lowery, DO – General
• John J. Martin, Jr., MD – Facial
• Shahram Mashhadian, MD – General
• Landon D. McLain, MD – General
• Lionel D. Meadows, MD – General
• Donny J. Peterson, MD – Facial
• John L. Porcaro, MD – General
• Carlos R. Pou Vendrell, MD – Facial
• Amiya Prasad, MD – Body, Breast & Extremity
• Brent R. Rosen, DO – General
• William L. Scarlett, DO – General
• Richard L. Schloemer, MD – Body, Breast & Extremity
• Geoffrey D. Stiller, MD – General
• Robert J. Troell, MD – Facial
• Drake Glen Vincent, MD – Body, Breast & Extremity
• James E. White, MD – General
• Suzanne W. Yee, MD – Body, Breast & Extremity
• Justin M. Young, MD – Facial
• Mark M. Youssef, MD – Body, Breast & Extremity

Congratulations! On April 10, 2011, the following doctors passed the Recertification Examination conducted by the ABCS.  We would like to congratulate each of them on their accomplishment.

• Fardad Forouzanpour, DO – General
• David K. Hiranaka, MD, DMD – General
• Lawrence Kass, MD – Facial