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Bahman Guyuron, Academic Plastic Surgery: Division or Department?, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Volume 28, Issue 5, September 2008, Pages 594–595, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asj.2008.08.004
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The word “plastic” to describe reconstructive surgery was coined by Von Graefe in 1818 and popularized 20 years later by Zeis. Over the course of the first half of the 20th century, as a result of the assiduous efforts of several highly regarded surgeons who unified and advanced the specialty, the field of plastic surgery was born as an independent entity. Several professional and academic societies related to the plastic surgery field were established during the 1920s and 1930s. In 1924, under the stewardship of John Davis, the first formal training program and fellowship in plastic surgery was established at Johns Hopkins. In 1937, the American Board of Plastic Surgery was founded to help ensure patient safety, adequate training, and surgical competence. Plastic surgery was recognized as an academic and clinical discipline when the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, an organization traditionally opposed to plastic surgery as a separate specialty, appointed Davis as the first Professor of Plastic Surgery in the country.1
