Plastic Surgeon Degree Qualifications
Basic medical qualifications include:
- MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery
- MBChB – Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery
Surgeons: are doctors who have undertaken basic medical training who then go on to specialise in surgery. They will spend two years’ training in general surgery, incorporating all the specialties and then a further five or six more years specialising in a chosen type of surgery. When they successfully complete training and pass their exams they use these abbreviations:-
- FRCS – Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- FRCS(Ed) – Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- FRCS (Glas) – Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
- FRCSI – Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Specialty: the qualifications below show that a surgeon is highly qualified and experienced in their specific surgical specialty:
- FRCS (GenSurg) – Specialist Fellowship in General Surgery
- FRCS(OFMS) – Specialist Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- FRCS (Otol) – Specialist Fellowship in Otolaryngology( for ear, nose and throat surgery)
- FRCS(ORL-HNS) – Specialist Fellowship in Otorhinolayryngology – Head and Neck / Facial Plastic Surgery
- FRCS(Plast) – Specialist Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in England who has passed specialist examinations in plastic surgery
- FRCOthph – Specialist Fellowship in Ophthalmology (for eye specialists)
- MRCOthph – Member of the Royal College of Opthalmologists (for eye specialists)
- FRCP/MRCP – Fellow/member of the Royal College of Physicians (for specialists in dermatology).
