The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) is a registered charity that aims to advance the study and practice of
paediatric surgery
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
History
Pediatric surgery arose in the middle of the 1879 century as the surgical care of birth defects required ...
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The organisation
The organisation was founded in the UK 1953 and included oversees members.
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 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the largest professional association of pediatricians in the United States. It is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, and maintains an office in Washington, D.C. The AAP has published hundreds of poli ...
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.
Its first meeting was held in 1954.
Aims
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.
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Founding members
*Denis Browne (surgeon)
Sir Denis John Wolko Browne (2 April 1892 – 9 January 1967) was the first British surgeon to devote his practice entirely to the care of children. A native of Australia, he served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I befor ...
, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS F ...
in London
*Valentine Swain, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children was based in Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London. In 1996, the hospital became part of The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, later renamed Barts and The London NHS Trust. In 1998, the se ...
in Hackney.
*JJ Mason Browne, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
*Wallace Denison, RHSC, Glasgow
*Isabella Forshall
Isabella Forshall FRCSE (2 October 1900 – 10 August 1989) was an English paediatric surgeon who played a leading role in the development of the speciality of paediatric surgery in the United Kingdom. She took a particular interest in neonat ...
, Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's Hospital is a children's hospital and NHS foundation trust in West Derby, Liverpool, England. It is one of the largest children's hospitals in the United Kingdom, and one of several specialist hospitals within the Liverpool ...
, Liverpool
*Peter Paul Rickham, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
*Robert Zachary
Robert Bransby Zachary (1 March 1913 – 1 February 1999) was an English pediatric surgery, paediatric surgeon who spent the majority of his career at Sheffield Children's Hospital. He was an expert on the treatment of spina bifida and hydrocephal ...
, Sheffield
*Ambrose Jolleys, Manchester
*John Scott, Newcastle
*David Waterston
Affiliations
BAPS is one of several national paediatric surgical organisations affiliated with the '' Journal of Pediatric Surgery''.Robert Edward Gross
Robert Edward Gross (July 2, 1905 – October 11, 1988) was an American surgeon and a medical researcher. He performed early work in pediatric heart surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. Gross was president of the American Association for Thoraci ...
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References
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1953 establishments in England
Pediatric surgery
Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
Surgical organisations based in the United Kingdom