Founding
Founding of APSOPRS
The Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (APSOPRS) was formally launched and its first scientific symposium was held in Manila, Philippines between Nov 27-29, 2000 in association with the 10th Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology and the Japan Joint Meeting in Ophthalmology.
Members of the newly founded APSOPRS 2000
Oath taking of Office bearers
The founding Executive Council was as follows:
President: Dr Reynaldo M Javate, Philippines
Vice presidents:
Timothy J Sullivan, Australia
Choo Chai Teck, Singapore
Shyam Sunder Prasad, India
Secretary: Leonardo Mangubat MD Philippines
Treasurer: Franklin Kleiner MD Philippines
Founding Councilors:
Angeles de Leon MD Philippines
Yoon-Duck Kim MD South Korea
Mary Rose Pe-Yan MD Philippines
Timothy McDevitt MD Hawaii
Sharfuddin Ahmed MD Bangladesh
Kamala D. Lingam MD Malaysia
Zafar Ul Islam MD Pakistan
Shantha Amrith MD Singapore
Yasuhisa Nakamura MD Japan