Prof. George A. Farber, Sr., MD
Col. U.S.A. (R), U.S.A.F, M.C. (Ret)
Founder, President American Academy of Medical Detectives (AAOMD)
3708 N Loyola Dr, Kenner. LA. Apt 115.
Kenner, LA 70065
504-583-4593
Co-Founder, Past President, Honorary Fellow
The year 2016 marked the fifty year anniversary of the conception of the ASDS .USAF Captains George A. Farber & Sorell S. Resnik first met at the annual meeting of the USAF Association of Internal Medicine and Allied Specialties, in Texas.
We conspired to start the ASDS.
When we left active duty circa 1970, we organized and coordinated the first meeting of recruits at the Annual Meeting of the AAD, December 7th 1970, in Chicago. Thus, about 25 Charter members held the first formal meeting, elected officers, drafted bylaws, and planned the agenda for the first fiscal year.
Dr. Resnik incorporated our new society, and Drs. Burks and Farber agreed to manage and administer, Dr. Farber was elected Treasurer, and the first educational meeting was combined with the Annual Dermabrasion and Chemical Peel Symposium in New Orleans in 1971.
The first President, Dr. Norman Orentreich, already an acclaimed dermatologic surgeon, brought to the new ASDS, medical authenticity via his recognition for the Donor Dominance Theory, regarding Hair Transplantation.
Dr. James W. Burks, and others arranged for a session on the 1971 AAD program. That session on Flaps and Grafts was a huge success, and earned the respect of the AAD.
The rest is documented history, from a risk-venture beginning to a metabolic factor in the specialties of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and organized medicine.
PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVES ARTICLE
COMPILED BY
C. WILLIAM HANKE, M.D.
George A. Farber, M.D. It was my pleasure and privilege to have served the ASDS from its inception as a founding member, and as an officer and director, for 13 years. During my term as president, perhaps the most significant contribution was the marriage of the administration of the organization with the administrative corporation of the AAD, namely, Dermatology Services, Inc. (DSI). That agreement, which still stands, served to secure a permanency for the administration of the ASDS, provided a "home," and helped to solidify and direct future management within the framework of organized dermatology.
It was fortunate for the ASDS that the officers and directors of DSI had particularly competent people running their programs, with vision and foresight, and that they were agreeable to that challenge.
Although the role of DSI has been unsung and they have received very few accolades, they are well deserving of an award in recognition for continued excellence in the management of the ASDS and its affairs for the past 10 years. They brought stability, professional management to a fledgling organization, and helped in the maturation of the ASDS.
The future of dermatologic surgery, in my opinion, will always remain married to and tied to the future of the specialty of dermatology as a whole. The success of dermatologic surgery necessarily follows success of the basic training in the specialty of dermatology. Knowledge of the pathology and the physiology of the skin is cardinal to successful dermatologic surgery.
It is the strength of the basic dermatology training that gives credibility to the arguments to protect and preserve the surgical aspect of the specialty against outsiders seeking to restrict or prohibit dermatologic surgery, initially in only cosmetic forms, but eventually, if they had their way, in even traditional forms.
Pathways of the politics of medicine appear destined to result in eventual licensure for dermatologic surgery in many or all the states. One of the basic credentialing aspects of such licensure is bound to be that of peer review, which could very well prohibit office-based surgery, unless such office-based surgery is under some form of peer review.
Toward this end, staff privileges at hospitals, and surgical privileges at hospitals, appear to fall within the realm of peer review according to the philosophies so far extended by most of the states concerned with these matters at the present time.
Furthermore, the ASDS and the AAD are likely to face these problems increasingly during the next 10 years. The success of dermatologic surgery, in my opinion, will lie in the strong alliance between the specialty of dermatology, as a whole, supporting that part of the specialty known as dermatologic surgery, and working together to ensure that adverse restrictions are not placed on dermatology, most particularly on dermatologic surgery.
Methods of peer review for private office-based dermatologic surgery will have to be developed that will meet the approval and guidelines of the various licensing agencies during the next decade.
Public support through public relation programs sponsored by the specialty of dermatology through its organizations will have to be a continual program and expense. Public relations between the specialty of dermatology, and certain other specialties, which are natural allies, and include otolaryngology, cosmetic surgery, and even plastic surgery, will have to be a part of the economic and work budget.
There have been attempts at cooperation and coordination that have not received the attention or the publicity of the conflicts. Notwithstanding, there are existing avenues for stronger alliances between specialties with overlying interests to obviate the need for conflicts and turf battles.
Dermatology has always been a friendly specialty, and hopefully we will continue in that direction. However, in order to continue in that direction it will take hard work, direction, sophistication, and as always, continuing medical education.
See PDF Presidential Perspectives 1990 link J Dermatol Surg Oncol 16:2 February 1990
Col. U.S.A. (R), U.S.A.F, M.C. (Ret)
Founder, President American Academy of Medical Detectives (AAOMD)
3708 N Loyola Dr, Kenner. LA. Apt 115.
Kenner, LA 70065
504-583-4593
Co-Founder, Past President, Honorary Fellow
The year 2016 marked the fifty year anniversary of the conception of the ASDS .USAF Captains George A. Farber & Sorell S. Resnik first met at the annual meeting of the USAF Association of Internal Medicine and Allied Specialties, in Texas.
We conspired to start the ASDS.
When we left active duty circa 1970, we organized and coordinated the first meeting of recruits at the Annual Meeting of the AAD, December 7th 1970, in Chicago. Thus, about 25 Charter members held the first formal meeting, elected officers, drafted bylaws, and planned the agenda for the first fiscal year.
Dr. Resnik incorporated our new society, and Drs. Burks and Farber agreed to manage and administer, Dr. Farber was elected Treasurer, and the first educational meeting was combined with the Annual Dermabrasion and Chemical Peel Symposium in New Orleans in 1971.
The first President, Dr. Norman Orentreich, already an acclaimed dermatologic surgeon, brought to the new ASDS, medical authenticity via his recognition for the Donor Dominance Theory, regarding Hair Transplantation.
Dr. James W. Burks, and others arranged for a session on the 1971 AAD program. That session on Flaps and Grafts was a huge success, and earned the respect of the AAD.
The rest is documented history, from a risk-venture beginning to a metabolic factor in the specialties of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and organized medicine.
PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVES ARTICLE
COMPILED BY
C. WILLIAM HANKE, M.D.
George A. Farber, M.D. It was my pleasure and privilege to have served the ASDS from its inception as a founding member, and as an officer and director, for 13 years. During my term as president, perhaps the most significant contribution was the marriage of the administration of the organization with the administrative corporation of the AAD, namely, Dermatology Services, Inc. (DSI). That agreement, which still stands, served to secure a permanency for the administration of the ASDS, provided a "home," and helped to solidify and direct future management within the framework of organized dermatology.
It was fortunate for the ASDS that the officers and directors of DSI had particularly competent people running their programs, with vision and foresight, and that they were agreeable to that challenge.
Although the role of DSI has been unsung and they have received very few accolades, they are well deserving of an award in recognition for continued excellence in the management of the ASDS and its affairs for the past 10 years. They brought stability, professional management to a fledgling organization, and helped in the maturation of the ASDS.
The future of dermatologic surgery, in my opinion, will always remain married to and tied to the future of the specialty of dermatology as a whole. The success of dermatologic surgery necessarily follows success of the basic training in the specialty of dermatology. Knowledge of the pathology and the physiology of the skin is cardinal to successful dermatologic surgery.
It is the strength of the basic dermatology training that gives credibility to the arguments to protect and preserve the surgical aspect of the specialty against outsiders seeking to restrict or prohibit dermatologic surgery, initially in only cosmetic forms, but eventually, if they had their way, in even traditional forms.
Pathways of the politics of medicine appear destined to result in eventual licensure for dermatologic surgery in many or all the states. One of the basic credentialing aspects of such licensure is bound to be that of peer review, which could very well prohibit office-based surgery, unless such office-based surgery is under some form of peer review.
Toward this end, staff privileges at hospitals, and surgical privileges at hospitals, appear to fall within the realm of peer review according to the philosophies so far extended by most of the states concerned with these matters at the present time.
Furthermore, the ASDS and the AAD are likely to face these problems increasingly during the next 10 years. The success of dermatologic surgery, in my opinion, will lie in the strong alliance between the specialty of dermatology, as a whole, supporting that part of the specialty known as dermatologic surgery, and working together to ensure that adverse restrictions are not placed on dermatology, most particularly on dermatologic surgery.
Methods of peer review for private office-based dermatologic surgery will have to be developed that will meet the approval and guidelines of the various licensing agencies during the next decade.
Public support through public relation programs sponsored by the specialty of dermatology through its organizations will have to be a continual program and expense. Public relations between the specialty of dermatology, and certain other specialties, which are natural allies, and include otolaryngology, cosmetic surgery, and even plastic surgery, will have to be a part of the economic and work budget.
There have been attempts at cooperation and coordination that have not received the attention or the publicity of the conflicts. Notwithstanding, there are existing avenues for stronger alliances between specialties with overlying interests to obviate the need for conflicts and turf battles.
Dermatology has always been a friendly specialty, and hopefully we will continue in that direction. However, in order to continue in that direction it will take hard work, direction, sophistication, and as always, continuing medical education.
See PDF Presidential Perspectives 1990 link J Dermatol Surg Oncol 16:2 February 1990
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