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History of the ESCFS

The European Society of Craniofacial Surgery (ESCFS) was founded in 1984, at the initiative of Daniel Marchac from Paris. It was supposed to help European Craniofacial teams to meet on a regular basis, to visit their center and to serve as a forum of scientific discussion. The constitutive meeting was held in Paris in January 1984. The Bylaws were adopted and Bengt Johansson elected as first President, Daniel Marchac being the Secretary General and Dominique Renier the treasurer. There were 23 founding members. The first meeting was held in Goteborg in November 1984, and hosted by Bengt Johansson. The format adopted then will be kept for all the consecutive meetings: live demonstrations by the hosting team, short, informal presentations focused on discussion of new techniques, difficult cases, problems and complications. Each participating team must present something. At first, it was planned to organise one meeting every year. It soon appeared that it was better to have a meeting every second year, alternating with the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery meeting, during which is held only a business meeting of the ESCFS. The principle of a "Club" where all the European teams of Craniofacial can meet, visit each other and exchange informally ideas has well fulfilled its propose.

The meetings have been held in most craniofacial centers:

Founders

The Presidents

The Secretary Generals