1970-1972 : President of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery 1972 : President of the 9th Brazilian Society Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting and XIIth Latin American Federation Plastic Surgery Congress, Sao Paulo - Brazil 1978-1979 : President of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery 1979 : President of the 7th Congress of the International Plastic Surgery Confederation (IPRAS ), Rio de Janeiro - Brazil 1995-1997 : President of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) 1997 : President of the 5 th Biennial Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Sao Paulo - Brazil 2009-2011 : Editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery