The International Society of Plastic Regenerative Surgeons (ISPRES) was established in 2011 in Vancouver to fulfill the need for a forum where plastic surgeons from around the world could exchange ideas and advance the exciting new frontier of Regenerative Plastic Surgery. ISPRES is dedicated to promoting the art and science of regenerative plastic surgery, to evaluate medical techniques related to regenerative plastic surgery and to promote and encourage the highest ethical standards of personal and professional conduct among plastic surgeons and other scientists with an interest in this field. In 2015, ISPRES established an affiliation with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

The Philippine Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (PAPRAS), recognized by both the Philippine Medical Association and the Philippine College of Surgeons as the only specialty society for Plastic Surgery in the country, had its humble beginnings on March 22, 1961. Eight renowned Plastic Surgeons, many of whom had obtained fellowship training in Plastic Surgery from the United States and Europe, banded together and established the society with the modest mission of maintaining the standards of teaching and practice of Plastic Surgery in the Philippines.