The Australian Association of Cosmetic Surgery was established in 1992 and succeeded by the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery in 1999, having identified a void in Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine training in Australia. It is a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary fellowship-based body of general surgeons, plastic surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, dermatologists, ear nose and throat surgeons, ophthalmologists and other doctors who have trained in and practise cosmetic medicine and surgery.
The College has a medical faculty that trains and accredits physicians and a surgical faculty that trains and accredits surgeons. The ACCSM provides recertification of Fellows by means of annual Continuing Professional Development in addition to education activities, including training workshops and journal club events.
