Get to Know the #OTOMTG21 International Guests of Honor: Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery
The Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery (BSHNS) was founded in 1967 in São Paulo during the first meeting of head and neck surgeons.
Antonio A. T. Bertelli, MD, MS
Board of Directors, Brazilian Society of Head and Neck SurgeryAntonio J. Gonçalves, MD, PhD
President, Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery
Since that time, BSHNS became the largest society of HNS in Latin America, with more than 800 members. Since 1974, it has had its own publication, currently called Archives of Head and Neck Surgery (ISSN 2595-2544) and is one of the founding societies of the Latin American Federation of Head and Neck Surgeries Societies. There are 38 residency training centers accredited by BSHNS all over Brazil.
First Brazilian Meeting of HNS, when BSHNS was founded: left to right: Ataliba Belizzi, Jorge de Marsillac, Jorge Fairbanks Barbosa, Romulo Falcão, Antonio Bertelli, unknown gentleman.