Mr. Han Yongtao, senior doctor of pectoral surgery department, has been awarded by Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England(FRCS) recently. Paul O'Flynn, Vice chairman of RCS led a team to visit China on Oct.30th, and give the award of FRCS to Mr. Han for his achievements in education of esophagus surgery and significant contribution of pectoral surgery. Mr. Han is the first one who get this award in the hospital, also one of two in esophagus surgery, and one of seven in pectoral surgery of the whole country.
The Royal College of Surgeons of England, often referred to simply as the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), was ongoing dispute between the surgeons and barber surgeons until an agreement was signed between them in 1493, giving the fellowship of surgeons the power of incorporation, which is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales. In 1800 the Company was granted a Royal Charter to become the Royal College of Surgeons.
RCS is one of the most historic, famous, powerful surgery training organization in global. It's not only created surgeon training system, curriculum and assessment criteria spread worldwide, but also been the founder and innovator of examination for surgeons. Now dozens of countries are using the training and examination system of the RCS. It's been a pioneer of surgery development in the past 500 years, which is a prestigious surgeon training organization in the world. RCS has more than 23,000 fellows and members among 100 countries. Fellow is the highest award for surgery education in RCS.
