Irving Polayes
Irving Polayes · Science & Medicine
Instrumental in founding and expanding the ASMS Basic Maxillofacial Course, the first long-running hands-on training series, and helped launch Plastic Surgery News in 1980.
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Irving Polayes is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Instrumental in founding and expanding the ASMS Basic Maxillofacial Course, the first long-running hands-on training series, and helped launch Plastic Surgery News in 1980.
Irving Polayes was an American Jewish surgeon recognized for educational leadership within the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS). He was instrumental in founding and expanding the ASMS Basic Maxillofacial Course, the first long-running hands-on training series in the field, and helped launch Plastic Surgery News in 1980. His work built foundational training resources for maxillofacial surgeons.
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Source: Rambam Maimonides Med J (2026)
Instrumental in founding and expanding the ASMS Basic Maxillofacial Course, the first long-running hands-on training series, and helped launch Plastic Surgery News in 1980.
Source: Rambam Maimonides Med J (2026)