2011 Event The first full face transplant is performed by surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts 1997 Event South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head 1921 Birthday Ian Todd, President, Royal College of Surgeons 1912 Event American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill 1841 Event Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons 1840 Event Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York 1806 Birthday Chapin Aaron Harris, U.S., found America Society of Dental Surgeons