Medical Advisory Board
About the Medical Advisory Board
Many of the best and brightest cleft experts in world, from surgeons to anesthesiologists to orthodontists to speech therapists, comprise the Smile Train Global Medical Advisory Board. It works closely with regional Medical Advisory Councils – such as in Mexico, India, China, Brazil and Africa – to set the standards for safety and quality for every Smile Train partner and program.
Smile Train’s number one priority in providing cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care is to ensure the safety of all patients receiving treatment. The organization’s Medical Advisory Board has developed a Safety and Quality Protocol that sets the required standards for safe surgery and anesthesia care at Smile Train medical partners around the world.
Medical Advisory Board Members
Led by world-renowned cleft surgeon, Dr. Larry Hollier, Jr., M.D. (Professor of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, and Chief, Plastic Surgery Service, Texas Children’s Hospital) this board sets the standards for safety and quality for every Smile Train partner and program.
Felicity Vidya Mehendale, MD, FRCS
President
International Confederation of Cleft Lip & Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies
Director
Global Cleft Lip and Palate Research Program
Centre for Global Health
Usher Institute at The University of Edinburgh
Zipporah Gathuya, MD, MPH
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
The Nairobi Hospital
Secretary
Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery Leadership Committee
Peter Donkor, BDS, MDSc, MS, FRACDS, FGCS, FWACS
Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Director
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Cleft/Craniofacial Clinic
Vice President
West African College of Surgeons
Larry Hollier Jr., MD, FACS
Chairman
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital
Court Cutting, MD
Chairman Emeritus
Emeritus Professor of Plastic Surgery
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
Ian Jackson, MD, DSc(Hon)FRCS, FACS, FRACS(Hon)
Chairman Emeritus
Emeritus Craniofacial Surgeon
Ian Jackson Craniofacial & Cleft Palate Clinic
Beaumont Health System
Ethylin Wang Jabs, MD
Vice Chairman
Department of Genetics & Genome Sciences
Mount Sinai Medical Center
E. Heidi Jerome, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
Department of Anesthesia
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Alvaro Figueroa, DDS, MS
Co-Director
Rush Craniofacial Center
Rush University Medical Center
S. Anthony Wolfe, MD
Chief of Plastic Surgery
Miami Children's Hospital
Eric Hubli, MD, FACS, FAAP, FICS
Medical Director of Craniofacial & Cleft Services
Cook Children's Medical Center
Shi Bing, MD
Vice President
West China Stomatology Hospital of Sichuan University
Randy Sherman, MD, FACS
Director, Division of Plastic Surgery
Vice Chair, Plastic Surgery in the Department of Surgery
Cedars-Sinai
Karoon Agrawal, MD
Senior Consultant
Cleft, Hypospadias & Plastic Surgery
National Heart Institute
Faye Evans, MD
Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor in Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Richard Hopper, MD
Division Chief for Craniofacial & Plastic Surgery; Surgical Director Craniofacial Center
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Professor in Surgery
University of Washington
Catherine Crowley, J.D., Ph.D.,CCC-SLP, ASHA-F
Professor of Practice and Director of the Bilingual Extension Institute
Teachers College Columbia University
Peter Mossey, B.D.S., Ph.D., F.D.S., R.C.S.
Professor of Craniofacial Development and Associate Dean for Internationalisation
University of Dundee Dental School
Nivaldo Alonso, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Craniofacial Surgery
Hospital das Clínicas
University of São Paulo (USP)
Fernando Molina, MD
President
Dr. Fernando Ortiz Monasterio Craniofacial Anomalies Foundation
Professor of Plastic Surgery
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Regional Medical Advisory Councils
Africa Medical Advisory Council – Contact enjoroge@smiletrain.org
Brazil Medical Advisory Council – Contact mgoes@smiletrain.org
China Medical Advisory Council – Contact wxlc@smiletrainchina.org
India Medical Advisory Board – Contact info@smiletrainindia.org
Mexico Medical Advisory Council – Contact mdominguez@smiletrain.org
South America Medical Advisory Council – Contact derquiaga@smiletrain.org