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… to Close Critical Gap in Surgical Safety Global Health Organizations Rally to Close Critical Gap in Surgical Safety Smile Train and Lifebox advocate for inclusion of a capnograph as an essential anesthesia monitoring equipment for safer … to improve safety for millions of people undergoing surgery each year, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, Smile Train , and the safer surgery global nonprofit, Lifebox , have come together to urge health care systems and … anesthesia monitoring equipment for safer surgery. Demonstrating their commitment to closing the global capnography gap, Smile Train this week announced they would be donating additional capnographs valued at over $300,000 to their partner …
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… Redefines Success for Women, and Herself She used to measure success in millions of dollars. Now she measures it in smiles Though she’s lived almost her entire life in her hometown, Phensiri Charoensuk’s greatest passion is providing … meteor. She served out her contract, then came home to Bangkok in search of something new. She found a job posting from Smile Train on LinkedIn and sent in her CV. Five minutes later, she received a call back from the head of our Southeast … charities that send outside doctors into — then out of — other countries on one- to two-week cleft “surgical missions,” Smile Train’s sustainable model trains, equips, and empowers local healthcare professionals around the world to provide …
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… Team EMPOWER Spotlight: Dr. Clayton Lawrence Team EMPOWER Spotlight: Dr. Clayton Lawrence We interview Smile Train Team EMPOWER member Dr. Clayton Lawrence. Dr. Clayton Lawrence is busy. He runs a medical staffing company … same number of hours in a day as you) has completed 116 marathons at last count! When Dr. Lawrence signed up to run for Smile Train Team EMPOWER, he was generous enough to give us more of his valuable time for an interview. We had to know, … offers a great deal of motivation to continue training for and running marathons. What was your motivation for joining Smile Train Team EMPOWER for both the 2019 BMW Berlin Marathon and the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon? I believe that …
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… Andrea Helps Children With Clefts Tell Their Own Stories Andrea Helps Children With Clefts Tell Their Own Stories How a Smile Train partner from Argentina helps children speak with confidence. Having a cleft can touch every aspect of a … behind in school, and feel as though they'll never fit into society. That's where Andrea comes in. By partnering with Smile Train, she is able to provide these children with the speech care they need to clearly and confidently tell their own stories, all at no cost to their families. … How a Smile Train partner from Argentina helps children speak with confidence. … Andrea Helps Children With Clefts Tell Their …
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… Care Dr. Tarek: Hearing Care is Cleft Care Why one of the world’s foremost experts on clefts and hearing is a proud Smile Train partner Many people don’t know that clefts can cause severe, lasting hearing damage. Dr. Tarek Abdel Fattah Hassan, an ENT at Smile Train partner Kids Hospital in Giza, Egypt, has made correcting this misconception and giving the gift of hearing … a team? I liked the idea very much, and I have been on the Nile Cleft Centre team for about four years now. The Sound of Smiles One of the most common misconceptions about clefts is that they are only a “cosmetic” issue, but that couldn’t be …
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… Born With A Purpose Grace Peters: Born With a Purpose How Smile Train helped Grace go from a girl looking for answers to global cleft hero. Grace Peters believes her path in life has been clear from her earliest years. Born with a cleft … make it any easier. When Grace was in fourth grade, her family made a donation to Smile Train and received in return a pamphlet featuring photos of children who’d received lifesaving cleft surgery. Clutching the glossy, folded paper, Grace … to define yourself and make friends. My goal was always to remind myself that this isn’t going to be forever, that one day you’ll get your braces off and be done with surgeries.” When Ellen DeGeneres did a week of shows raising awareness of …
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… Real Lives Saved Virtual Marathons, Real Lives Saved When endurance events got canceled around the world, these Smile Train supporters ran anyway. When COVID-19 forced Smile Train's partner hospitals in 70+ countries to delay lifesaving cleft surgeries — 39,000 and counting as of December … safety protocols, and did everything else they possibly could to ensure no patient in need was left behind. And because Smile Train's partners didn't slow down, our Team EMPOWER athletes didn't either. When the pandemic canceled their races, …
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… Leana Was Born with a Cleft Too, we Charted a New Path When Leana Was Born with a Cleft Too, we Charted a New Path With Smile Train’s help, Leonardo gave his daughter the cleft care he dreamed of as a child In Cebu, Philippines, Leonardo was … looking back now, it was a blessing in disguise. We started to search online for new options, and that’s how we found Smile Train. After messaging their Facebook page, we were put in contact with Smile Train staff. Two weeks later, Leana’s surgery was scheduled. It was unbelievable! At four years old, Leana was …
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… children, due to the region’s severe droughts and lack of jobs, so he knew exactly where to bring the vulnerable child — Smile Train Partner Esperanza de Vida. Esperanza de Vida’s sprawling campus includes a hospital, a retirement home, a … meat — items he was unable to eat due to his untreated clefts. His primary frustration was his inability to communicate. Smile Train partner Dr. Anna Lucia Garcia shared, “Auner was loving and affectionate, but the other children couldn’t … two years of nutritional recovery, Auner received his cleft surgeries, which have led to dramatic changes in his life. Smile Train partner surgeon Dr. Jorge Mendez reports, “After the surgeries, he could eat so much easier — he doesn’t …
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… Simulare Medical, a Division of Smile Train, Announces Patent-Pending Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Simulator Smile Train Announces Patent-Pending Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Simulator New Simulator to Accelerate the Learning … Ultimately Further Care for Cleft-Affected Children FORT WORTH, TEXAS – March 30, 2022 – Simulare Medical, a Division of Smile Train, Inc., has launched the newest innovation in its growing line of high-fidelity cleft surgical simulators, the …
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… Mathias’ Life Could Have Turned Out Much Differently Mathias’ Life Could Have Turned Out Much Differently His smile is a miracle people like you made possible Location is everything. In the Andes Mountains, the higher up a mountain … before. Thankfully, before they could panic, their doctors shared some truly good news: Thanks to an organization called Smile Train, their baby would receive all the cleft care he would ever need for free down the street at Clinicas Noel, … Camila. “She’s always super up-to-date on his treatments, making the right decisions for him.” Ivan Velez Ivan Velez, Smile Train’s Program Manager for the region, meets hundreds of patients and their families each year; yet this family …
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… Left When Our Daughter Was Born With a Cleft My Husband Left When Our Daughter Was Born With a Cleft But thanks to Smile Train and my family, we have never been alone Alimatu lives in the city of Kumasi, Ghana, with her eight-year-old daughter, Rawdah, a Smile Train patient. Her husband left shortly after Rawdah was born, leaving her to raise a baby with a cleft alone. … afforded even one of these surgeries on our own, but both were completely free thanks to Komfo Anokye’s partnership with Smile Train. This was an unspeakable gift for Rawdah and our family. Thanks to Smile Train, Rawdah was also able to …