Our Stories

“Being recognized by Smile Train means Chile is now a regional leader training and educating doctors from all over the world."

Why Smile Train's local model matters, from one of our most inspiring partners

Inside and outside the operating room, Dr. Elizabeth Igaga is fighting to make anesthesia and surgery safer for every patient. 

Building a sustainable, local foundation for success in our newest partner country.

Thanks to Dr. Cuadros — and Smile Train — having a cleft on the Navajo reservations of New Mexico is no longer a sentence to a life of isolation and sickness.

How Smile Train Partners Are Treating Children with Clefts Through the Pandemic 

Surgeon. Activist. Teacher. Woman.