User:Truben/Operation of hope

Operation of Hope is a not-for-profit (501) (c) (3) surgical foundation based in Longview, Washington (USA), with an additional office in Lake Forest, California founded in 1989. As an NGO, the organization provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children and assists countries in reaching self-sufficiency with these surgeries.

To date, Operation of Hope has provided reconstructive surgery to over 2,400 children and young adults in Latin America and Zimbabwe, Africa and has trained more than 28 US residents.

Awards and milestones Operation of Hope has been featured in People magazine, September 22, 2008, "O" (Oprah) magazine, December 2008, CNN International, May 2009 and was honored as People magazine's "Hero Among Us" at CNN's All-Star Tribute, Thanksgiving evening November 2008.

Operation of Hope was created by Dr. Joseph Clawson of Longview, Washington after he participated in a Honduras cleft repair mission in 1987 and recognized a need for more missions.

Founders

* Dr. Joseph Paul Clawson, FAC MD

Dr. Clawson serves as the organization's Chief Executive Officer. Jennifer Clawson Trubenbach serves as the Executive Director on a full-time, volunteer basis along, with Stephen Clawson, Marketing Director and Dr. Travis Tollefson, MD, UC Davis and are lifetime members of the Board of Directors.

Programs

Operation of Hope organizes international volunteer missions to provide cleft lip and palate repair in developing countries, coordinates programs for training physicians from around the world, manages programs to assist host countries in reaching lip/palate repair self-sufficiency, supports education and research programs to eradicate cleft lips and palates, and organizes global volunteer programs for volunteers.

Surgical missions

For each mission, Operation of Hope verifies the credentials and organizes the participation and travel arrangements for a team of volunteers: an overall coordinator, plastic or maxillofacial surgeons, a pediatrician, anesthestiologists, head or coordinating nurses, pre- and post-op nurses, child development specialists, speech therapists [8], orthodontists, medical records technicians and patient imaging technicians. Teams are organized with in-country volunteers and international volunteers, translators, and corporate sponsors. Operation of Hope coordinates the donation, purchase and delivery of medical provisions (equipment, medications, supplies) for each mission.

Since 1989, these volunteer medical teams provided free surgeries for 2,400 children through international and local, in-country medical missions. Operation of Hope partner countries include: Ecuador and Zimbabwe, Africa.

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