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Picured above:

Members of our Board of Directors as well as volunteer medical team members who recently traveled to Santa Marta Colombia Oct 5 – 12, 2024 under the leadership of Dr. Sean Alemi.

Jairo (Ed) Castillo M.D., Beth Beals RN, Debbie Fritz RN, Kathy McGovern, Team Administrator and Susan Ketigian RN.

Thank You

Medical Volunteers

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These are the Team Leaders whose dedication leads our trips around the world:

Robert H. Gilman, M.D., D.M.D.
Plastic Surgery
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan

Robert M. Arbuckle, D.D.S.
Dentistry
Wilton Dental Care – Connecticut

Andrew Jacono, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Facial Plastic Surgery
New York Center for Facial Plastic and Laser Surgery
New York, New York

Joseph J. Rousso, M.D.
Facial Plastic Surgery
Otolaryngology
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary – Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Steven M. Roser, D.M.D., M.D., F.A.C.S.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine – Atlanta, Georgia

Manoj T. Abraham, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Facial Plastic Surgery
Poughkeepsie, New York

Sean Alemi, MD
Facial Plastic Surgery
Great Neck, New York

Mark Foglietti, MD
Plastic Surgery
Beachwood, Ohio

Inad Janineh, DO
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Janineh Plastic Surgery
Rochester Hills, Michigan

Gregory J. Keiser, D.M.D.
Dentistry / Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Albany, Georgia

Dane Barrett, M.D./M.B.A
Otolaryngology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Evan R. Ransom, M.D.
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
San Francisco, California

William Dougherty, M.D.
Otolaryngology
Norfolk, Virginia

Grigoriy Mashkevich, M.D.
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Specialty Aesthetic Surgery, New York, NY

2025

We would like to thank our 183 volunteers who made our medical trips abroad program successful by participating on trips in 2025. It is because of our volunteers that we were able to help so many children this year!

Thank you

We hope you had a very rewarding and heartfelt experience traveling with us. Without you, we could not do what we do – Heal Children!

Steven M. Roser, DMD, MD

Austin Gaal, DDS, OMS

Joyce Lee, DDS, MD

Steven Goudy, MD

Ricky Harrell, DDS, MD

Thomas Beckstrom, MD resident

Joyce Xu, DDS, MD, Emory OMS resident

Josh Weirich, DDS Emory OMS resident

Erin Rosenberg, MD

Elizabeth Wilson, MD

Kyesha Collins, Anesthesia Technician

Kelly Winter, CRNA

Jarrett Davis, MD

Kingsley Dunwoody, PA

Jennifer Roser, RN, ANP

Kevin Mahler, RN, BSN

Haneul Cho, RN

Ariane DeBenedictis, RN BSN

Percy Lucas, RN

Karen Ann Simmons, RN

Linda Biron, RN

Fran Buono, RN

Jessica Haleudeth, MSN

Brielle Taryn Johnson, RN

Ysabella Hincapie-Gara, SLP

Isa Charles, SLP student

Emma Olivera, MD

Patrick Bullot

Colleen Llewellyn

Alexa Scout Clark, Emory Med Student

Susan Blythe

Bethany Llewellyn

Shawn Bendig, Rotary

David Bendig, Rotary

Betty Smith, Rotary

Melanie Renae Harrell

Silvia Garcia

William Brant Campbell, Rotary

Caroline Campbell

Vincent Carrao, DDS, MD

Robert Gilman, MD, DMD

William Jay Austen, MD

Seth Fruge, Resident

Sherry Tang, Resident MD

Derek Evans, CRNA

Shirley Susana Cruz-Beltran, MD

Muna Oli, MD

Douglas Borg, MD

JP Grimaldos, MD

Gretchen Grimaldos, CRNA

Kim Howley, RN

Bethany Shiguango, RN

Samara Sobh, OR Tech

Russell De Mailly, RN

Lauren Sundquist, OR Tech

Danielle Levy, MD Pediatrician

Sonya AbuKhader, RN

Cathy Bartos, RN

Kimberly Sugden, RN

Eli Florentino, Instrument Tech

Jourdan Butchin, Pharmacist

Kat Bogie

Evan Ransom, MD Facial Plastics

Joseph Rousso, MD Facial Plastics

Jordan Virbalas, MD Otolaryngology

Brian Bradow, MD General Plastic

Alyssa Civantos, UCSF ENT Resident

Amit Gupta, MD

Prairie Robinson, MD

Jessica Beatty, MD

Danielle Birmingham, MD

Elizar Suderio, RN

Harold Jamie Orange, CST

Angela Orange, AT

Briana Rogers, Surgical Tech

Corinne Cass, RN

Elaine Suderio-Tirone, FNP/DNP

Claire Elpenord, MD

Teresa O’Malley, RN

Nicole Meek, RN

Samantha Ortiz, RN

Colleen Andryshak, RN

Natalia Saavedra, RN

Lisa Hintze, RN

Bonnie Maloney, RN

Helen Buhler, PhD, SLP-CCC

Lindsay Russello, SLP

Andrea Gomez Chacon

Megan McNamara

Kathy McGovern

Carrie Meredith

Laura Bradow, RN

Seema Gupta

Will Robinson

Sam Lovejoy

Shane Hasbrouck

Patricia Mack

Jose Paredes

Fiona Paredes

Inad Janineh, DO

Anthony DeLeonibus, MD, Plastics resident

Ryan Korlewitz, MD, Plastics resident

Sheryl Modlin, MD Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Otoniel Puerto, MD

Chrissy Valigore, RN

Debra Onders, RN BSN

Sheryl Fedor, RN BSN

Laurie Gronowski, BSN, RN, CNOR

Scott Young, RN

Kimberly Lutgring, RN

Carissa Korlewitz, FNP

Erin Folk, RN

Taylor Meador, RN

Mary Nafsou, OT

Emily Burcar, OT

Steve Nargiso

Hannah Modlin

Dane Barrett, MD

John Jared Christophel, MD

Solomon Husain, MD

Sarah Kim, MD ENT Resident

Robert Greenberg, MD

Maurine Heard, MD

Kristen Penberthy, MD Fellow

Deborah Letarte-Gordon, RN

Devon Kuehn, MD

Trisha Hooker, RN

Blessly Mathews, SLP

Casey Saussy

Sabine Bisson, PhD

Minali Abraham-Aggarwal

Manoj Abraham, MD, FACS

JK Rasamny, MD, H&N

Anthony Sclafani, MD, MBA, FACS

Sarah Dermody, MD, MPH Fellow

Richard Lu, MD, MBA, MSc Resident

Torin Thielhelm, MD, ENT Resident

Hugh Pratt, PH.D., MD

Huma Khan, D.O.

Neha Patel, MD, Ped Anes

Katelyn O’Connor, MD Ped Anes

Maribel Caraballo, Surgical Tech

Stefanie Hohmann, RN

Glenn Castaneda, MD, Pediatrician

Laura Dubendorf, RN

Mariella Tzoncheva, RN, BSN

Hadas Bernstein, RN

Michelle DiMattia, CCC-SLP

Shannon McGhean, MS, CC-SLP

Emelyn Rasamny

Matthew Sclafani

Steve DiMattia

Aurash Sean Alemi, MD

Lianne de Serres, MD

Ming Gray, MD

Maria Mavrommatis, MD Resident

Juan Nogues, Resident MD

Mitchell Hagen, MD

Jairo Eddie Castillo, MD

Maurine Heard, MD

Kristin Berger, MD

Laura Ketigian, D.O. resident

Jaron Hrushka, M.D. resident

Joshua Chong, M.D. resident

Debbie Fritz, RN

Jan Foley, RN

Jose Hernandez, RN

Donna Matcham, RN

Maureen Merchant, RN

Kelli Lee, RN

Dianna Norman, RN

Susan Ketigian, RN

Christine Verna, MD pediatrician

Dora Castillo, RN

Beth Beals, RN

Janna Mancini, LPN

Sheila Woodin, RN

Noreen Schaefer, SLP

Jessica Tosto, MS RDN, CSP, CDN, FNAP

Amparo Castillo-Zamorano

Kathleen Lianne Saussy

Caroline Bissaillon

Andrew Locke

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