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

2026

We would like to thank our133 volunteers who made our Medical Teams Abroad program successful by participating on trips in 2026.

Thank you so much!

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

Vincent Carrao, DDS, MD

Austin Gaal, DDS, MPH, FACS

Artem Krutyansky, DMD, MD, MPH

Ricky Harrell, DMD, MA, FACD

Jeffery Taylor, DMD, MD

Brandi Lantz, DDS

Gabriella Glassman, MD

Taylor Ellingsen, DDS, MD

Erin Rosenberg, MD

Beth Wilson, MD

David Rico Mora, MD

Srish Sharma, MD Fellow

Amelia Sheppard, MD

Andrea Perales, MD

Jennifer Roser, RN, ANP

Kevin Mahler, RN

Haneul Cho, RN

Ariane DeBenedictis, RN

Percy Lucas, RN

Michael Johns, RN

Karen Ann Simmons, RN

Linda Biron, RN

Fran Buono, RN

Laura Munro

Kathleen Fulton, RN

Ysabella Hincapie-Gara, SLP

Emma Olivera, MD

Patrick Bullot

Susan Anne Blythe

Melanie Harrell

Silvia Garcia

William Brant Campbell, Rotary

Caroline Campbell

Shawn Bendig, Rotary

David Bendig, Rotary

Robert Gilman, MD, DMD

William Jay Austen, MD

Steve Kasten, MD

Ian McCulloch, Resident

Megan Lane, Resident

Derek Evans, CRNA

Douglas Borg, MD

JP Grimaldos, MD

Gretchen Grimaldos, CRNA

Kim Howley, RN

Russell DeMailly, RN

Audrey Arnold, RN

Lauren Sundquist, Surgical Tech

Amy Shirato, RN

Danielle Levy, MD Pediatrician

Sonya AbuKhader, RN

Cathy Bartos, RN

Maura Fry, RN

Crystal Castro, Instrument Tech

Jourdan Butchin, Pharmacist

Susan Ketigian, RN

Jamie Orange, CST

Yurij Tsuvanyk, CST

Emmett Harty Jr., RN

Maribel Caraballo, CST

Viktoriya Ygreen, RN

Tashina Morgenstern, RN

Grigoriy Mashkevich, MD

Evan Ransom, MD Facial Plastics

Joseph Rousso, MD Facial Plastics

Jordan Virbalas, MD Otolaryngology

Brian Bradow, MD General Plastic

Autefeh Sajjadi, MD Fellow UCSF FPRS

Alyssa Civantos, MD

Amit Gupta, MD

Laura Ketigian, DO Resident

Prairie Robinson, MD

Jessica Beatty, MD

Andrew Locke, Instrument Support

Danielle Birmingham, MD

Alex Ciaramella, MD Resident

Debbie Fritz, RN

Maureen Merchant, RN

Cory Reyburn, RN

Josephine Thomas, CST

Laura Haines

Dave Fenner, MD

Claire Elpenord, MD

Teresa O’Malley, RN

Nicole Meek, RN

Lisa Hintze, RN

Beth Beals, RN

Dora Castillo, RN

Erica DerBoghossian, RN

Kathy McGovern

Carrie Meredith

Laura Bradow, RN

Seema Gupta

George Michailiuk, Instrument Engineer

Will Robinson

Andrew Esposito

Manoj Abraham, MD, FACS

Matthew Johnson, MD

Jeff Johnson, MD

Nick Randall, MD Fellow

Joy Chen, MD Resident

Neha Reddy, MD Resident

Hugh Pratt, MD

Maurine Heard, MD

Amy Robles, CRNA

Kelli Lee, RN

Jennifer Reyes, RN

Glenn Castaneda, MD Peds

Laura Byrne, SLP

Dilnaz Unawalla, SLP

Kiran Abraham-Aggarwal, Med Student

Audrey Robles

Ketan Parekh, DDS, OMS

Jenny Mathews, DDS, MS, PhD

John Kallis, DMD

Joseph Merola, DMD

Ernesta Parisi-Coppola, DMD

Carolina Giraldo, DMD

Robert Arbuckle, DDS

Jennifer Chou, DDS Pediatric Dentist

Shu-Ching Chang, DMD

Heather Gialanella, RDH

Amanda Barrese, RDH

Rebecca Gravina, RDH

Rebecca Trimarchi, DA

Felicia Donnelly, DA

Gina Rossi, DA

Alicia Hernandez, DA

Fara-Marie Webber, DA

Howard Otty, Instrument Tech

Antonio Coppola

Marleny Arbuckle

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