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Smile Train Appoints New Global Medical Advisory Board Member from NYU Langone Dr. Roberto Flores partners with world's largest cleft organization to enhance virtual surgery training offerings worldwide News provided by Share this article Smile Train, the world's largest cleft organization, announced today the addition of Roberto L. Flores, MD, to its Global Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Flores, the Joseph G. McCarthy Associate Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Director of Cleft Lip and Palate at NYU Langone Health, brings over 20 years of exper...

SHARE A pupil in Abu Dhabi raised Dh11,000 for people born with cleft lips and palates, after urging his friends and relatives to donate to the cause instead of buying him birthday presents. Maximilian Hoehn, 10, saw several photos of children before and after the repair surgery and said he felt it was important to help. He partnered with Operation Smile, a global non-profit organisation, that helps those who cannot afford the surgery get access to treatment. I didn’t want any gifts for myself and wanted to use the money for those who needed it Maximilian Hoehn, A cleft lip or palate is a b...

Smile Train and BioDigital Shatter Barriers in Surgical Training Technology with Innovative, Accessible New App The Smile Train Virtual Surgery Simulator mobile app and its offline capabilities are helping improve surgical outcomes in low-resource settings News provided by Share this article Smile Train, the world's largest cleft organization, and BioDigital, Inc., the tech company behind the first cloud-based virtual model of the human body, have launched a new mobile version of the award-winning, web-based Smile Train Virtual Surgery Simulator. The new mobile app offers multilingual, inte...

Cork twins 'grateful for lockdown' as they expanded their love for art and music Cathal Walsh, a sixth-class pupil at Summercove National School, Kinsale, won the national ‘Someone Like Me’ art competition with his Piano Man picture of his twin brother. Harry is pictured on the far left with his twin Cathal on the right. John Bohane A Kinsale primary school student has thanked the Cleft Lip and Palate Team at CUH for ensuring he and his twin brother look so alike. Cathal Walsh, a sixth-class pupil at Summercove National School, Kinsale, won the national ‘Someone Like Me’ art competit...

A 12-year-old boy from Co Cork is this year's winner of the National Disability Authority's annual art competition 'Someone Like Me'. Cathal Walsh, a sixth class pupil at Summercove National School in Kinsale stole the judges hearts with his portrait of his twin, Harry. The picture entitled Piano Man shows his twin, who was born with a cleft lip and palate, playing the piano -  something he taught himself to do during lockdown. This year's finalists from 48 primary schools across the country gathered online for a special virtual ceremony. The judges said Cathal's entry took top honours no...