top of page

CLEFT SURGERY: ESTABLISHED INSTITUTION VS MISSION TRIPS

Join us for an insightful event delving into the nuances of cleft care practices, highlighting the differences between institutional cleft care and mission-based cleft practice. This session aims to explore how each approach contributes uniquely to addressing the needs of patients worldwide.

CLEFT SURGERY: ESTABLISHED INSTITUTION VS MISSION TRIPS
CLEFT SURGERY: ESTABLISHED INSTITUTION VS MISSION TRIPS

Time & Location

Jul 18, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM GMT+2

ONLINE LIFE EVENT - TIMEZONES "read more"

What is this event about?

WHAT IS THIS EVENT ABOUT?

Join us for an insightful event delving into the nuances of cleft care practices, highlighting the differences between institutional cleft care and mission-based cleft practice. This session aims to explore how each approach contributes uniquely to addressing the needs of patients worldwide.

- Participation in this event is free for everyone. No membership in IAOMS required to participate. By signing up for this event you agree that your email will be shared with IAOMS - 

Key Topics Include:

  1. Difference between Institutional Cleft Care and Mission-Based Cleft Practice: Discover the distinctive characteristics and methodologies employed in these two approaches to cleft care.
  2. Mission-Based Practice: Providing Essential Services to Underserved Areas: Learn how mission-based cleft practices effectively deliver crucial services to regions lacking adequate healthcare infrastructure.
  3. Supporting Doctors through Cleft Missions: Understand the ways in which cleft missions empower and support medical professionals in their mission to provide quality care.
  4. Enrollment Opportunities for Surgeons: Explore avenues for surgeons to participate in and enroll for cleft missions, enhancing their global impact and professional growth.
  5. Institution-Based Practice: Enabling Comprehensive Care: Examine how institution-based practices facilitate holistic and comprehensive care for cleft patients from infancy through adulthood.
  6. The Cradle-to-Adulthood Concept in Cleft Care: Gain insights into the continuum of care approach, ensuring patients receive consistent and lifelong support.
  7. Working in Low-Resource Settings: Strategies and practical tips for healthcare providers on delivering effective cleft care in low-resource environments.

SPEAKERS & MODERATORS: 

Dr. Krishnamurthy Bonanthaya MBBS, MDS, FDSRCS (UK), FFDRCS (Ireland), FIBCSOMS, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Smile Train Cleft Leadership Centre, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Bangalore, INDIA. Dr. Krishnamurthy Bonanthaya is a graduate in dentistry from Government Dental College, Bangalore, and in medicine from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. He has post-graduate qualifications in oral and maxillofacial surgery from Mangalore University and the Royal College of Surgeons of London & Ireland. He has also published several research papers in reputed national and international journals.

Dr. Carlo Guevara is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is affiliated with Broward Health North. He received his medical degree from University of Florida College of Medicine. 

Dr. Dipesh Rao is a dual qualified Maxillofacial surgeon who graduated from the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences for Dentistry and the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences for Medicine. He is trained in both Paediatric Maxillofacial Surgery and Craniofacial Surgery, and his Paediatric Maxillofacial fellowship at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Dr Rao's spectrum of work includes cleft lip and palate deformity, syndromic and non-syndromic craniosynostosis (fusion of skull growing lines), complex facial deformity requiring orthognathic correction and distraction osteogenesis and facial cosmetic procedures.

Prof. Majeed Rana is presently serving as the senior physician and deputy head of the department for Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at the University Hospital Dusseldorf. Additionally, he holds the position of Chair for the IAOMS Education Committee. His study focuses on the computer-assisted development of patient-specific implants, cancer patients' quality of life and the deployment of workflows for intraoperative 3D mapping in midface and cranial base tumor procedures.

Prof. Sabine Girod is Professor emerita of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Stanford. She trained in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery in Germany and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard Medical School) in Boston. Her special clinical and research interests are maxillofacial trauma, corrective surgery of maxillofacial deformities, and minimally invasive Computer Aided Surgery. She is one of the co-founders of surgeON, a community of surgeons, by surgeons, for surgeons – a live and on-demand open streaming platform that offers a wide range of peer reviewed educational content specifically tailored to the needs of surgeons in Craniomaxillofacial (CMF) surgery.

ONLINE LIVE EVENT

Palo Alto: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 8:00 am

Mexico City: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 9:00 am

New York: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 11:00 am

Rio de Janeiro: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 12:00 noon

London: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Berlin: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 5:00 pm

Johannesburg: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 5:00 pm

Cairo: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Dubai: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Islamabad: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 8:00 pm

New Delhi: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 8:30 pm

Manila: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 11:00 pm

LANGUAGE: The event language is english.

Share this Event

bottom of page