What Is The Face To Face Program
FACE TO FACE, founded 1992, is a humanitarian and educational surgical
exchange program conducted under the sponsorship of the Educational and
Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS). In the United States and abroad, AAFPRS
surgeons provide complimentary care to those who suffer from facial
deformities caused by birth or trauma. The FACE TO FACE program offers
individuals the opportunity to overcome the physical limitations placed
on them by circumstances beyond their control - deformities at birth,
domestic violence, and war. AAFPRS surgeons use their expertise to
perform plastic and reconstructive surgery of the face, head, and
neck.
Mission
FACE TO FACE is staffed by medical personnel - facial plastic and
reconstructive surgeons, nurses, speech pathologists and
anesthesiologists - who donate their time and expertise, frequently for
two weeks at a time. AAFPRS surgeons travel all over the world, with a
single mission. to treat one face at a time, one person at a time.
Programs
FACES OF HONOR
We are pleased that in 2009 Faces of Honor joins our FACE TO
FACE Programs. The purpose of Faces of Honor is to offer pro bono
medical and surgical expertise to veterans who were deployed in Iraq or
Afghanistan and received face or neck injuries. Our motivation is
simple: provide a "thank you" to the brave men and women who have served
our country so well by offering what we have worked hard to achieve, our
surgical expertise and skills as caring physicians.
The Faces of Honor Program is coordinated by the American Academy of
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and its affiliated Foundation
(together "the Academy"). The Academy's role is to serve as a resource
to help find surgeons willing to provide surgery to qualified veterans
without a surgical fee to the patient. The Academy does not provide
medical or surgical care. Consequently, the Academy does not enter into
a physician/patient relationship with anyone. Not all Academy members
perform all procedures included in the field of facial plastic and
reconstructive surgery. The Academy makes no warranties or
representations about the skills of individual physicians or surgeons or
their abilities. Inclusion of a surgeon on the list of volunteers for
this program does not indicate that the surgeon is qualified to perform
the surgery needed. The Academy does not provide medical advice, and no
one should rely on the Academy's statements in this document as
providing such advice. Patients should rely exclusively on their
physicians and surgeons for such advice.
FACE TO FACE - International
Members travel all over the world to help individuals whose faces were
damaged at birth, by disease or by war. In addition, AAFPRS members
share their knowledge and the latest techniques in facial plastic
surgery with their international colleagues. To date, it is estimated
that AAFPRS FACE TO FACE volunteers have helped approximately one
thousand people worldwide. (Recent missions have included: Vietnam,
Croatia, Russia and China.)
FACE TO FACE - The National
Domestic Violence Project
Members volunteer to help victims of domestic abuse who cannot afford to
receive treatment for facial injuries. These efforts repair both
physical and psychological scars and help women to regain self-esteem
and begin to rebuild their lives.
The AAFPRS is the world's largest association of facial plastic and
reconstructive surgeons - with more than 2,600 members - whose cosmetic
and reconstructive surgery focuses on the face, head and neck. Academy
fellows are board-certified and subscribe to a code of ethics
Click here to signup for FACE TO FACE International
trips.
Click here to become a participating physician in the
National Domestic Violence Project.
Click here to visit the official FACE TO FACE
Web site
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