We sat down with longtime Operation Smile employees Ruben Ayala and Ann Campbell. Ruben serves as our Chief Medical Officer and Ann is the senior director of medical oversight. Both Ann and Ruben started off as volunteers with the organization, and now they each work tirelessly to bring our patients the highest quality of care. In this episode of Behind the Smiles, the pair shares stories of their first medical missions, insight into their jobs and so much more.
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Morocco
Malawi
It was her third attempt to get her son the help he needed for his cleft lip and cleft palate, when a chance meeting on a train introduced Aymane's mom to Operation Smile Morocco.
As an organization, Operation Smile strives to deliver robust and holistic nutrition programs to ensure that patients are fit to receive safe, timely and effective surgical care.
With a population of around 20 million people, Malawi currently has one female certified plastic surgeon serving patients. Her name is Dr. Wone Banda.