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next-gen faces in nonprofit dedicated to helping children and their families successfully managed of craniofacial condition Nordstrom food treats patients with cleft lip and palate treat a patient with cranius and I'll start syndromes Treacher Collins syndrome hemifacial microsomia a child may not be able to breathe hearings may be impacted please are comp situations that require a team approach is Chairman of the Department of plastic surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital I had and I was able to assemble what I honest you thought were the best sub specialists in the field of facial reconstruction in the entire world it's really remarkable to bring together top-notch people in each of the areas involved in a club care care in the larger perspective next-gen face brings us all together so that we can evaluate the patients in a teen fashion we can treat the patients in a teen fashion and we can follow them possibly for the rest of their lives and it's in fashion next-gen face will provide social support they'll be social events and that these events patients will see other people with similar conditions and that's very important and very therapeutic the psychosocial portion of these cases might be even more important than the surgical aspects and so I think it's a critical thing that not only do we provide good surgery but we have experts that can help emotionally part not only a child but also their family when they're having so many life-changing procedures I think I just saw the way to kind of got brought her involvement across the greater age group was hugely successful we raised almost $10,000 in that one event alone I just a day out or we got a ton of young people to get together and raise money and people are aware of it now they know that is existence and it's only going to grow from here and just seeing the amount of support that we've gotten over the past year or so has really been a special field this is our goal we're here to take care of kids or adults with craniofacial conditions either through birth or acquired by trauma or other conditions very frequently these kids are shy and then immediately after the surgery the teachers say that all of a sudden they're speaking up in class and they're doing better on their report cards these kids go from not being socially interactive would be coming at outgoing personality and I think that's it's a nice reward for us doctors I believe that everyone has the right to look normal so that's the gratification to be able to help somebody lead a normal life what I love about it is really the smile that you see on the patient's face when they come back when you see that transformation in a child and makes everything worth it the world sees our children and how our children see the world thank you very much thank you very much thank you very much thank you thank you very much

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