Welcome to Faces of Tomorrow
Providing free medical and surgical services to children with facial deformities.
Faces of Tomorrow’s mission is to provide medical and surgical services to children with facial deformities around the world. We are culturally responsive and compassionate to the patients, their families, and the communities in which the mission serves.
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2009 Mission, Ecuador
"Saving Faces"
Get to know the doctors behind Faces of Tomorrow as reported by Channel 13 in Sacramento.
"Good People"
The Faces of Tomorrow Blog
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HOPE
"NEAR A MONTH POST-MISSION 2010 AND I AM STILL HAUNTED BY AN INCIDENCE THAT OCCURRED IN THE PRE-SCREENING CLINIC IN ECUADOR. WHEN THE FOT TEAM ARRIVED ON SUNDAY FOR THE SCREENING CLINIC, WHERE PATIENTS ARE SELECTED ...
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Teamwork, pride and accomplish ...
If only I had the eloquence to accurately describe the sense of teamwork, pride and accomplishment that comes from working with the exceptional people who make up the FOT team. Many wonderful people contributed their mon ...
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An incredible experience
That was my first time with Faces of Tomorrow . I joined a group of people most of whom I 'd never seen before. Went to a country I have never been before. Gave anesthesia to children I have never known and probably I wi ...
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A common thread
I am back in my house in Northern California reading the blog on FOT and wondering who was affected more.....the Ecuadorian families or was it truly those of us who cared for them? I was one of the floor nurses on ...
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Faces of Tomorrow In the Press
Dr. Nima Pahlavan, Kaiser Permanente's Chief of Head and Neck Surgery in Sacramento, has banned together with two of his former colleagues from UC Davis Medical Center to form an organization called Faces of Tomorrow.
Patient Stories
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Carmen's Story
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Thirty-Nine year old Carmen Rivas touched the heart of every member of our team. Carmen had spent her entire life hiding because of her cleft lip. -
A Mother From Cuenca, Ecuador
I am the mother of the two-month-old baby. I give you thanks for everything...
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Lunardy Penarando
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These days I ask myself what would happen if these good hearted doctors wouldn’t have arrived in Ecuador to perform the surgeries...
FOT Bloggers
- Traci Schmidt (4)
- Jim Thompson (4)
- Dr. Brian Rubinstein (3)
- Dr. Nima Pahlava (3)
- Dr. George Dakkak (1)
- Kristen Kanerva Richards (2)
- Stephanie Rubinstein (2)
- Dr. Michael Lovely (1)
- Dr. Charles Shih (2)
- Dr. Albin Leong (3)
- Mary Beth Takacs (1)
- Sam Shane (1)
- Karyn Gordon (1)
- Karen Westmoreland (1)
- Joan Westcott (1)
- Timothy Sean Sanchez (1)
- Robin Kemmer (1)