Dr. Rubinstein is the founder and director of Faces of Tomorrow. He is a board certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon. He serves as chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento, CA. He is also the assistant director of the Northern California Regional Craniofacial Panel for Kaiser Permanente.
Dr. Rubinstein received his BS degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and then his M.D. and Masters of Science degree from the Rosalind Franklin University/The Chicago Medical School. He then continued on at the University of California at Davis to complete a residency in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Rubinstein has participated in six medical missions to Ecuador and has helped nearly 300 Ecuadorian children who suffer from facial deformities such as cleft palate, cleft lip and ear deformities. The birth of Faces of Tomorrow is a long realized dream for this compassionate physician.
Accomplishment: A volunteer medical team led by Rubinstein is one of 15 national recipients of Kaiser Permanente's 2011 David Lawrence Community Service Award.
Details: Rubinstein, chief for pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, is the founder of Faces of Tomorrow, a Davis-based nonprofit organization that provides free surgeries to children and adults with facial deformities inEcuador and the Philippines.
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17 year old Marvin Contiri came to our screening clinic in 2011 to have his bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate repaired and unfortunately we had to turn him away. He learned about the mission late and by the time he arrived our schedule was jam packed and we could not take any more patients. He returned in 2012 and this was his year.
During our 2011 mission to the Philippines we met 19 year old Irene. Irene has a severe cleft lip and palate. She also suffers from various neurological deficits leaving her severely delayed. She came to us with many family members as supporters. Our doctors examined her and as a team decided it would not be safe to operate on her because of unknown health risks.
11 year old Patrick "Captain America" touched the heart of every member of our team. He arrived at our clinic wearing a Captain America t-shirt and to our surprise speaking freely in English to our team. It was really special being able to communicate with him directly.