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Every surgeon has the power to change lives.
Use your expertise to make a difference beyond your practice. Through the ISAPS Humanitarian Program, members can share their skills, support underserved communities, and help transform lives where care is needed most. On this page, you can explore humanitarian projects that ISAPS members are already supporting around the world.
We applaud all those ISAPS members who actively participate in these vital efforts, and we are committed to continuously strengthening and revitalizing our humanitarian mission.
We want to hear from you. If you are an ISAPS Member and have been involved in any humanitarian initiatives, please get in touch. We would love to hear from you to help spread awareness to ISAPS Members globally!
Get involved. Give back. Grow.
Humanitarian Award
The ISAPS Humanitarian Award recognizes extraordinary humanitarian and outreach contributions in plastic surgery - work that restores dignity, rebuilds lives after trauma, or ongoing projects that expand access to high-quality surgical care in underserved communities worldwide.
Our ISAPS Members In Action
Many of our members are changing lives through their humanitarian work. Explore their stories below and see the impact they’re creating worldwide.
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Global Humanitarian Projects
Discover a variety of humanitarian projects that our ISAPS Members are actively supporting.
AICPE Onlus Program (Togo, Paraguay, Guatemala, Benin)
Contact: Dr. Yury Macrino
Interplast Switzerland
Contact: Dr. Volker Wedler
MAPS / IDEALS Program (Palestine, Lebanon)
Contact: Dr. Naveen Cavale
MedGlobal
Contact: Becca Sheehy
Mision Caritas Felices (Peru)
Contact: Lissel Kruger
Mumtaz Surgical Center
Contact: Sunaina Afzaal
Nuevo Amanecer Program
Contact: Dr. Abel De la Peña
Omada Aigaiou (Aegean Team)
Contact: Prof. Paraskevas Kontoes
Operation Restore Hope (Philippines)
Contact: Katherine Hodgkinson
Operation Smile International
Contact: Sarah Yatsko
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Contact: Suhail Flaifl
Smile Network International (India)
Contact: Maureen Cahill
Triana Legacy Foundation (Colombia)
Contact: Laura Barbosa
Viet Duc University Hospital of Hanoi (Vietnam)
Contact: Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha
2nd CHANCE (Switzerland)
Contact: Zeidan Anne
Success Stories
- Missions to Amman, Jordan helped local surgeons treat injured Syrian refugees:
- 18 trips, 263 surgeries, and 450 patient evaluations.
- Total International Disaster Relief Missions to Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon:
- 25 trips, 438 surgeries, 907 patient evaluations
We applaud all those ISAPS members who actively participated in this vital program. We are working to continuously update and revitalize our humanitarian mission efforts.
