Outreach Programs

We now have the opportunity to contribute and participate in ISMR Outreach Programs. Our work would include fabricating auricular prosthesis with microtia and cleft palate prostheses for unrepaired palates on children from Third World and developing countries, in addition to orbital, nasal, mid-facial and obturator prostheses. Volunteering your time to this healing experience can offer a lifetime of personal accomplishment, while satisfying your quest for unique travel. 

The ISMR has received and is currently seeking donations that would provide basic supplies, equipment and transportation for "ISMR Team" members that would accompany the Interplast Team on several of its upcoming trips. Accommodations and meals are usually provided by the host country medical center. Many of the Interplast destinations have local dentists (usually oral and maxillofacial surgeons) and/or laboratory technicians who are willing to learn our maxillofacial prosthetic techniques, so that upon our departure, an ongoing service to those in need remains. 
Providing maxillofacial prosthetics in developing and Third World countries is truly challenging and can be a refreshing reminder of how we are privileged to have been educated in our prospective developed countries. Many patients wait for years to be operated on and some children go untreated. Interplast surgeons alone cannot treat all children with oral and facial deformities. In many instances, we will provide the first exposure of maxillofacial prosthetics in these countries. Our work, good-will and education that we provide will be an enormous and gratifying gift to the patients in need, as well as the local dentists and technicians. Your personal rewards will be cherished for years to come.

Email Address: mailto:[email protected]

The opportunity awaits....

Regards,

Ian Zlotolow, DMD
ISMR President
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10021
Tel: 1 (212) 639-7644

ISMR Administrative Office
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Office Phone: (1) 858.272.1018
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