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Usama Hamdan MD, FICS

Board President

  • President & Co-Founder, Global Smile Foundation
    Founder, Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop

Talal Ali Ahmad, MBA

Board Treasurer
Director of Information Technology (Volunteer)

  • Founder & CEO, Predictive Healthcare
  • Former President, Entrada Communications

Krishna G. Patel MD, PhD

Board Secretary

  • Director of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Professor, Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Director of the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship program
  • Co-Director of MUSC Craniofacial Anomalies Cleft Lip and Palate Team

Serena Kassam, DMD, MS

Presurgical & Dental Director (Volunteer)

  • Clinical Attending, Pediatric Dentistry, Surgery Department, BC Children’s Hospital
  • Pediatric Dentist, Cleft/ Craniofacial Team, BC Children’s Hospital
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
  • Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Former Pre- Doctoral Director, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry

RG Conlee

Audit & Finance Committee Chair

Director of EMR (Volunteer)

  • President and CEO, Tylark Corporation
  • Former Chief Innovation Officer, Xerox Services

Tripp Amdur, MBA

  • Founder and Sponsor, Sirisia Leadership Academy
  • Group President, Medline Industries
  • Private Wealth Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Advisory Board

Babak Azizzadeh MD, FACS

  • Director of the Center for Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCLA
  • Attending surgeon, Cedars-Sinai
  • President-Elect of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chuck Cohen

  • Managing Director & Owner of Benco Dental Company
  • Managing Director & Owner of Clarion Financial

Joe Daher

  • President, Kai Capital Management

Denise Carolina Franco Mera Esq, MBA

  • President, Fundacion Global Smile-Ecuador
  • Partner at Legalad Consultores

Stephen Harris MD, FACS

  • Harris Plastic Surgery
  • Chief of Plastic Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital
  • Staff Surgeon, former Chief of Plastic Surgery, NSLIJ – Southside Hospital

Adam Johnson MD, PhD

GSF Assistant Director of Research, Director of Workshop Curriculum

  • Associate Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
  • Program Director University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Dept. of Otolaryngology and HNS

Eric R. Kaufman AB, LL.B

  • Partner, Kaufman & Kaufman, Attorneys

James Liau MD, FACS

    • Associate Professor Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
    •  Section Chief Craniofacial and Pediatric, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
    • UK Chandler Hospital Senior Inpatient Medical Director, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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Khatmeh Osseiran-Hanna, BA

  • Senior VP of Institutional Advancement, St. Catherine University
  • Principal Partner, KOH Consulting
  • Former Vice President for University Advancement, University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
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Raj Vyas, MD, FACS

Director of Research (Volunteer)
Director of Fellowship (Volunteer)

  • Professor of Plastic Surgery & Neurosurgery, UC Irvine School of Medicine
  • Vice-Chair, UC Irvine Department of Plastic Surgery
  • Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, CHOC Children’s Hospital
  • Director, UCI/CHOC Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship

Honorary Board

George Blaser

  • President, Coast to Coast Medical

Raymond Ciccolo

  • President, Village Automotive Group
  • Founder & President, Ciccolo Family Foundation

Paul Cody

  • Former Corporate Operations Specialist, Prospect Airport Service

Maryann Boyle Murray MBA, MPH

  • Principle, MBM Development Communications

Kenneth Pellegrino, CEBT

  • Clinical Engineering Manager at Harvard University
  • Chairman, Laser Committee, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

    Jay Schnitzer MD, PhD

    • President at Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
    • Former Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Mitre Corporation
    • Former Director, Defense Sciences Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
    • Former Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President, Boston Scientific Corporation

      Navil Sethna MD, FAAP

      • Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
      • Clinical Director, Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center, Department of Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital
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