At the June 7 Gala, Dr. Serena Kassam received a 2021 Women of Distinction Award in the Health/Wellbeing category from the YWCA of Vancouver. The Award is given to a woman with “an unwavering commitment to delivering, promoting and advocating for healthy lives...
Just days before the COVID-19 pandemic was recognized in the U.S., the Global Smile Foundation (GSF) team was completing an outreach cleft care program in Guayaquil, Ecuador. GSF was able to quickly implement precautionary measures on the ground and still perform...
The GSF Junior Board will host a Virtual Walkathon on Sunday, June 6 to support healthy smiles for children in underserved communities. No matter where you are in the world, you can walk to make a difference! For each mile you walk on June 6, our sponsors will donate...
We’ve known Karim since 2019 when our GSF-MENA volunteers met him and his family. Unfortunately, his surgery had to wait because our April 2020 mission was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When our team was able to perform a cleft lip repair for Karim in...
GSF is presenting twelve sessions at the annual meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA), the leading organization for cleft care providers in the US. The sessions cover a range of topics in comprehensive cleft care and highlight the...
