A Holiday Message from Healing the Children Northeast

We are proud to share with you that in the year 2017, with your generous contributions, Healing the Children Northeast has sponsored 10 Medical and Dental Trips and treated 1,905 children both here in the U.S. and abroad.

In most developed countries, babies born with birth defects such as cleft lip and cleft palate are treated within months after birth. However, in many parts of the world, children don't have access to specialized care. They live their lives with disabling facial deformities. Some children who come from poor areas where there are no modern conveniences end up with severe burns from being around open fires used for cooking. These children's burns are left untreated until our medical team travels once a year to provide thes e services.

Thanks to caring, generous people like you who support the work of Healing the Children Northeast, and our many volunteers, poor children around the world will not have to live with disfigurement.

Our mission at Healing the Children Northeast (HTCNE) is to treat children with correctable surgery, free of charge.

To date, 53,332 patients have been helped through our efforts.

THIS YEAR ALONE WERE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST

1,905 CHILDREN THROUGH OUR THREE PROGRAMS:

HTCNE Medical Teams Abroad Program builds teams of compassionate, committed doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals to help children. This year our teams treated children with facial plastic surgery, dental diseases and severe burns. Our teams traveled to India, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala and Peru on 10 missions.

HTCNE International Inbound Program assisted two young ladies who were brought to the U.S. for medical care. One has returned to her Country of Mexico and the other will return in March, 2018 to her home in Belize.

HTCNE Domestic Kids Program provided assistance to 3 young boys in our community who could not afford school enrollment physicals. Our Scholarship Program sponsored two young graduating students from our local high school with scholarships to help further their education in a nursing profession.

We Need YOU To Keep Our Mission Going!

In 2018 we anticipate sponsoring

12 trips to 6 different countries!

Donate now on our website:

htcne.org

or send a check to:

Healing the Children Northeast

PO Box 129

New Milford, CT 06776

90 cents out of every dollar goes directly

to the children!

Your donation is 100% tax deductible

We are most grateful to our 2017 Team Leaders!

We couldn't do this without your generosity

Robert H. Gilman, M.D., D.M.D.

Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Steven M. Roser, D.M.D., M.D., F.A.C.S.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia

Gregory J. Keiser, D.M.D.

Dentistry / Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Morristown, New Jersey

Robert M. Arbuckle, D.D.S., Dentistry

Wilton Dental Care, Connecticut

Manoj T. Abraham, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Facial Plastic Surgery Poughkeepsie,

New York

Gerald Edds, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology

Aesthetic Surgery Center, Owensboro, Kentucky

Andrew Jacono, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Facial Plastic Surgery New York Center for Facial Plastic and Laser Surgery, New York, New York

Diane Ede-Nichols, D.M.D., M.H.L., M.P.H.

Dentistry Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Joseph J. Rousso, M.D.

Facial Plastic Surgery

Otolaryngology New York Eye and Ear Infirmary – Mount Sinai New York, New York

Evan R. Ransom, M.D.

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

San Francisco, California

Shaun C. Desai, M.D.

Facial Plastic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Maryland

Matthew D. Johnson, M.D.

Facial Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery, Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery and Head & Neck Surgery Chatham, Illinois

Rahul Seth, MD.

Board Certified in Pediatric Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery University of California, Department of Otolaryngology Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology

We would also like to thank the 175 volunteers

who traveled with us in 2017!

We are most grateful to their service and dedication!

Manoj Abraham, MD

Rina Abrams, SLP

Ankur Agrawal, DMD

Catherine Ahn, MD

Aaron Ajeti, CST

Rand Alamat, MA

Sean Alemi, MD

Rachel Aliotta, MD

Robert Arbuckle, DDS

Marleny Arbuckle, Team Assistant

Diane Augustine, RN

William “Jay” Austen, MD

Annemarie Austin, RN

Elizabeth Beals, RN

Emily Beck, SLP Student

Shari Berkowitz, CCC- SLP

Heather Bertrum, RDH

Allyson Biordi, SLP

Linda Biron, RN

Luis Blanco, DDS

Cheryl Bline, MD

Douglas Borg, MD

Gina Borg, Team Assistant

Michelle Bruggeman, CRNA

Lucas Bryant, MD

Dana Buffin, Team Administrator

Heleln Buhler, CCC-SLP

Patrick Bullot, Team Administrator

Frances Buono, RN

Christian Cansino, CRNA

Lisa Caramico, MD

Vincent Carrao, DDS

Dora Castillo, RN

Jairo Castillo, MD

Amparo Castillo, Team Assistant

Andrea Castillo, Team Assistant

Nina Censoplano, DO

Norman Chan, MD

Sree Chirumamilla, MD

Wesley Clark, MD

Manuel Corripio, MD

Kathleen Crowell, CRNA

Russell DeMailly, RN

Bharati Desai, MD

Shaun Desai, MD

Lianne deSerres, MD

Ashley DeValdenebro, MD

Margaret DiStassio, RN

Christiana Dittmann, Team Photographer

Daniel Dragone, MD

Ivonne Duarte, DDS

Barbara Duffy, RDH

Diane Ede-Nichols, DMD

Maureen Ercole, RN

Lauren Erickson, RN

Sheryl Fedor, RN

David Fenner, MD

Maureen Fink, RN

Keely Fink, RN

Eliasser Florentino, CST

Mark Foglietti, MD

Alanna Fostyk, DO

Shawn Frantz, Paramedic

Deborah Fritz, RN

Syma Funt, Team Photographer/Assistant

Gennadiy Fuzaylov, MD

Mayte Garcia, SLP Student

Amanda Gelineau, MD

Anna Gemmo, RN

Robert Gilman, DMD

Carolina Giraldo, DMD

Clare Golden, CRNA

Francy Gomez, RN

Jossy Gramajo, SLP Student

Robert Greenberg, MD

Laurie Gronowski, RN

George Guess, RN

Song Ey Hahn, RN

Daniel Hall, DMD

Jennifer Haug, CRNA

Mary Hayden, RN

Natalie Hecht, RN

William Heckman, MD

Samuel Helman, MD

Tara Hilton, RNP

Ysabella Hincapie-Gara, SLP

Richmond Hung, DDS

Jenita Isaac, CST

Andrew Jacono, MD

Bahram Jahanbakhsh, MD

Inad Janineh, DO

Jouliana Janineh, DO

Matthew Johnson, MD

Natalia Kartholl, SLP Student

Gregory Keiser, DMD

Michael Kellis, DO

Susan Ketigian, RN

Leslie Kim, MD

Tai Sik Kim, MD

James Kyle, DO

Quynh Le, MD

Joyce Lee, DDS

Lobsang Lhungay, MD

Jamie Lhungay, Team Assistant

Richard Libutti, CRNA

Kim Lutgring, RN

Rebecca Lynch, Translator

Melanie Malone, MD

Stephan Marcelin, RN

Kristina Martin, Team Assistant

Nelson Wayne Martin, MD

Donna Matcham, RN

Kathleen McGovern, Team Administrator

Kevin McGovern, Team Co-Administrator

Tara McRae, RN

Flavia Mercado, MD

Lindsay Meyer, SLP

Kristyn Minnick, CRNA

Justine Moe, DDS

Jacki Morrison, Team Administrator

Augustine Moscatello, MD

Steven Nargiso, Team Administrator

Lindsay Naylor, CCC-SLP

Huy Nguyen, MD

John Nichols, MD

Melissa Nickas, RN

Paulo Oliveira, DDS

Vidas O’Reilly-Shah, MD

Howard Otty, Team Assistant

Marc Pan, DDS

Kate Pettorini, RN

Nicole Pounds, CRNA

Taylor Priest, SRNA

Otoniel Puerto, MD

Evan Ransom, MD

Prasanna Ravuri, DDS

Jessica Richman, RN

Kasi Rocha, RN

Steven Roser, DMD

Joseph Rousso, MD

Sara Runnels, DMD

Jennifer Russell, NP

Robert Ryan, Team Photographer/ Assistant

Irim Salik, MD

Harry Salinas, MD

Ian Sando, MD

Melissa Santiago, CST

Kimberly Saussy, Team Administrator

Jamee Schelin, RN

Michael Schiffman, DMD

Richard Schneider, RN

Lee Scott, RN

Rahul Seth, MD

Karen Ann Simmons, RN

Yaduram Singh, RN

Ava Smolen, RN

Samara Sobh, ORT

Sophie Sok-Tyong, Team Assistant

Rene Solorzano, CerAT

David Stagliano, Team Assistant

Kevin Standley, CST

Vinette Stegura, RDH

Lauren Sundquist, CST

Kristine Teets, SLP

Hanae Tokita, MD

Rebecca Trimarchi, DA

Christine Valigore, RN

Maritza Vargas, DA

Christine Verna, MD

Jordan Virbalas, MD

Carolyn Wendler, Team Co-Administrator

Mei-Ling Wong, NP

Bibi Yasin, CST

Shaun Young, DMD

Zhong Zheng, MD

Won't you please make a year-end gift so more children can be helped?