95 - Mending Kids: Critical surgical care for sick children

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 5:47 a.m.

I'm joined by Dr. Andre Panossian (Plastic Surgeon and his wife Jill Simonian, The CEO of Mending Kids Isabelle Fox, and patient Stephanie Jacinto.
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\n\n\nMending Kids is working in 64 countries (including the US).\xa0 Dr. Andre Panossian whose specialty is facial paralysis has been on multiple missions. He just got back from Armenia.\xa0
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\n\n\nHe also does the Mending Kids Hometown Mission where a group of surgeons volunteer for a day in LA doing 18 outpatient surgeries in one day). And he\u2019s also on the MK Board.\xa0
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\n\n\nWife Jill Simonian & their kids accompanied him to Armenia. She\u2019s also a volunteer extraordinaire &\xa0 fundraiser for MK.\xa0
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\n\n\nIsabelle Fox is the Executive Director for Mending Kids. She started as a volunteer and has been on upwards of 40 missions.\xa0
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\n\n\nStephanie Jacinto Patient 20 years old. Patient from HomeTown Mission (Hometown mission surgeries are for people or procedures that fall through the cracks. Not like the life-saving procedures we do around the world)\xa0
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\n\n\nOn October 13, 2019, Mending Kids hosts a fundraising hike. "Hike to Mend" is a 5-mile hike to illustrate the distance most of our patients & parents must walk to find medical care.
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\n\n\nFor more information about 'Mending Kids,' visit https://www.mendingkids.org.
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\nPodcast Producer: Oscar Flores
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Theme Music: DJ Reaper
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