Creating Smiles, Improving Lives

In triage, Dr. Quint Barnes and RN Katherine Tomeny perform a pre-surgical assessment as the patient’s mother looks on.

Four-month-old Jairo Campos Treso is lookin’ good.

Translator Maria Ugarte has fun with a young patient.

Volunteer Gloria Matthews entertains little Jairo prior to his surgery.

Craniofacial surgeons Dr. Sean Hill (left) and Dr. Ray Harshbarger are studying a patient’s pre-surgical plans in OR 3.

CRNA Tanja Abercrombie and anesthesiologist Dr. Mary Zavala administer anestheisa.

Anesthesiologist Dr. Russell McAllister checks a patient monitor in the operating room.

Plastic surgeons Dr. Mahlon Kerr (left) and Cameron Craven work together on a procedure in OR 2.

Plastic surgeons Dr. John McFate (left) and Dr. Ned Snyder perform surgery in OR 1.

Anesthesiologist Dr. John Hatridge is at work in OR 1.

A family affair: Anesthesia team leader Dr. Keller Matthews and his daughter, Gloria, share a moment between cases.

Catching a little shut-eye…

Scrub tech Norma Canchola assists Dr. John McFate and Dr. Ned Snyder during a procedure.

In the arms of RN Emilia Harris, a patient finds comfort in the recovery room.

RN Maria Flores (left) and RN Mayuri Patel tend to a patient in the recovery room.

As surely as the sun sets on one day of the mission, it will rise again on tomorrow’s.