Surgical Friends Foundation Update

Surgical Friends Foundation is excited to get ready for operating
on Patient Laura Gill on June 11th . Laura was born with a congenital
facial paralysis on the right side of her face. She lost her job and her
medical insurance a few years ago. She has not been able to find a new job
because of her illness. She cannot close her right eye because facial
paralysis. Se is constantly troubled by tearing, irritated and infected
right eye. We are excited to operate on her for free and get her started on
her new life.

Surgical Friends Foundation Mission Trip Debriefing - Angkor Hospital for Children, Cambodia

From left: Dr. Parsa, Dr. Phara, and Angkor Children’s Hospital staff with a 5 year old patient before her surgery. One of the most rewarding parts of this trip was to establish a long term relationship with the local doctors. Dr. Phara is one of the local surgeons that we worked with.

- Kami Parsa, MD

Surgical Friends Foundation Mission Trip Debriefing - Angkor Hospital for Children, Cambodia

Dr. Phara, a Cambodian surgeon at Angkor Children’s Hospital, showing a sign of gratitude for some of the donations given by Surgical Friends Foundation.

- Kami Parsa, MD

Surgical Friends Foundation Mission Trip Debriefing - Angkor Hospital for Children, Cambodia

On January 1 - 11, 2010 I traveled to Cambodia with Surgical Friends Foundation for a surgical mission trip. There I, with four other volunteer surgeons, operated on 25 children with congenital facial deformities and some land mine victims. The picture above was taken at 5:45 am, right before sunrise, at Angkor Watt temple. This is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. Yet the poverty of their country is unimaginable; an average worker in Cambodia makes less than $2 per day.

- Kami Parsa, MD