“Smiles for Nagamangala”
Karnataka , India
August 25 – September 8, 2007

 The team of about thirty volunteers will provide free cleft lip and cleft palate surgery to indigent children from the central part of southern India .  We expect to provide more than 150 surgical procedures for more than 100 children.  It is supported by Rotary District 7450 in Southeastern Pennsylvania and sponsored by Rotaplast International.   Anyone interested in supporting the team should contact the Mission Director, Daniel Bronson at danbronson@epix.net.  

Team Members as of May 19, 2007  

Medical Team Leader: 

Dr Sibrand Schlegel, The Netherlands  
  

Surgeons:

Dr Jann Johnson , California  
Dr Sanjay Saraf , India
 
  
Anesthesiologists:  

Dr Srikanthan Kandasamy, Arkansas
Dr Jonathan Carlson,
California
Dr Chris Haas, California
Dr Raja Rama Mohana Rao Palvadi, Arkansas  
  

Pediatricians:   

Dr Kum Kum Soon Bhasin,  California 
Dr Sareena Jaspal, California  
  

Nurses: 

Kathleen Deming, Colorado 
Carmen Ando, Texas
Joseph Fisherkeller, Illinois     
Patricia Lowell, Arizona     
Charles Tilley, New York 
Luisa Mangalindan Poquiz, California
 
  

Genetics:  

Marie Tolarova, California
Sheetal Kiranrao Patil, California
                        Miroslav Tolar, California  
  

Non-Medical Volunteers:

Dede Carruthers, Pennsylvania
Joel Chesney,
Pennsylvania
Chris Doyle, Pennsylvania
James Freeze, Pennsylvania
Lew Hill
, Pennsylvania
Jack Holefelder, Pennsylvania
Ron Moyer, Pennsylvania
Vasanth Prabhu, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Spradlin, Pennsylvania

Rosalie Wells, Pennsylvania  
  

Mission Director:  Daniel Bronson, Pennsylvania  

                                                            

Rotaplast International

  • International service project of hundreds of Rotary Clubs

  • Rotaplast is a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization of Rotarians 

  • Provider of surgery for cleft lip and cleft palate to poor children in other countries

  • Since 1993 over 10,000 children received curative reconstructive surgery

  • Countries hosting Rotaplast include Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Vietnam, China, Romania, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, India, and the Philippines

 

Contact the Rotaplast Committee Or Rotaplast International

Jack & Faith Holefelder, Chair Rotaplast International
108-B Old Pennell Road

1663 Mission Street, Suite 320

Media, PA 19063 San Francisco, CA 94103
610-859-3803 (H) 415-252-1111 
610-5653677 (F) 415-252-1211 (F) 
jackh@delcochamber.org        faithh@delcochamber.org info@rotaplast.org

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Suggestions, comments or praise     
Contact Rick Berger   
   

Last Updated May 19, 2007