Orosurgery’s Dr. Gerald Geldzahler, a renowned maxillofacial and oral surgeon in Livingston, will return to Peru on April 24, 2015 to join a group of dedicated nurses, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, and other surgeons for a second medical mission sponsored by Healing the Children, Northeast. The mission will focus on the surgical correction of cleft lip and palates for underprivileged children. In the previous year’s mission, Dr. Geldzahler recalls the strong emotions of the first day, which was set aside for patient screening. “Seeing all those children with facial deformities in one room is overwhelming. You just have to choke back the tears and proceed,” said Dr. Geldzahler. In that mission, the group performed 64 surgeries over a period of four and a half days. Mission volunteers shouldered their own travel expenses, while carrying 2 bags of instruments and supplies each, and only bringing the mere necessities of personal items.
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