Operation Smile
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Operation Smile is a nonprofit medical service organization founded in 1982 by William P. Magee Jr. and his wife Kathleen (Kathy) S. Magee. It is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Formation | 1982; 42 years ago (1982) |
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Founders | William P. Magee Jr. Kathleen S. Magee |
Type | Nonprofit |
Purpose | Humanitarian, Activism, and Education |
Headquarters | Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
William P. Magee Jr. | |
Kathleen S. Magee | |
Website | www.operationsmile.org |
In addition to providing cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide, Operation Smile works as the world's leading non-governmental organization on reducing the occurrence of cleft lips and palates worldwide.
Operation Smile has provided over 400,000 surgeries for children and young adults born with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities in over 60 countries since 1982, at no cost to the recipients.[1] As of 2022, Operation Smile provides on-going care around the world at 38 smile centers.[2] In 2022, Operation Smile conducted 151 surgical programs in 28 countries. Most of these programs were led by local medical volunteer teams operating under stringent safety protocols.
In the same year, Operation Smile provided approximately 40,000 patients with more than 151,000 specialty consultations, including surgical and comprehensive care services like dentistry, orthodontics, nutrition, speech therapy, and psychiatries.[3]