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The Medical Advisory Board: Commitment To Patient Safety
The World's Most Respected Cleft Medical Professionals. The Smile Train Medical Advisory Board is comprised of the best and the brightest cleft experts in the world, from maxillofacial surgeons to anesthesiologists to speech pathologists. Led by world-renowned cleft surgeon, Dr. Court Cutting, Associate Professor NYU Medical Center, this board sets the standards for safety and quality for every Smile Train partner and program.

Philip Kuo-Ting Chen, M.D.
Vice Chairman of Plastic Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Chang Gung Craniofacial Center

Court B. Cutting, M.D.
Chairman
NYU Medical Center

Linda L. D’Antonio, Ph.D.
Loma Linda University
Surgical Medical Group, Inc.

David L. Dingman, M.D.
Medical Programs Director
Interplast

Alvaro Figueroa, DDS, MS
Co-Director
Rush Craniofacial Center
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s
Medical Center- Rush University



Pictured left to right. Front row: Jan Lilja, M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D., Judy T. O’Young, M.D., Linda L. D’Antonio, Ph.D., E. Heidi Jerome, M.D. and Ethylin (Wang) Jabs, M.D.

Ethylin (Wang) Jabs, M.D.
Director CCDD
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Ian T. Jackson, M.D.
Program Director
Department of Medical Education
Providence Hospital

E. Heidi Jerome, M.D.
Associate Professor of
Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Department of Anesthesia
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Jan Lilja, M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D.
Department of Plastic Surgery
Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Joseph McCarthy, M.D.
Chairman Emeritus
Director
NYU Institute of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery

M. Samuel Noordhoff, M.D.
Supt. Emeritus & Chief of Plastic Surgery
Chang Hung Memorial Hospital

Judy T. O’Young, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
UCSF
Department of Anesthesiology
Summit Medical Center

Brian Sommerlad, M.D.
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
GT Ormond Hospital for Children

S. Anthony Wolfe, M.D.
Chief of Plastic Surgery
Miami Children's Hospital


Back row: Alvaro Figueroa, D.D.S., M.S., S. Anthony Wolfe, M.D., Court B. Cutting, M.D. (Chairman), Ian T. Jackson, M.D., Brian Sommerlad, M.D. and M. Samuel Noordhoff, M.D. (Not pictured: Philip Kuo-Ting Chen, M.D., David L. Dingman, M.D. and Joseph McCarthy, M.D., Chairman Emeritus)