Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon Travels the World with Operation Smile Treating Facial Deformities
With more than 20 years experience as a practicing plastic surgeon in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dr. J. Gregory Kjar augments his time spent helping people cosmetically enhance their appearance by giving his services to Operation Smile, a non-profit organization helping poor children across the globe attain reconstructive surgery for cleft lip, cleft palate, and other conditions.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) June 30, 2009 -- Dr. J. Gregory Kjar has spent more than 20 years helping Salt Lake City plastic surgery patients. Educated and trained at some of the most prestigious and respected medical institutions in the United States, including the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Kjar has made a career of helping people achieve the look they want, from minor skin rejuvenation procedures to major aesthetic enhancement surgeries such as facelift and breast augmentation. But Dr. Kjar doesn’t just help those who want to recontour their bodies or revitalize their appearance – he also lends his considerable skills and experience in reconstructive surgery to children and young adults around the world who need correction of such conditions as cleft lip and cleft palate.
Along with his wife Sue, a speech therapist, Dr. Kjar has been involved with an organization called Operation Smile, a non-profit group that organizes medical missions to countries all over the world. Since 1988, Dr. Kjar has spent countless hours volunteering and has lead many teams into areas where children are in need of reconstructive surgical procedures, including goodwill campaigns to Brazil and the Philippines. Dr. Kjar utilizes years of experience in reconstructive and plastic surgery, coupled with top training in craniofacial and plastic surgery he received at the Mayo Clinic to repair cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities free-of-charge for indigent young people. These surgeries not only give much-needed care to those who either can’t afford it or do not have access to it, it provides them with an enhanced appearance and, hopefully, a greater self-esteem. Dr. Kjar is one of thousands of medical volunteers around the world who participate in Operation Smile’s mission to bring treatment to those in need.
Operation Smile has helped more than 130,000 children and young adults with facial deformities since 1982. Founded by plastic surgeon Dr. William P. Magee Jr. and his wife, Kathleen, a nurse and social worker, the worldwide children’s medical charity has a presence in 51 countries and operates more than 25 International Medical Missions a year. Operation Smile gives full medical evaluations to an average of 300-500 children over a two-week period, and surgically treats an average of 100 to 150 children. The organization also conducts conferences, workshops, and other programs to give educational opportunities to doctors who live within partner countries that can help meet the needs of healthcare workers and local facilities. Dr. Kjar says being involved with Operation Smile is an extraordinary part of his life. "I have learned so much from Dr. Magee and Kathy. I have enjoyed their spirit of devotion to these children."
Dr. J. Gregory Kjar is a board certified Salt Lake City, Utah plastic cosmetic surgeon. In addition to his training at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Kjar received his medical education from the University of Utah Medical School, as well as Providence, Mt. Carmel, and Sinai Hospitals in Michigan. Dr. Kjar holds medical privileges at Davis Medical Center, Mountain West Surgical Center, Lakeview Hospital, and LDS Hospital.
For more information on Salt Lake City cosmetic surgery or reconstructive surgery, Dr. Kjar’s office is located at 1551 Renaissance Towne Drive, Suite #360, Bountiful, UT, 84010 – (801) 295-9105.
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