Ramvishal and his mother, Radha, were both born with a cleft lip. When Radha was an infant at age one, her parents had her unilateral cleft repaired in Central India….
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Raj is a 7-month-old sweet baby with a bilateral cleft lip who came to be evaluated by the LEAP team with his mother, father and sisters. Raj also has Down’s…
Dr. Ian Mitchell, a spectacular humanitarian and talented pediatric general surgeon, re-evaluated a young patient this week. 13-year-old Rajvendra was first united with our medical team in 2013 when his father…
New to the LEAP Foundation is Pediatric Anesthesiologist Dr. Jami Eidem, who plans to travel with our team to India in February. Jami practices at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas,…
Prisha’s story is as unforgettable as her infectious smile. Her life began precariously. Prisha’s mother was severely abused by her father, even during her pregnancy. When Prisha was born with…
Depak was an eight year-old boy from India who I met during the 2013 LEAP trip to Damoh. He had extensive burn scars from an accident, which left him without…
The India mission trip was both my first mission trip with LEAP as well as my first experience in India. After months of planning and preparation and several days of…
We are completing our final surgeries this morning and then packing and praying for our patients’ quick recovery. By end of morning, we will have performed 114 surgeries – such…
One day while catching up with a friend about our kids, grandkids, and husbands’ hectic schedules, she casually mentioned in her soft sweet manner, “You really should come to India; it…
It was a privilege to care for a sixteen-year-old mother who was desperately trying to keep her six month-old son alive on our very first LEAP trip to Damoh, India…