Sunday, June 9, 2013

The Cleft Palate–Craniofacial Journal Wins EXCEL Gold Award for Journal Featured Article

On June 4, 2013, Allen Press, Inc., announced that the American Cleft Palate–Craniofacial Association has been awarded the Gold EXCEL Award for a Journal Featured Article. The EXCEL Awards are bestowed upon the "finest media products and publications" in the association industry.

The title of the winning article under the category of "Journals: Feature Article" was "Cleft Lip and Palate in the Arts: A Critical Reflection.” The article was authored by Drs. Masoud Saman, Justin Gross, Alexander Ovchinsky, and Donald Wood-Smith, and published in The Cleft Palate–Craniofacial Journal, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013.

Characteristics of the article making it unique most importantly include the unique approach to the study of orofacial clefts, as the authors address how social attitudes towards those with cleft lip and/or palate have changed throughout time and also vary according to location. The piece concludes with the reassuring message on how it is possible to change perceptions and increase acceptance towards those with craniofacial anomalies.

For more on the awards see http://associationmediaandpublishing.org/PressRoom/PressRoomDisplay.asp?p1=3040&p2=Y

To read the article see http://www.cpcjournal.org/doi/full/10.1597/10-079

Sunday, June 2, 2013

PCS Making News! "Palestinian children with ear deformities have life changing operations" via Al-Arabiya

During our most recent mission (Spring 2013), Dr. John Van Aalst led a project in the West Bank to operate on 10 year old Oday Daraghmeh from Toubas, West Bank. The three surgeries were performed in order to give Oday a normal ear and to restore normal hearing, as he had microtia, a congenital deformity in which the pinna is underdeveloped.

The team of volunteer doctors was mostly from the United States, as Palestinian doctors in the area are not well-trained in plastic surgeries due to a lack of experience, resources and appropriate facilities to address such medical concerns. The team, led by Van Aalst, is training dozens of Palestinian surgeons in order to increase their competence and decrease their reliance on foreign doctors and/or Israeli hospitals.

For more details on Oday's operation: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/06/02/Palestinian-children-with-ear-deformities-have-life-changing-operations.html

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