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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2003;5:447.

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HOWARD W. SMITH, MD, DMD, has been training Honduran surgeons since 1995 (Figure 1). He established the first plastic and reconstructive surgery residency program in Honduras. The program is based in the Hospital Escuela in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. In 1998, Juan Carlos Funes graduated as the first Honduran-trained plastic surgeon from Dr Smith's program and currently serves as the Chief of Service. Dr Smith travels to Honduras 4 times a year to administer examinations and to train the residents in surgical correction of cleft lip and palate, other head and neck anomalies, and maxillofacial surgery. Associate faculty have included Drs Joseph Haddad and Edward Chang. The Honduran faculty includes plastic surgeons who have trained outside Honduras and have since returned to Tegucigalpa to help in the training of the residents. In his efforts, Dr Smith has emphasized the importance of training the native surgeons to undertake . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Edward W. Chang, MD, DDS
Facial Reconstructive Surgery Center
750 Welch Rd, Suite 317
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(e-mail: mdface@mac.com)