Smile Train’s inaugural Leadership, Innovation, & Training Congress

June 22-24, 2023
Santiago, Chile
Enhancing Quality of Care

Sessions of our first Leadership, Innovation and Training Congress are now online!

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Smile Train: The importance of safety and quality within a multidisciplinary approach

Psychological considerations for individuals with cleft lip and/or palate

Dr. Roberto L. Flores, MD

Medical Advisory Board Member, Smile Train

“On behalf of Smile Train and our Scientific Committee, I would like to invite you to join the first Leadership, Innovation, & Training Congress hosted by Smile Train this June 2023 in Santiago, Chile. This three-day event will address challenges to cleft care that are pertinent to our partners in Latin America. The first day will include a pre-conference symposium in which attendees can participate in interactive, specialty-specific courses. The two main congress days will involve a general session format in which all specialties will join together to discuss cleft care challenges within Latin America in an interdisciplinary format. We look forward to seeing you in Chile for this special event.”

Susannah Schaefer

President and Chief Executive Officer, Smile Train

“Bienvenidos a todos—welcome, all, to the first Smile Train Leadership, Innovation, and Training Congress! I am honored and thrilled for this opportunity to meet and learn from so many of you, our wonderful partners from across Latin America and the Caribbean. From the very beginning, Smile Train has stood for the idea that no one knows what’s best for patients better than you, their local health providers. In that spirit, I hope you take these next three days as an opportunity to learn, talk, grow, and explore along with your peers from every corner of the region and come away with a renewed sense of joy at being part of such a special group committed to: llevarle a cada niño una sonrisa!”

Shannon Lambert

Vice President and Regional Director, Americas and Europe, Smile Train

“While Smile Train has long supported cleft congresses hosted by our association and organization partners, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all invited faculty to the inaugural Smile Train Leadership, Innovation, & Training (LIT) Congress. This Smile Train regional congress will leverage the expertise of medical professionals in the Latin America & Caribbean region as we facilitate an exchange of knowledge and clinical research.

Thanks to our dedicated treatment partners who work tirelessly to provide timely, safe, high-quality cleft care, we have much to contribute and learn from one another. Likewise, our committed staff is humbled to facilitate this convening, where together, we will continue to build an ever-shorter bridge between the excellent care our partners offer and the patients who need our help most. Thank you for joining in this new venture and in what we hope will be the first of many Smile Train congresses.”

LIT Congress Supporters

Smile Train Cleft Leadership Centers

Fundacion Gantz

BAURU

Corporate Sponsors

Dentsply Sirona

Tech Salud

Congress Chile Event Information

International Speakers

Larry Hollier Jr., MD, FACS (USA)

Smile Train Medical Advisory Board Chairman
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital

Catherine Crowley, J.D., PhD., CCC-SLP, ASHA-F (USA)

Smile Train Medical Advisory Board
Professor of Practice and Director of the Bilingual Extension Institute
Teachers College Columbia University

Alvaro Figueroa, DDS, MS (USA)

Smile Train Medical Advisory Board
Co-Director
Rush Craniofacial Center
Rush University Medical Center

Eric Hubli, MD, FACS, FAAP, FICS (USA)

Smile Train Medical Advisory Board
Medical Director of Craniofacial & Cleft Services
Cook Children's Medical Center

Martin Persson, PhD, MPH (Sweden)

Smile Train Research & Innovation Advisory Council
Professor, Psychosocial Health
Högskolan Kristianstad

Pradip Shetye, DDS (USA)

Associate Professor, Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery
Director, Craniofacial Orthodontics
Director, Craniofacial Orthodontic Fellowship Program
New York University Grossman School of Medicine

LIT Congress Scientific Committee

Roberto L. Flores, MD (USA)

Plastic Surgeon
Scientific Committee Chair
Smile Train Medical Advisory Board

Nivaldo Alonso, MD, PhD (Brazil)

Plastic & Craniofacial Surgeon
Smile Train Medical Advisory Board
Cleft Leadership Center, HRAC-USP Centrinho Bauru

Carlos Giugliano, MD (Chile)

Pediatric Plastic Surgeon
South America Medical Advisory Council Past-President
Cleft Leadership Center, Fundación Gantz

Karen Goldschmied (Chile)

Speech Language Pathologist
South America Medical Advisory Council

Rosa Helena Lacerda, Ph.D (Brazil)

Orthodontist
Brazil Medical Advisory Council

Carmen Gloria Morovic, MD (Chile)

Plastic Surgeon
South America Medical Advisory Council Vice President
Cleft Leadership Center, Fundación Gantz

Mirta Palomares, MEd (Chile)

Speech Language Pathologist
South America Medical Advisory Council
Cleft Leadership Center, Fundación Gantz

Marcia R. Pérez Dosal, MD, PhD (México)

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
Caribbean, Central America & Mexico Medical Advisory Council President

Percy Rossell Perry, PhD, FACS (Perú)

Plastic Surgeon
Smile Train Research & Innovation Advisory Council
South America Medical Advisory Council President