NY Plastic Surgeon Brings Medical Team to Ecuador to Help Children with Physical Deformities

QUEENS, N.Y. - March 19, 2013 - PRLog -- Dr. Edwin Moreano, a board-certified facial cosmetic surgeon in Jackson Heights, NY and founder and co-director of Moreano World Medical Mission, a nonprofit providing free reconstructive surgeries to children born with physical deformities, will be traveling with a team of surgeons to Ecuador at the end of this month to treat about 300 low-income children suffering from medical problems that require the expertise of a plastic surgeon, ear, nose and throat surgeon, urologist and dentist.

This year’s team consists of surgeons from around the U.S.:

•   Dr. Edwin Moreano, specializing in plastic surgery (New York)
•   Dr. Ted Eisenberg, specializing in plastic surgery (Pennsylvania)
•   Dr. Dick Hoistad, specializing in ear surgery (Washington)
•   Dr.  Sandra Skuvland, specializing in nose and throat (Minnesota)
•   Dr. Kip Bodi Surgery, specializing in urology (New York)
•   Dr. Maria Herrera, specializing in dentistry (New York)
•   Dr. Rovi Berenholtz, specializing in anesthesiology (New York)
•   Dr. Jawahar Joseph D'Souza, specializing in anesthesiology (New York)
•   Dr. Paul Herger, specializing in anesthesiology (North Carolina)  
•   Dr. Marion Rowe, specializing in anesthesiology (North Carolina)  
•   Dr. Ted Eisenberg, specializing in plastic surgery (Pennsylvania)

The Mission team will also include 30 doctors, nurses and technicians from around the U.S. who are donating their time and expertise to heal those most in need.

The Moreano World Medical Mission is part of the nonprofit organization Middle of the World Foundation and been completing medical missions to Ecuador since 1999 and the Dominican Republic since 2003.  The Mission has helped thousands of children by performing free reconstructive surgery.  

About Dr. Moreano and Moreano Plastic Surgery
Moreano Plastic Surgery specializes in cosmetic procedures that enhance the face, body and breasts, as well as non-surgical skin treatments for a younger looking appearance.  In addition to serving as the chief plastic surgeon and medical director, Dr. Edwin Moreano is also the founder and co-director of the Moreano World Medical Mission, part of the non-profit Middle of the World Foundation, which every year performs free reconstructive surgeries for impoverished children in Latin America who are born with physical deformities.

Additionally, Dr. Moreano is a clinical professor at the State University of New York School of Medicine, and past chief, Department of Facial Cosmetic Surgery of the Queens- Long Island Medical Group.  Dr. Moreano’s international reputation has made him popular with media and he is frequently interviewed for television, radio and print media. Moreano Plastic Surgery is located at 37-55 91 Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372.  For more information visit www.SurgeryandArt.com or call (718) 478-2852.