Operation Smile

Operation Smile
Formation1982 (1982)
FoundersWilliam P. Magee Jr.
Kathleen S. Magee
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersVirginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
William P. Magee Jr.
Kathleen S. Magee
Websitewww.operationsmile.org

Operation Smile is a nonprofit medical service organization founded in 1982 by husband and wife William P. Magee Jr. and Kathleen (Kathy) S. Magee. It is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

In addition to providing cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide, Operation Smile works as a non-governmental organization to reduce the occurrence of cleft lips and palates worldwide.

Operation Smile has provided over 350,000 surgeries for children and young adults born with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities in over 60 countries since 1982, at no cost to the recipients.[1] As of 2022, Operation Smile provided on-going care around the world at 38 smile centers.[2]

  1. ^ "Dr. Bill Magee - Operation Smile". Disruptor Awards. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  2. ^ "2022 Annual Report | Operation Smile". www.operationsmile.org. Retrieved 2024-05-01.

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