“life is abundant and only when you are so full inside you have the desire to share  your over flowing internal abundance”

My name is Dr. Manuel Gutierrez and I have over 13 years of Board Certified Plastic Aesthetic & reconstructive surgeon experience. I graduated from medical school in Tijuana Mexico in 1992 and moved to Mexico City where I complete The residency of General Surgeon for 3 years in “La Raza Medical Center” In 1995 I began the 3 years residency in Plastic Aesthetic & reconstructive surgeon in “General Hospital”. As soon as I graduated, I got my board certification by the Mexican board of plastic aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, which I have renewed my certification every 5 years.

In May 1998, I arrived to my natal city of Tijuana, where I began my private practice. Since then, I have had the opportunity to take care of patients from all over the world. My practice consists of 90% cosmetic surgery and 10% of reconstructive surgery.

In 2002 I joined the Rotary Club in the Otay Club in Tijuana where I was nominated President of 2004. One of our projects was to begin the cleft and lip palate surgery for children of families in need. Since then, my associate Dr. Alfredo Harris Dominguez (14 years of experience in plastic surgery and my best friend) and I we had the opportunity to perform over 100 surgical procedures in children with no financial means.

In my years of private practice many patients have found out that we perform this type of procedures and have shown interest in sponsoring children in need.

A surgery like this can be performed with a minimal cost of only $400 ($200 will go for the expenses of anesthesia and anesthesiologist, and $200 for medications, material, sutures, and disposable equipment). The rest of the staff donates their time, dedication, support and assistance for the children and there families.

Life has been granted for my family and I to decide to begin this foundation where any patient that has the need to give can sponsor a surgery for a children and family in need. There is currently a large demand for these type of procedures, so I have decided to donate $400 from every patient that has a surgical procedure where they spend more than $5,000 in cosmetic surgery. It will give a sense of meaning  for any patient considering cosmetic surgery, and at the same time the patients are grateful for their procedures and will write a testimonial letter and video to there sponsor.

I will post  pictures of the patients who are making a donation, and next to it a before and after picture  video clip and the evolution of this children’s and a gratitude letter from the children and family members. In the event this children in particular need a subsequent procedure the sponsor will have the chance to continue sponsoring forded procedures for the same children.

Depending on the severity of the affection and the extension of the clef and lip palate this will depend on the number of require procedure usually require multiple procedures in there life: closing of the lip at 10 weeks of birth, close of the palate at 18 months, correction of scars, speech therapy procedures before they get in to school 5 to 6 years or age. And a reconstructive nose operation at 15 years old.

If you want to make a comment or participate in sponsoring any child  in need, you can do so by sending us your information and a comment.

Sponsors for clef and lip palate children: