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Dear Dr. Hochman,

I am a Turkish citizen from Istanbul and I read about your great help to Batuhan. I wanted to thank you for your assistance to a patient who needs help while in his own country doctors were not taking enough care of him.
Best regards,

Aycha

Vascular Birthmarks Program Philippines “We Care. We Cure”

09-Apr-2009

Mission

Through an alliance of the Rotary Club of Makati West (“RCMW”), the Makati Medical
Center (“MMC”), the GMA Kapuso Foundation (“Kapuso”), and The Hemangioma Treatment Foundation of Charleston, South Carolina (“THTF”), the mission of the Program is to contribute towards the treatment of hemangiomas and other vascular birthmarks and malformations in Filipino children and young adults who are unable to afford such treatment, as well as to educate and train local physicians in the regular monitoring, counseling, and treatment of these afflictions.

“Hemangioma” refers to the most common childhood tumor, afflicting 1 in 10 children
worldwide.

The Program, spearheaded by RCMW and MMC, has been able to bring the expertise
and medical resources offered by Dr. Marcelo Hochman (MD FACS) and his team from
THTF to the Philippines. The primary focus of the Program will be to support a
philanthropically oriented series of regular missions to treat primarily the underprivileged
and to advance the medical know-how and resources available at MMC, as well as
other medical institutions in the country.

Program Launch

The five-day Program launch, from May 26 to 30, began with a series of medical training lectures at MMC’s Ledesma Hall, given by two visiting specialists from the United States.

Marcelo Hochman, M.D. – Facial Plastic Surgeon,
Hemangioma Treatment Center, St. Francis Hospital,
Charleston, South Carolina.

John Deveikis, M.D. – Professor of Radiology and
Director of Neuro-Endovascular Therapy, University of
Rochester Medical Center.

The Program continued with a two-day clinic and the treatment over three days of
twelve (12) initial cases.

.. 3 operations/excisions of hemangioma and/or venous malformation
.. 4 pulse-dye laser treatments (including on-the-spot training for MMC staff)
.. 5 sclerotherapy treatments on venous malformations

Please go to the website of the Rotary Club of  Makati West to find out more: http://www.dbsoftphil.com/rcmw/pge_projects.aspx