international surgical campaigns
Smile Network International relies on the generous time and talents of volunteer medical professionals to provide life-changing surgeries throughout the world. The following volunteer positions are staffed for each surgical campaign: Plastic Surgeon, Pediatrician, Anesthesia Provider, Ward Nurse, PACU Nurse, OR Nurse, and Medical Records.
Campaigns are staffed up to two years in advance.
Past Surgical Campaigns
Mexico City, Mexico : March 31-April 8, 2023
Acapulco, Mexico: May 5-13, 2023
Ajijic, Mexico: May 10-18, 2024
Upcoming Surgical Campaigns
Ajijic, Mexico: 2025
medical missions blog
There are so many reasons people give their time and talents. In their own words, learn why our efforts are so impactful to the medical personnel who help us deliver life-changing procedures to children and families they’ve never met.
A New Beginning for Kelly
A New Beginning for Kelly Kelly and her parents embarked on a long, arduous journey, traveling hundreds of miles across Mexico to their destination: Mexico City. It was 2023, and they were headed to a Smile Network surgical campaign site in hopes that Kelly would be eligible for a life-changing transformative surgery to repair her […]
Smile by Larry Kolczak
Back in January, 2023, I read a life-altering article in the Guadalajara Reporter. The article, by Dale Hoyt Palfrey, described a medical project that would be conducted in the Lake Chapala area from May 11-16, 2024.