Volunteer to Help Children with Cleft Lips
At Operation Smile, our volunteer network makes a difference in the lives of children everyday. Our volunteers reach out to each child, generously offering their time, their knowledge and their skills to assist in raising funds and awareness, or to participate on our medical teams.
New Medical Volunteers
Medical mission volunteers must be credentialed by Operation Smile prior to joining a mission. If you have not been credentialed by Operation Smile, please fill out the Medical Volunteers Online Application Request.
Credentialed Operation Smile Medical Volunteers
If you are already a credentialed Operation Smile medical volunteer, please review the Needs list below for our upcoming missions. If your specialty is listed and you would like to volunteer on a mission, check our volunteer opportunities and send an e-mail to the appropriate mission coordinator.
- Plastic Surgeon
- Anesthesiologist
- Pediatrician
- Pediatric Intensivist
- Biomedical Technician
- Speech Pathologist
- Child Life Specialist
- Dentist
- Nursing
*Some mission sites require night nurse staffing by pre/post nurses during surgery week.
Medical Students
Operation Smile is pleased to offer medical mission opportunities to medical students in their final year. This year’s (July 2008- August 2009) missions have been filled.
Applications for the medical missions in the first term (September 09 – February 09) are due June 1, 2009. Applications for medical missions in the second term (March 2010 – August 2010) are due December 1, 2009.
Operation Smile receives thousands of medical student inquiries for about 20 positions available annually. Applications postmarked after this date and incomplete applications will not be considered. Priority will be given to applicants that have a background with Operation Smile either through a partnering University or involvement with Operation Smile student club activities.
For the 2008-2009 application, click here. More information on this observational only role is available in the application.
For inquiries, please contact Christabelle Fernandez at
