For many years Tony Holmes has supported Rotary by giving his time and expertise free of charge. Rotary often seek Tony’s assistance to operate on children, who are facially disfigured and who are much less fortunate than ourselves, from Australia and all over the world.
"Hemangiomas (also called strawberry birthmarks) are the most common birthmark that babies have. Most of them do not cause any problems.
In 2010 Tony Holmes was invited by the British Association of Plastic Surgery to present the annual McIndoe Lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Tony was awarded the McIndoe Medal and is only the third Australian to be awarded this privilege.
Dr David Chong recently spent 10 days operating in Cambodia on a volunteer mission. Dr Chong was so moved by this experience and Cambodia's people that he has reflected on this experience below.
Ozcleft is a new and exciting project at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. The project aims to uncover new genetic causes of cleft lip and palate.
Dr John Meara is Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Harvard Children’s Hospital in Boston. He is also a Director of the Jigsaw Foundation.
The Board of the Jigsaw Foundation and associated doctors wishes to thank Rod Baker of Studiobaker and his students for their very generous donations.
Bret Conolly is the father of a young boy who was born with a cleft, lip and palate. So in awe of the surgeons was he that he felt he needed to do something productive to give back. So was born the Car Project.
Dr Tony Holmes was recently interviewed by Grant McArthur and the Herald Sun. This interview was based around the operation of Isaac – a beautiful little 1 year old boy – who has endured more in his brief lifetime than any child should have to.