SHREWSBURY, NJ –The Plastic Surgery Center today announced that Dr. Andrew Elkwood, together with Dr. Saad A. Saad, were selected by the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) to lead a medical mission to East Jerusalem to provide highly specialized surgical care to underprivileged Palestinian children. Dr. Elkwood, selected for his unique expertise in advanced reconstruction, and Dr. Saad, a highly skilled pediatric surgeon, will also provide training to local doctors and nurses.
The medical mission will begin on March 27th and take place at Makassed Hospital on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. Over the last few years, the PCRF has brought several injured or ailing Palestinian children to the U.S. for Dr. Elkwood and Dr. Saad to treat. This marks the doctors’ first mission to the Middle East.
“I am honored to be making this trip, and am pleased to be able to provide highly specialized care to children in need,” said Dr. Elkwood, a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in unique operations involving nerve transplantation and complex reconstruction. Dr. Elkwood practices at the Plastic Surgery Center and serves as Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Monmouth Medical Center. Dr. Saad is a board certified pediatric surgeon at Monmouth Medical Center and Chairman of Pediatric Surgery at Jersey Shore Medical Center.
The Plastic Surgery Center in Shrewsbury, NJ is comprised of surgeons who perform a number of unique operations to help patients suffering from life-altering medical conditions often unaware a treatment is available. Some include:
• Paralysis resulting from accidents and strokes
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Paralyzed diaphragm/ventilator-
• Facial reanimation
• Nerve decompression for migraine headaches
For information, please visit http://www.advancedreconstruction.com .
The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) is a non-political, non-profit organization established in 1991 by concerned people in the U.S. to address the medical and humanitarian crisis facing Palestinian youths in the Middle East. The P.C.R.F. helps locate free medical care for children from the Middle East who are unable to get the necessary treatment in their homeland. For information, visit http://www.pcrf.net .
Cara Larned
Medical Marketing
The Plastic Surgery Center
535 Sycamore Avenue
Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
732-741-0970
http://www.advancedreconstruction.com
