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Rush Craniofacial Center
Rush Craniofacial Center is a non-profit organization located in Chicago, Illinois. The Center's Co-Director, Alvaro A. Figueroa, has teamed with Dr. Carlos Breitfeld and Dr. Lola Arevalo of Banco de Prevision Social in Uruguay to develop a treatment protocol for managing patients with severe maxillary hypoplasia. With a treatment grant from The Smile Train, Figueroa, Brietfeld and Arevalo arranged for a group of experienced surgeons to attend a three day training program in Uruguay. 8 patients received this advanced surgery for free during the course of the program.

Alvaro A. Figueroa, DDS, Co-Director
Rush Craniofacial Center
1725 W. Harrison St. -#425
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312 563 3000
Fax: 312 563 2514

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