Medical/Surgical Program

he Grace Children's Foundation (TGCF) has been allowed rare access to orphaned and disadvantaged children in China through its Medical Program.

TGCF's Medical Program incorporates a two-pronged approach through Project Healing and Project Medical Link.

The China Children and Teenagers Fund (CCTF) will identify children in need of medical and surgical care. The children will be matched with the appropriate care through TGCF's Resource Exchange Center (REC) office in Beijing. The REC staff will coordinate their documentation and transportation and track the children's progress through their rehabilitation.

In cooperation with a network of top medical institutions TGCF has brought orphan and disadvantaged children with unique clinical needs from China to the United States for medical/surgical care through Project Healing. No one who has had the privilege of meeting or working on behalf of these children has remained untouched by their spirit and poise.

The second component in the Medical Program is Project Medical Link. The Project will connect vast numbers of children in need to medical/surgical resources on the ground in China.

TGCF is serving as the conduit to establish those links. The REC will provide the connection between the children in need and the resources on this road to healing.

Many individuals who are skilled in orthopaedics, craniofacial, cardiovascular, ophthalmic and other specialties are prepared to donate their care and expertise to the children.

TGCF has plans underway to establish a Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in China. The Center will be state of the art, enlisting medical professionals from China and all over the globe to donate their care and expertise to the children. This collaboration also becomes a learning opportunity for all involved.

TGCF past and current Project Healing partners include:

• University of Virginia Medical Center (UVA)
• UVA Craniofacial Anomalies Center
• Medical City Dallas Hospital (MCDH)
• The North Texas Hospital for Children
• The Craniofacial Center, MCDH Burns Hospital, Boston
• Houston Eye Associates Foundation
• New York University Medical Center (NYU)
• Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, NYU School of Medicine
• Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
• Shriners Hospital for Children, Shriners Burns Hospital for Children, Boston
• NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute

Medical professionals coming together to serve the children