Educational Exchanges and University Partnerships

Operation Smile offers educational exchange programs to in-country medical professionals through partnerships with leading academic institutions. In order to offer training in new and advanced techniques, Operation Smile pairs in-country teams of physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals with faculty from prestigious universities across the globe. These Operation Smile sponsored opportunities include the Visiting Professor and Visiting Scholar programs, short and long term observerships and clinical training in a supervised environment. Programs can take place in the University partner’s facility, in the participant’s home country or in both.

Partners In Education

American Heart Association
Chang Gung Hospital and University
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Duke University
George Washington University
The Hospital for Sick Children/ University of Toronto
Old Dominion University
Penn State University
Southern Illinois University
University of Maryland
University of Rome
University of Southern California
Yale University

Exchange Disciplines

Anesthesia
Child Life Psychology
Dentistry
Nursing
Pediatrics
Plastic Surgery
Speech Pathology