Milestones T h e d e p a r t me n t h e a d Dr. N.Panchavarnam was one of the 12 surgeons in the world and one of the five surgeons from India, selected and honored with the prestigious “ S MI L E T R A I N H E R O AWARD� at Baltimore, USA. We have received Leading Plastic surgeons fro m USA and Israel, and other parts of the world who visite d MMHRC under the Smile Train Medical E x c h a n g e P r o g r a mme .
Plastic Surgery
T he Department of Plastic Surgery has evolved T a world-class plastic surgical centre over the last one year. It has been recognized as a centre of excellence in cleft surgery. In the Department of plastic surgery we are doing all cases coming under the Smile Train Project and also the other plastic surgery cases. We have got a
Introduction
state of the art operation theatre dedicated for plastic surgical cases only. Last year, there is an increase in the number of cosmetic surgical cases in our department, reflect ing the increased awareness of aesthetic surgery in the society.
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