Dr. William P. Magee, Jr., D.D.S., M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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, a leading plastic and craniofacial surgeon, founded Operation Smile

Operation Smile

Operation Smile is a not-for-profit medical service organization based in Norfolk, Virginia , founded in 1982. A secular NGO, the children's medical charity provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide, assists countries in reaching self-sufficiency with these surgeries, and...

 in 1982, with his wife, Kathleen S. Magee, B.S.N., M.Ed., M.S.W., and serves as the organization's Chief Executive Officer. Operation Smile is a private, non-profit volunteer medical services organization providing reconstructive surgery

Reconstructive surgery

Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body, although Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons and Otolaryngologists do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer.Other...

 and related health care

Health care

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 to indigent children and young adults in developing countries and the United States

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In addition to leading the organization as CEO, Dr. Magee also trains international physicians in craniofacial techniques through Operation Smile's annual Physician's Training Program. In 1999, the Magees envisioned and launched World Journey of Hope '99, the largest surgical mission in history dedicated to correcting facial deformities among some of the world's neediest children. The nine-week mission, the first-ever of its kind, transformed the lives of more than 5,300 children and young adults in 17 developing countries and in 10 cities across the United States.

Biography

Dr. Magee attended medical school

Medical school

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 at George Washington University

George Washington University

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. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

American Board of Plastic Surgery

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 and specializes in cleft lip, cleft palate, craniofacial deformities, and hemangioma

Hemangioma

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s. He is currently employed at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

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, and simultaneously runs his practice, Magee-Rosenblum Plastic Surgery, in Norfolk, Newport News, and Chesapeake, Virginia

Virginia

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Awards and honors

Dr. Magee's work on behalf of children around the world has led to the receipt of numerous awards and honors, including:

• Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
  Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
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  - 1996
• Servants of Peace Award - 1997
• Golden Plate Award - 1999
• Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
  Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
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  - 2001
• Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for Exceptional Endeavors of Outstanding Moral and Humanitarian Value
  Antonio Feltrinelli Prize
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  - 2001
• Frank Annunzio
  Frank Annunzio
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  Award - 2002
• Medical Mission Hall of Fame induction - 2003
• The Humanitarian Rose Award - 2004
• President's Call to Service Award - 2007