Operation San Jose
Operation San Jose provides free cleft lip and palate repair to indigent children in Mexico, Central, and South America. These children might not ever receive corrections of their deformities due to the lack of facilities, medical staff, and funding in their native countries.
Dedicated health professionals from Operation San Jose have volunteered to provide this free surgical care for the past 24 years. The team provides all the necessary supplies, equipment, personnel, and medications needed to perform these surgeries. Lives of needy children in Latin America are changed due to the volunteers who donate their time and the donors whose contributions help ensure the continued success of this project. All proceeds benefit Operation San Jose Project. Operation San Jose is a board-designated fund of CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare
OPERATION SAN JOSE PROJECT
P.O. Box 1919
Houston, Texas 77251-1919
(713) 756-4041 telephone
(713) 756-4414 facsimile
Our Mission
Since 1983, Operation San Jose Project has been providing free cleft lip and palate repair to indigent children in Mexico, Central, and South America. These children might not otherwise receive correction of their deformities due to a lack of facilities, medical staff, or funding. The Operation San Jose Team seeks to restore the dignity and self-esteem of these children. We believe that every child deserves to face the world with a smile!
Dedicated health professionals from Operation San Jose volunteer to provide this free surgical care. The Operation San Jose Team consists of four attending plastic surgeons, two senior residents, two anesthesiologists, a pediatrician, four surgical nurses, two recovery room nurses, and several volunteer helpers. Operation San Jose provides all the necessary supplies, equipment, medications, and personnel needed to perform these surgeries.
Operation San Jose serves a threefold purpose. First and foremost, the program provides medical and surgical intervention for children suffering from cleft lip and palate deformities. Secondly, Operation San Jose permits a cultural exchange of ideas and medical information. The Operation San Jose Team is always open to collaborate with our innovative hosts. Medical staff in underpriviledged and developing countries have the opportunity to learn advanced medical techniques. Each trip is always at the invitation of local medical authorities in the host country and serves to increase good will. Finally, this program provides experience for surgeons in training. Senior plastic surgery residents can perfect and refine their skills in facial reconstruciton under the direct supervision of an attending plastic surgeon. This program is not research dependent. Immediate results are brought about through the gift of surgical intervention.
Lives of needy children in Latin America are changed due to the volunteers who donate their time and the donors whose contributions help to ensure the continued success of this project.
Operation San Jose is a non-profit Board Designated Fund of CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare. Ernest D. Cronin, M.D. is the Founder and Medical Director of Operation San Jose.
Ernest D. Cronin, M.D. is the Founder and Medical Director of Operation San Jose Project. Dr. Cronin is board certified in plastic surgery and has been teaching plastic surgery residents since 1978. In addition, Dr. Cronin is the Medical Director of the Cronin & Brauer Cleft Palate and Facial Reconstruction Clinic here in Houston, TX. This Clinic also functions as a CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare entity and serves to provide children here in Houston free consultations and treatment planning from a multi-disciplinary team.
Mission Trips - Locations Served by Operation San Jose
Dates Location
1983 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1984 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1985 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1990 Villahermosa, Mexico
1991 Villahermosa, Mexico
1992 Villahermosa, Mexico
1993 Caracas, Venezuela
1994 Leon, Nicaragua
1995 Arequipa, Peru
1996 Babahoyo, Ecuador
1997 Arequipa, Peru
1998 Huancayo, Peru
1999 Villahermosa, Mexico
2000 Arequipa, Peru
2001 Mazatlan, Mexico
2002 Lima, Peru
2003 Chihuahua, Mexico
2004 Chihuahua, Mexico
2005 Sucre, Bolivia
2006 Zihuatanejo, Mexico
2007 Armenia, Colombia
2008 Armenia, Colombia
2009 Villahermosa, Mexico
Telephone: 713.756.4041
Email: Leticia Lopez
Mailing Address:
Operation San Jose Project
P.O. Box 1919
Houston, TX 77251-1919
The Cronin & Brauer Facial Clinic Houston, Texas
Dr. Cronin is the Medical Director of the Cronin & Brauer Cleft Palate and Facial Reconstruction Clinic here in Houston, TX. This Clinic also functions as a CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare entity and serves to provide children here in Houston free consultations and treatment planning from a multi-disciplinary team.
The Cronin & Brauer Clinic is located at:
1315 St. Joseph Parkeway, Suite 920
Houston, TX 77002
To make an appointment please call: 713.951.0400
