Fresh Start Surgical Gifts \u2014 a local nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantaged infants,\u00a0children, and teens with physical deformities through the gift of free reconstructive surgery and other\u00a0healthcare services \u2014 celebrated its 10th year at Rady Children\u2019s Hospital with 600 free-of-cost surgeries\u00a0provided for kids with physical deformities.\u00a0
\nFresh Start was founded in 1991 by the late Dr. Dennis Nigro, a renowned San Diego plastic surgeon, to\u00a0provide quality surgical and medical care for children. Since opening its free-standing state-of-the-art clinic at\u00a0the campus of Rady Children\u2019s Hospital in 2009, Fresh Start has provided medical care valued at over $20\u00a0million for 600 patients through the Fresh Start Surgical Gifts Medical Program.
\nFresh Start hosts six Surgery Weekends annually where world-renowned plastic and craniofacial surgeons\u00a0donate their time to provide free surgery for kids in need of reconstructive procedures at the Fresh Start\u00a0Clinic. The organization treats cosmetic and physical deformities caused by birth defects, accidents, abuse or\u00a0disease, and are in need of medical care. Fresh Start also treats common conditions that cause low self-esteem among children, including but not limited to: scars or birthmarks, misshapen ears, and Strabismus\u00a0(crossed eyes).
\nFor more information, visit\u00a0freshstart.org.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts \u2014 a local nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantaged infants,\u00a0children, and teens with physical deformities through the gift of free reconstructive surgery and other\u00a0healthcare services \u2014 celebrated its 10th year at Rady Children\u2019s Hospital with 600 free-of-cost surgeries\u00a0provided for kids with physical deformities.\u00a0 Fresh Start was founded in 1991 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":290474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Fresh Start Surgical Gifts celebrates 10 years at Rady Children\u2019s Hospital","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}