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We’re excited to announce that the launch of the UCL Saving Faces Society held on Thursday 30th May 2019 was a huge success.
Consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon and Saving Faces trustee, Mike Simpson, and his brother Keith Simpson, give ex-paratrooper Frank Fletcher the thumbs up ahead of his first sponsored parachute jump to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
We are delighted to share the news that Saving Faces’ Research Consultant, Zbys Fedorowicz, has been appointed an honorary post as Governor at the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Two commemorative parachute drops for the 75th anniversary of D-Day (6th June 1944) are set to raise essential funds for the National Facial Oral and Oculoplastic Research Centre (NFORC), funded by Saving Faces and its partner the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS), and Special Forces veterans charity
We extend our warmest congratulations to Mr Martin Griffiths (Lead Consultant for Trauma Surgery) and the rest of the Violence Reduction Trauma Care team at The Royal London Hospital for taking home the award for Prevention and Lifestyle Team of the Year at The BMJ Awards on Wednesday 24th April
Surgeons, nurses, trainees and researchers from around the country gathered on the 9th May 2019 at the Richard Desmond Paediatric Ophthalmology Hospital, for the head & neck and oculoplastic collaborative research summit.
Our warmest congratulations to Dame Parveen Kumar DBE who took home a very special award for Outstanding Contribution to Health at The BMJ Awards 2019 on Wednesday 24th April 2019.
Kat Huggins will be running her first marathon to raise money for Saving Faces on 26th May 2019.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Iain Hutchison is available for lectures to young individuals who are exploring their career paths.
Unbeknown to our supporters, Mary was kind and generous who had been a friend of Professor Iain Hutchison and a long-term supporter of Saving Faces even from afar in Massachusetts and then Florida.
We were delighted to catch up with long-term supporter and an ex-patient of Professor Iain Hutchison, Mary Elizabeth Maloney, who shared with us her success in finishing The Camino with her husband Anthony Maloney.
Nick has recently fulfilled a lifelong ambition by publishing his first novel, The Stone of Madness, an urban fantasy/historical thriller. A second book in the series, The Quantum Engine, will be published in 2019. Nick has pledged to donate to Saving Faces for each copy of the book sold. The
Saving Faces are delighted to welcome and introduce our newest member to the team, Dr Zbys Fedorowicz. Zbys joined us at the end of October as a Research Consultant.
Huge congratulations and well done to our runner Jennifer Logan who took part in the 38th annual London Marathon for Saving Faces.
For the first lecture of the Medicine & Me seminar series, we were invited by the prestigious Royal Society of Medicine to discuss with other experts and patients about life after facial trauma, domestic violence and knife crime.
A massive thank you to all our friends and supporters for attending our annual Christmas Carols on the evening of Friday 15th of December 2017. We hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful music by the Chelsea Opera Group and their Director, Neil Bell at the beautiful setting of St Bartholomew the
13/12/2017: It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and patron Patricia Wicking has passed away. Pat had previously been treated successfully for breast cancer with surgery and radiotherapy but 2 years ago was diagnosed with cancer of the womb and despite fighting bravely
Saving Faces Chief Executive, Professor Iain Hutchison, was one of many innovative speakers at this year’s iMed Conference 9.0 2017 in Lisbon.
Gwendolen Davis. Image courtesy of Jarmila Piero On the 17th of June, Gwendolen Davis celebrated her 80th birthday by raising funds for Saving Faces! She celebrated in style with a fundraising party at the Queen Elizabeth Public House in Chingford. Seventy guests from 16 different countries were invited to a
A group of ex-art students of Somerset College of Art in the 1960’s, decided to hold an exhibition of their work and titled it the ‘Then & Now’ at the CICCIC Gallery. Whilst organising the exhibition, the students were told of the untimely death of Geoff Rigden, an abstract artist
If you think climbing up Kilimanjaro to Uhuru Peak to raise funds for schools in Africa and head and neck cancer patients is enough, think again!
A huge and hearty congratulations to our three runners, Kris Carroll, Stephanie Corns and Alex Lee who took part in the 36th London Marathon yesterday.
On Tuesday 12th April, Saving Faces rolled out the red carpet for a preview screening of “Eye in the Sky”, Alan Rickman’s last film before he died.
A massive thank you to everyone who came along to our special charity preview of Eye in the Sky last night. We’ve got some wonderful photos and videos of the evening which we’re sorting through at the moment, so check back soon.
As many of you know, our patron, Alan Rickman sadly passed away early this year. It was a great loss to all who knew and admired him, both personally and through his films. In partnership with the Phoenix Cinema in Finchley and featuring some very special guests, Saving Faces is
The 2016 London Marathon takes place on Sunday the 24th of April. We are proud to say, we have three fantastic runners who are raising money for Saving Faces.
Thank you to Beneden School in Kent who are hosting the Saving Faces Art Exhibition as part of British Science Week.
Kuldeep Rehal sadly passed away on the 29th of July after a battle with cancer. Since then his family and friends have been banding together to raise funds and awareness for Saving Faces. “It has been a difficult journey for our dad and our family, but our dad is the
Our heartiest congratulations to British filmmaker Asif Kapadia, who took home the “Best Documentary” Oscar last night for his film Amy.
Since the sad passing of our patron, Alan Rickman, kind words and messages of condolence have been arriving from near and far. This is Professor Parveen Kumar’s tribute: “I met Alan at the Saving Faces launch of the World’s 1st National Facial Oral and Oculoplastic Research Centre. Before it started
All of us at Saving Faces are devastated by the death of our wonderful patron Alan Rickman. As recently as November 2014 he launched Saving Faces National (soon to be European) Research Centre at a free public event at London’s SouthBank Arts Centre. Over 1000 people listened as in his
We are delighted to report that one of our Trustees and research collaborators, Simon Holmes, has been awarded a top prize at the annual book awards of the British Medical Association. The textbook entitled, “Atlas of Operative Maxillofacial Trauma: Primary repair of facial injuries” by Simon Holmes and Michael Perry,
♫♪♫ ‘Tis the season to be jogging, fa la la la la…. ♪♫♪ A very special thank you to our Running Santas, who took part in a 5K and 10K fun run around Victoria Park on a windy December morning.
A big thank you to all our friends and supporters who attended our annual carol concert on Friday night. Once again we were treated to some stirring renditions of traditional carols by the Chelsea Opera Group. We are eternally grateful for their continued support.
After 10 months in temporary accomodation our offices have a new more permanent home at Mile End Hospital.
A memorial service will be held for our trustee Barrie Thomas Evans FRCS, FFD, who passed away last month.
Headline News: Our Data Monitoring Committee applaud SEND recruitment. They find statistical significance in interim results and recommend trial closure to new patients, rapid publication and maintain follow up of all patients for 5 years.
Interim data collection guidance confirmed as part of transition to new supplier The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is pleased to announce the contract to manage the National Head and Neck Cancer Audit has been awarded to facial surgery research organisation Saving Faces.
We are incredibly proud to announce that two of our patrons featured in the Queen’s birthday honours list this year.
It’s been an epic journey for the Waves4Hope team. It ended on Saturday (20th of June) in spectacular fashion with a 15-hour crossing of the English Channel, waying anchor from Ramsgate on the Kentish coast at 4am and landing in Nieuwport, Holland at 8.40pm.
On May 12th, Saving Faces’ own, Iain Hutchison squared off against the formidable Maggi Hambling, as part of a series of events surrounding her latest exhibition, Maggi Hambling: War Requiem & Aftermath.
Professor Hutchison opens his home to the Telegraph for a whirlwind tour of his life in medicine, his family and what drove him to set up the charity Saving Faces.
Tambu Makinzi is a 27 year old mum of one from Zimbabwe and lives in Cape Town South Africa. She has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called chondrosacoma. This cancer has caused the cartilage in her face to grow out of control, she has already lost sight
Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts, Charles Saumarez Smith, attended the Royal Society of Medicine’s annual lecture on Art, Medicine and Society, where our very own Professor Iain Hutchison spoke about the Saving Faces art project. Read the full post here.
A hearty congratulations to our patron, Channel 4 journalist, Jon Snow who will receive this year’s BAFTA fellowship. The annual award is presented to an “individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games.” Jon now joins a prestigious list of previous recipients including, David
For those who missed out the first time, the BBC radio 4 programme, One to One with Iain Hutchison, will be re-broadcast next Tuesday the 14th of April at 9.30am. Presenter, Anita Anand speaks to the Saving Faces Chief Executive about what drove him to become a surgeon.
We are proud to report that Lord Clive Hollick has heartily agreed to become a Saving Faces patron. Lord Hollick has been a long-time supporter of Saving Faces, but after experiencing surgeons in action has decided to take a more active role.
Saving Faces own, Prof Iain Hutchison was one of the distinguished speakers at this year’s Names Not Numbers Spring Conference.
The Waves for Hope boys set things off with a bang on Friday the 20th of February. The launch party, which took place at Red Bull’s HQ was a roaring success. Over 170 people turned up to party into the early hours, raising money and awareness for cancer sufferers.
The Saving Faces Art Exhibition, a collection of over 100 portraits by artist Mark Gilbert, went on the road in 2014. Showing in Southampton, Exeter and finally Belfast.
Wednesday the 4th of February is World Cancer Day. Mouth cancers are often overlooked, and early diagnosis is essential. Do you know what to look out for?
Pioneering surgeons at The Royal London Hospital are repairing our broken cyclists. Rosamund Urwin speaks to Professor Iain Hutchison about The National Facial, Oral and Oculoplastic Research Centre (NFORC) and reconstructs their incredible stories. Read the full story here
Surgeons and researchers from around the country and beyond gathered on Wednesday, 26th of November for the official launch of the National Facial, Oral and Oculoplastic Research Centre (NFORC) in the Purcell room on London’s Southbank. World-famous actor and Saving Faces patron, Alan Rickman, officially opened the Centre, along with
We may not have taken home the top prize, but Saving Faces was one of four runners-up in the 2014 Bevan Prize for Health and Wellbeing.
Research conducted by Professor Carol Brayne, a member of Saving Faces and NFORC research advisory board, featured on the front page of the Daily Mail and the Telegraph today.
Our heart-felt congratulations to Saving Faces patron and documentary filmmaker Roger Graef, who was honoured with a special tribute by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) last week.
Why do we react to “disgusting” stimuli, the way we do? Professor Iain Hutchison joins presenter, Bridget Kendall, and a panel of experts to talk about disgust. This psychological and physiological reaction can cause undue prejudice to patients with physical deformities.
Cancer mortality rates may be dropping overall, but deaths from oral cancer are predicted to increase over the next few decades.
Researchers at Queen Mary University, London have discovered a new gene interation which may influence the development of head and neck cancers. The gene FOXM1 is well known for its involvement in cancer development, however a connection has now been shown between this gene and K15, a stem cell marker.
Saving Faces was excited to have a stand at the British Dental Association’s 2012 Conference and Exhibition. This year’s event was be held at the Manchester Central Conference Complex in the heart of the city from the 26th to the 28th of April. Over four thousand delegates are expected to
Are you ready to face the Popadom Challenge? Restaurant owner Shah Ahmed came up with a truly novel way to support Saving Faces after his Mum was diagnosed with cancer. Each Monday in April, visitors to his restaurant on Rayleigh High Street joined the competition to eat as many popadoms
The Association of Dental Practice Administrators Managers, ADAM for short, we will be supporting Facial Surgery Research Foundation – Saving Faces for the next 12 months and Saving Faces has been featured in two Newsletters.
Click on the link to read an article in the Financial Times on Helena Kennedy who is one of our patrons and wife of Professor Iain Hutchison.
“For three years, she had to put up with cruel taunts because of a condition that left her with a bright red ‘clown nose’ just weeks after she was born”Connie’s “clown nose” was a benign tumour called a haemangioma, made up of a cluster of blood vessels growing abnormally under the
After the success of last year’s Saving Faces – Sponsored Family Bike Ride, we’re back for another lap (or 20!).
Some images from the 2nd Faces Exhibition, held at Guy’s Hospital. This free exhibition will be running for one more week (til 13th May) so don’t miss your chance to come along and see this collection of wonderful and thought provoking images. Atrium 2, Bermondsey Wing, Guy’s Hospital, London Bridge,
Browse our photos from the launch of the “Faces” art exhibition on the 18th of February. Tickets are now available for “Faces 2” which is running from the 8th of April to the 13th of May at Guy’s Hospital. Tickets are available here.
Saving Faces patient, Graham Hall has been hailed as “an inspiration” in the Eversham Journal. Graham, a lorry driver from Bretforton in Worcestershire suffered from a rare form of bone cancer which left doctors with no choice but to remove his jaw. After the surgery and rounds of radiotherapy, he
The annual Life Search Charity Night Party at London’s Papermill Bar raised £6,470 (and still climbing!) for Saving Faces . Tim Heming is a Sports Journalist with The Sun and he nominated Saving Faces as the charity of the night.
Saving Faces has been involved in the treatment of a young girl with a large facial tumour. Matthew Wright follows her emotional journey as she undergoes complex surgery to have it removed. Regina’s story is featured on BBC’s Inside Out London at 7.30 on 6th December. Click to view
NHS Choices NHS Choices is the online ‘front door’ to the NHS. It is the country’s biggest health website and gives all the information you need to make choices about your health. Saving Faces’ research and patients are featured on this website. Facial Surgery My daughter had birthmark surgery
The exhibition Skin Deep at the Surgeons’ Hall Museums in Edinburgh runs from the 6th August 2010 to April 2011. It explores the effects of cosmetic changes and disfigurements to the face and looks at the historic attempts to reconstruct or alter the face to make people ‘acceptable’ in society. The
Official Photos of Saving Faces Cycle Event Now Available Saving Faces supporter and professional photographer, Scott Balfour, has generously donated his time and skills and we are pleased to announce that his photographs of the Saving Faces Cycle Day are now available to view on-line click here. Scott
The sponsored family bike ride was a huge success. We certainly could not have asked for better weather. We would like to thank everyone involved with this event – the cyclists, those of you who were unable to join in, but generously sponsored your relatives, friends or Iain and his
Surgeons in Spain have carried out the world’s first full- face transplant. The achievement is remarkable, but also controversial. The ongoing medical treatment required by face transplant patients may leave them vulnerable to other illnesses and to psychological problems concerning their identity. Stephen Sackur talks to reconstructive surgeon Iain Hutchison
Pioneering reconstructive surgery has been carried out by maxillofacial surgeon Simon Holmes, a Saving Faces’ trustee and a colleague of the founder of the charity, Professor Iain Hutchison. Two brothers were set upon by a gang and were both bludgeoned unconscious. They needed expert surgery to put their torn-apart faces
A huge thank you to all our supporters who braved the elements and ran the 5km around Greenwich park on Sunday. Luckily, the torrential rain had abated just before the start of the race.
After hearing about the plight of an 18 year old Zimbabwean girl, Iain Hutchison offered his services for free. Tare’s family contacted Saving Faces through our website. Tare has a benign tumour that had grown so large around her mouth that she struggled to breathe and it was threatening her
In 2003, Christine Dunningham was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth. The strength of her family and friends helped her deal with her condition. Now she brings her experiences together for the benefit of others. Christine’s stirring account of her battle with mouth cancer has been put together
Dan Welldon entered a bike race in the Scottish Highlands to raise money for Saving Faces and Macmillan Cancer Support. The race itself was eventful and made front page news in all the newspapers in Scotland as it was sabotaged by a few locals upset that the roads were closed
On Thursday the 7th of May, Saving Faces in association with The BioCentre presented an afternoon and evening event hosted by the Dana Centre as part of its Summer Events Programme. Both events were free; the afternoon section (Saving Face) was for interested professionals/organisations and concerned the implications for facial
Saving Faces researchers demonstrating the Cyscope technology at the 2009 Schools Science Conference were overwhelmed by the interest in our work.
The Saving Faces debate on The Face and Reconstruction which took place on 4 March 2008 at the Southbank Centre attracted considerable media interest. The panel consisted of eminent surgeons, psychologists, and scientists, including Professor Bernard Devauchelle, who lead the world’s first face transplant operation in 2005. Prof Iain Hutchison,
Facial reconstruction is making great advances, and may soon enter the realm of science fiction.
Maggie and John Lowe decided that to celebrate her 65th birthday they were going to do something different and raise money for Saving Faces. They completed a twenty one day trekking adventure which took them to three distinctly different regions of Tibet. Setting out from Kathmandu in Nepal and flying
A Woodford Green resident, Lalinder Bansal, and her family raised more than £11,000 for Saving Faces. Mrs Bansal underwent complicated reconstructive surgery at the end of last year as a result of being diagnosed with tongue cancer. The two surgeons who operated on Mrs Bansal accepted the donation on behalf
Reproduced from The Times. 25th February 2006. Kelly Smith, 21, lives in Yorkshire. Aged 15, she had a rare form of cancer which necessitated the removal of one eye and some of the tissue around it.
Saving Faces portraits of Henry de Lotbiniére have been chosen to illustrate the cover of Peter Ward Booth’s textbook Maxillofacial Surgery, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier Press (US)
The British Medical Journal Careers section, tells us what it takes to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Portraits from the Saving Faces Exhibition were used as illustration.
Reproduced from The Times, 8th of October 2002. “De Lotbinière refused to be cast down by his condition and his portrait by Mark Gilbert proved inspirational.” Henry de Lotbinière, who passed away on October 1st 2002, was a great friend of Saving Faces.
“When Constance was told she had cancer of the mouth she thought she would be terribly disfigured…until a leading surgeon performed his miracle” TO LOOK at Constance Searle today you would never guess that half her face has been re-built in an astonishing 12-hour operation. Surgeon Iain Hutchison removed a
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