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Plastic surgeon helps poor.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
After Geoff Williams completed his medical training at the University of Utah, he went to Taiwan to specialize in cranio-facial medicine. While in Asia, he traveled to Vietnam and India to perform facial reconstructive surgery on children. Dr. Williams, a Boise native, told the Idaho Statesman newspaper that he "got addicted to working in those kinds of places. There's such a need. You have the feeling that you're their only hope."
Dr. Williams' "addiction" to treating patients in Third World countries has been a blessing to countless people in need of reconstructive surgery over the past seven years. The good doctor has taken a leave of absence from his regular position at least once each year to travel to areas of the world where plastic surgeons simply don't exist. What's more, he pays for most of his travel expenses out of his own pocket. Over the years, he has traveled to Bolivia, India, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
What compels a doctor who, in the words of a colleague quoted in the Idaho Statesman ...
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