RESURGE INTERNATIONAL
145 N WOLFE RD, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086 www.resurge.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: RESURGE INTERNATIONAL (FORMERLY INTERPLAST, INC.) PROVIDES FREE RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERIES FOR THE POOR AND BUILDS YEAR-ROUND PLASTIC SURGICAL ACCESS AND CAPACITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

RESURGE INTERNATIONAL (THE ORGANIZATION"), A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, PROVIDES FREE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERIES FOR THE POOR AND BUILDS YEAR-ROUND SURGICAL ACCESS AND CAPACITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. RESURGE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDE RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY AND RELATED INTEGRATED CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE BURNS AND OTHER DISABLING INJURIES, CANCERS AND CONGENITAL ANOMALIES SUCH AS CLEFT LIPS OR PALATES.DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, RESURGE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMED NEARLY 2,721 SURGERIES ON 1,667 PATIENTS AND PROVIDED TRAINING TO 1,002 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, 63 OF WHOM RECEIVED HANDSON SURGICAL SKILLS TRAINING.OF THE 1,667 PATIENTS TREATED BY RESURGE, 93% WERE TREATED BY HOST-COUNTRY SURGEONS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE PREVIOUSLY BENEFITED FROM RESURGE'S HANDS-ON SURGICAL SKILLS TRAINING. THIS MODEL OF EMPOWERMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY CREATES LONG-TERM SURGICAL CARE WHERE HAD NOT EXISTED BEFORE. THE SURGICAL CARE AND ANCILLARY SERVICES PROVIDED BY RESURGE IMPROVE THE FUNCTION OF PATIENTS' LIMBS, HANDS AND FEET AND IMPROVES THEIR APPEARANCE. AS A RESULT, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED ACCIDENTS, CANCER OR CONGENITAL ISSUES ARE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED LARGELY THROUGH OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, WHO, DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, DONATED 4,842 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO TRAIN HOST-COUNTRY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND TREAT PATIENTS LIVING IN POVERTY IN THE COUNTRIES WE SERVE.THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS INCLUDE:EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND MEDICAL EXCHANGE - RESURGE INTERNATIONAL TAUGHT 1,002 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OVERSEAS LAST YEAR, INCLUDING 63 WHO RECEIVED INTENSIVE ONE-ON-ONE SURGICAL TRAINING, TO PERFORM SURGICAL PROCEDURES AND RELATED INTEGRATED CARE SAFELY, EFFECTIVELY, AND EFFICIENTLY ON THEIR OWN. RESURGE INTERNATIONAL ADHERES TO RIGOROUS QUALITY ASSURANCE POLICIES AND TRAINING SO PATIENTS RECEIVE THE SAFEST, HIGHEST-QUALITY MEDICAL CARE, EVEN IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.SUPPORT FOR LOCAL MEDICAL PARTNERS - RESURGE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTS HOST-COUNTRY MEDICAL COLLEAGUES TO BROADEN AND IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS AND PROVIDES THEM WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEIR WORK WITH PATIENTS LIVING IN POVERTY OR IN RURAL AREAS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, RESURGE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTED 17 PERMANENT LOCAL MEDICAL PARTNER PROGRAMS IN 8 COUNTRIES. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, RESURGE INTERNATIONAL'S LOCAL PARTNERS PERFORMED ALMOST 2,430 SURGERIES ON 1,559 PATIENTS (93% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TOTAL PATIENTS SERVED).SURGICAL MISSION TRIPS - RESURGE INTERNATIONAL SENDS TEAMS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND INTEGRATED CARE SERVICES SUCH AS PHYSICAL THERAPY TO THOSE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PAY FOR THEM. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, RESURGE INTERNATIONAL SENT 3 VOLUNTEER MEDICAL TEAMS TO PERFORM 291 LIFE-TRANSFORMING SURGERIES ON 108 PATIENTS.RESURGE INTERNATIONAL IS COMMITTED TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE AND FOSTER THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-QUALITY SURGICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE FOLLOW-UP CARE YEAR-ROUND IN UNDERSERVED AREAS. BY IMPROVING PATIENTS' FUNCTION AND APPEARANCE, AND TRAINING MORE SURGEONS TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF CARE, THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK GIVES PATIENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENT AND FULFILLING LIVES, REDUCING SUFFERING AND POVERTY.WHEN COVID-19 RESTRICTED TRAVEL OVERSEAS, RESURGE PIVOTED FROM IN-PERSON TRAINING TO VIRTUAL TRAINING AT ALL SITES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE ITS WORK. FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE, 2020, RESURGE DELIVERED 17 VIRTUAL LECTURES TO MORE THAN 360 OVERSEAS TRAINEES. RESURGE ANTICIPATES THAT VIRTUAL TRAINING WILL SUPPLEMENT IN-PERSON TRAINING ONCE TRAVEL RESUMES.RESURGE INTERNATIONAL OPERATES IN 16 COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA. SENSITIVITY TO, AND RESPECT FOR, OTHER CULTURES AS EQUALS PERVADES THE ORGANIZATION'S PHILOSOPHY AND DEEPLY INFLUENCES THE MANNER IN WHICH IT CONDUCTS ITSELF. THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH OVERSEAS MEDICAL COLLEAGUES TO HELP FULFILL THE PRIORITIES AND NEEDS OF THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.SINCE 1969, RESURGE INTERNATIONAL HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 128,500 RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERIES. RESURGE INTERNATIONAL MAINTAINS NO POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS.

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