Our History

 

The idea for the Foundation for the Advancement of Children's Esthetics was developed by Jacksonville, FL physicians Juan F. Garcia, Roberto E. Garcia and J. Phillip Garcia in 2002.

Drs. Phillip and Roberto Garcia are privileged to be facial plastic surgeons who have served North Florida for six years.  Much of the work that Drs. Garcia perform is for children who do not have means to pay for services.  This very gratifying community service lead our team to begin conducting community awareness programs such as dog bite prevention seminars and skin cancer awareness seminars.

In the course of taking care of needy children from North and Central Florida at Wolfson Children's Hospital the Drs. Garcia encountered many needy children from Central and South America as well as the Caribbean who lacked access to specialized medical services.  Based on this need, the doctors began to create an extension of their services to these needful areas of the world. 

The creation of the FACE team has allowed our physicians and dentists to conduct missions that offer life-changing treatments to children throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Our current success in generating volunteer support for our charitable services has allowed the FACE team to initiate a surgical outreach mission in Ecuador and El Salvador.  This initiative is intended to utilize the latest advances in tele-medicine to effectively train and monitor medical professionals in remote locations and improve medical education.