Sibrand Schepel, M.D., is a Rotaplast veteran. He has been on 6 trips with Rotaplast, and 10 trips with Interplast, which is another cleft lip and palate mission group. This year alone, he has already completed 5 missions. In the last few years, he has traveled to Pakistan, Guatemala (twice), Ecuador, India, Tasmania, and returned from Brazil 3 weeks ago. He hails from the Netherlands! (We bet you got that from the drawing...)
He is a retired plastic surgeon with many other hobbies, including having a pilot’s license since age 14, sailing, vacationing in Northern Finland, and hiking. You can always find Sib reading his book between surgeries...he´s an avid reader as well! Sib told us a great story about how he took his family (wife and 2 children) on a whirlwind vacation around the United States, traveling over 35,000km in a VW camper. They saw 25 states in all.
Sib says that he’s “never done anything more rewarding in his life than cleft lip surgery.” He recalls one surgery on a 65-year-old man…when his wife first saw this man after surgery, she fainted with joy. Sib says that in 1-2 hours he can completely change someone’s appearance…and with a young child, change their life in the process. He hopes to be able to continue these missions for many years.
Sib, or “Dr. Holland” as Debby Rice (the assistant mission director) calls him, also loves to have some fun. Here are some pictures of his other talent…besides plastic surgery!
He is a retired plastic surgeon with many other hobbies, including having a pilot’s license since age 14, sailing, vacationing in Northern Finland, and hiking. You can always find Sib reading his book between surgeries...he´s an avid reader as well! Sib told us a great story about how he took his family (wife and 2 children) on a whirlwind vacation around the United States, traveling over 35,000km in a VW camper. They saw 25 states in all.
Sib says that he’s “never done anything more rewarding in his life than cleft lip surgery.” He recalls one surgery on a 65-year-old man…when his wife first saw this man after surgery, she fainted with joy. Sib says that in 1-2 hours he can completely change someone’s appearance…and with a young child, change their life in the process. He hopes to be able to continue these missions for many years.
Sib, or “Dr. Holland” as Debby Rice (the assistant mission director) calls him, also loves to have some fun. Here are some pictures of his other talent…besides plastic surgery!
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