The Ray Tye Medical Aid Foundation

Dr. Papay generously gave his services without charge, but the Cleveland Clinic billed for its services and by the end of her treatment there, Anna had paid over $37,000.

Back in Chicago, Anna was under the care of Dr. Gregory A. Turowski, a Plastic Surgeon who continued to expand her implanted facial devices and who also kindly charged no fees for his consultation and

care. Dr. Turowski and his associate, Dr. Neil Fine both agreed that they were not equipped to take on this case and that, ideally, Anna should go to Boston to have her problems addressed surgically. They both recommended Dr. Julian Pribaz at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Pribaz, Director of Harvard’s Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program, was well known to these two specialists. They knew of his extensive experience in dealing with complex facial reconstructive surgery and they also knew his skill was impossible to match. Their opinions were in harmony that Dr. Pribaz would be the one uniquely qualified to help Anna, offering her the best possible chance for an optimal surgical outcome.

When he learned about the case, Dr. Pribaz reacted at once with intense interest. Knowing the financial limitations of this patient, he agreed to embrace the cause pro bono. He then set out on a campaign to convince the Hospital to donate its fees as well, but that was not to be. He knew a case of this complexity would require an initial day-long surgery with Intensive Care afterward and a week-long hospital stay, all of which would be very costly. The follow-up surgery would also be expensive

The Ray Tye Medical Aid Foundation was contacted by Simona Shuster in the Hospital’s International Office. She was applying for financial help to pay for the Hospital costs for Anna Wuszter, and after hearing about this distressing case, The Foundation was pleased to help and responded immediately with the needed funds.

Today, Anna has completed her first surgery with Dr. Pribaz and is back in Chicago with her son.

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