The practice currently has a team of eight employees.
"We have weekly meetings or bimonthly meetings where
we talk about patient care and marketing opportunities,"
says Dr. Alessi.
Giving Back Globally
Dr. Alessi has three children—a 25-year-old son and
21-year-old twin daughters—and a one-year-old grand-
daughter. Traveling is one of his and his wife Deborah's
favorite pastimes. In fact, Dr. Alessi just recently started
seeing patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which
he hopes will lead them to new parts of the world to visit.
Deborah is the founder of Face Forward, a foundation
that helps to rebuild the lives and faces of women and
children who are survivors of domestic violence and sex
traffi cking. Dr. Alessi does all the surgeries pro bono, and
other surgeons help out from time to time.
Together, they have helped women and children from
around the world. "It's grown from being just a very small
cause seven years ago to being worldwide," he says. "Debo-
rah was asked to open a branch in Texas as well as a branch
in Dubai. We've got patients from all over the world."
In addition to medical care, survivors receive psychothera-
py and job training. One patient he treated is now a visiting
scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. Another is a world-
wide motivational speaker and lecturer against domestic
violence. "The great thing about Face Forward is that all our
survivors agree that by having their surgery, psychotherapy
and career help, they will go on to do something great,"
says Dr. Alessi.
Keith Loria is a freelance writer based in Oaktown, VA.
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Med Esthetics
"The great thing about Face Forward is that all our
survivors agree that by having their surgery,
psychotherapy and career help, they will go
on to do something great."
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