care medical clinics in Colombia, Honduras, Morocco, China, India, the Philippines and Vietnam. The centers provide surgeries and treatment, educate local volunteers, perform local development activities and manage local communications / administrative services. The center in Vietnam expected to treat 2,000 patients annually and to train about 1,000 medical professionals. As of 2018, Operation Smile now offers over 30 comprehensive care clinics around the world. Education The annual Operation Smile Physicians' Training Program (PTP) brings surgeons from around the world to the United States for training in specialized surgical skills. The program has helped train more than 650 international physicians in advanced craniofacial techniques. Operation Smile has hosted two global summits on medical standards in Norfolk, Virginia. Operation Smile attempts to hold yearly summits to offer medical training and advancement for medical workers around the globe. In 2017, they partnered with St. Luke's Medical Center in the Philippines to offer medically-focused skills workshops to its participants. Student programs Operation Smile student programs encourages students to lead clubs and raise awareness of health in other countries. Operation Smile offers students different opportunities to get involved in the problem to be solved while they develop their leadership skills. ISLC: Students from around the world engage through an annual International Student Leadership Conference (ISLC), which convenes high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors who want to make a difference in global health. Once every year, hundreds of students from around the world meet to discuss the world's issues and how to solve them with a specific focus on medical care equity. In 2018, the ISLC that took place in Seattle, WA included more than 300 students from across the globe, including China, Vietnam, Ireland, Panama, South Africa and Canada that learned how to advocate for children born with a cleft lip, cleft palate or other facial deformity. During the conference, students also learned about global health, joined in peer-to-peer leadership training and participated in service projects to benefit Operation Smile patients, as well as staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital. In 2019, the conference took place in North Carolina. Due to the pandemic, ISCL editions from 2020 and 2021 did not take place. However, the 2022 edition was successfully held at the University of Miami, Florida. LEA: Students from Latin-American have their own annual conference, Latinoamérica en Acción (LEA), which gathers high school and college students in a week long event. This regional conference focuses