2024 Benefit Concert
Your support allows us to purchase medical equipment, train staff, improve our clinics and expand our services to more children who need them. Vietnam VAC is registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.Saturday, …
We provide state-of-the-art, safe and free treatment for children with vascular birth defects in Vietnam and other countries in Asia
Disfiguring vascular anomalies and birthmarks are a major health issue for the children of Vietnam which historically lacks the means of effective and early intervention.
No specialized medical care for children with vascular birth defects. Underdeveloped diagnostic and treatment modalities. Continuing use of radiation therapy that carries risk of severe scarring and cancer. Cost of treatment is prohibitive to many families.
Since 2009, we have provided free medical evaluation as well as safe and effective treatment for over 10,000 children up to 12 years of age, including many underserved children. We just opened a second center to help children from the northern and central regions of Vietnam. We are extending services to other regions of Asia.
We work to enhance the knowledge and technical skills of local physicians. We sponsor US physicians travel to Vietnam to treat and share their expertise. We bring Vietnamese physicians to the US for training. We hold yearly conferences to share the most updated treatments and research. We promote public health awareness of the critical danger of radiation treatment. We successfully lobbied for the cessation of the use of radioactive phosphorus to treat benign tumors.
We believe that every child deserves to have a healthy, normal, happy life free from disfiguring birthmarks. The Vietnam Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC) consists of a group of medical professionals, all seasoned practitioners in their fields, who donate their expertise and time, united by a desire to help children and share their knowledge with their colleagues.
The VAC was started by two physicians who grew up in Vietnam and were keenly aware of the tremendous medical needs among Vietnamese children with disfiguring birthmarks. Their idea was to start a clinic to treat children while simultaneously training Vietnamese physicians in the most current treatments for these conditions. Enthusiastic support came from Dr. Martin Mihm, a renowned medical expert in vascular anomalies who helped create similar clinics in the U.S., Spain, and Italy; Dr. Stuart Nelson, who has extensive clinical experience in laser treatment of vascular lesions; Dr. Rox Anderson, a world-renowned laser treatment specialist and Director of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine; and Candela Corporation, who donated and shipped the lasers to Vietnam. This group traveled to Ho Chi Minh City in February 2009 to establish the first vascular anomalies center in Vietnam.
Some of our little patients who have improved as a result of the treatment
We are grateful for all of your support which make our work possible. Special thanks to the following groups for their generous financial and material donations. If you would like to make a donation, please see below.
Our 12th annual Benefit Concert will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at Maliotis Cultural Center, 50 Goddard Ave, Brookline, 02445.
The concert is an evening of classical music with world renowned musicians. Admission includes dinner and drinks. There will be a silent auction.
100% of proceeds will go toward purchasing critical equipment and providing training for local physicians at our clinics in Vietnam.
Your support allows us to purchase medical equipment, train staff, improve our clinics and expand our services to more children who need them. Vietnam VAC is registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.Saturday, …
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