{"id":256028,"date":"2026-04-18T19:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256028\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:26:10","slug":"san-antonio-doctors-team-up-with-fresh-start-to-deliver-life-changing-reconstructive-surgeries-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256028\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio doctors team up with Fresh Start to deliver life-changing reconstructive surgeries for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshstart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fresh Start Surgical Gifts<\/a> is bringing its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshstart.org\/volunteer\/surgery-weekend-volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Surgery Weekend<\/a> to San Antonio, teaming up with University Health and UT Health San Antonio to provide free reconstructive procedures for children who might otherwise not receive care due to cost, insurance gaps or logistics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Dr. Richard Thomson, assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at University Health and UT Health San Antonio, said the mission goes beyond what is often labeled \u201ccosmetic\u201d care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI love the fact that I can just provide care for the children who actually need the reconstructive surgery,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the great things about Fresh Start is it removes the kind of barriers that can sometimes get in the way of having excellent care, financial, logistic. That\u2019s the case both domestically in the U.S. and also internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Inside the operating room, Thomson, who specializes in pediatric surgery, said the work is deeply collaborative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cEverybody in the whole room is focused just on providing the best possible care for that child,\u201d Thomson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Fresh Start\u2019s goal is to make life-changing reconstructive care accessible to children and young adults and help them move forward without their condition, or the cost of fixing it, defining them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshstart.org\/about-us\/apply-for-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">application must be submitted in advance<\/a> and must be accepted in order to receive services from Fresh Start Surgical Gifts. For more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshstart.org\/about-us\/who-can-apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Fresh Start Surgical Gifts is bringing its Surgery Weekend to San Antonio, teaming up with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[584,7720,841,82,84,83,7801,17975],"class_list":{"0":"post-256028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ksat-community","10":"tag-nonprofits","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","13":"tag-san-antonio-news","14":"tag-university-health","15":"tag-ut-health-san-antonio"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}