Dr. Raymond O. Brauer, a founder of the Cronin & Brauer Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic, passed away during the early morning hours of September 27, 2011. Dr. Brauer worked for many years as a contributor to Operation San José, alongside his colleague of 38 years, Dr. Ernest Cronin.

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Dr. Ernest Cronin has been named the 2011 Halliburton Hometown Hero. Dr. Cronin leads the Cronin & Brauer Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic and the Operation San José Mission Project, two of CHRISTUS Foundation’s cornerstone ministries. Dr. Cronin will be honored at the Houston Texans game at Reliant Stadium on Monday, August 15th. In addition to introducing Dr. Cronin as the 2011 Hometown Hero, Halliburton will make a donation to the CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare in Dr. Cronin’s honor.

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Operation San José, composed of twenty one volunteers, traveled to the highlands of Guatemala from February 5-13 of this year. As usual, the team brought all medicines, supplies and any needed equipment. Thirty patients, ranging in age from two months to twenty three years of age, received a total of approximately ninety procedures.

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On Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Marriott Houston, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Cronin hosted the biennial Under the Canopy of the Rainforest Gala, benefitting Operation San José Mission Project; a medical volunteer and goodwill program devoted to the care of indigent patients in developing countries who are born with congenital cleft lip and plate facial deformities. Since 1983, a dedicated team of medical professionals has been traveling to different Latin American countries to provide surgical repair of these birth defects.

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Volunteers from the Cronin & Brauer Cleft Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic are this year visiting Villahermosa, Mexico, and performing free cleft-lip and palate surgeries on patients. While in Mexico, they will perform 43 surgeries.

Residents seeking treatment have traveled from remote towns up to seven hours to reach the medical center. On February 17 our volunteers operated on an 18-year-old who had received no previous medical care for her cleft lip and palate. After surgery a volunteer described our patient as “very beautiful.”