"Dr. Hochman Changes Lives" Featured Article in Charleston Magazine, "Skirt"
19-Jan-2009
As a world-renowned facial plastic surgeon, Marcelo dedicates a large percentage of his time and expertise to giving kids a new life.
We dare you to look at the before-and-after pictures of kids born with disfiguring vascular birthmarks (hemangiomas) and hold back the tears at www.hemangiomatreatment.org. “Even I have to excuse myself sometimes when the family is in the recovery room, seeing their child’s face for the first time,” says Hochman. And that’s after having done 1,000 of these dramatic procedures. Through his nonprofit, Hemangioma Treatment Foundation,
Hochman operates pro-bono on kids from around the world. A Venezuelan who was recruited to MUSC in 1990, Hochman is now in private practice, doing a full range of elective cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
His favorite thing about wearing a skirt: “It shows off my cowboy boots.”
The best thing about reading skirt!: “It puts me back in touch with my feminine side.”
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