Dr. Henri P. Gaboriau has a long history of medical humanitarian activities, including work at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at La Rabta Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia, as well as community service at the Indian Health Services on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. He is also a participant in the Faces of Honor program through the AAFPRS, providing free surgical services for America's armed forces veterans.
A strong proponent of community involvement, Dr. Gaboriau is past president of the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce and a charter member of the Rotary Club of Sammamish, Wash.
But most notably, Dr. Gaboriau is co-founder and president of the nonprofit Face, Heart and Mind Foundation, formerly known as "Heart 2 Heart."
The Face, Heart and Mind Foundation is dedicated to the compassionate care of the victims of child abuse. The foundation provides resources to help heal the hidden wounds and to erase the visible signs of child abuse scarring, disfigurement and malformation due to neglect.
In the United States, a case of child abuse is reported every 10 seconds. Each day, more than four children die from child abuse. Shockingly, 79 percent of these children are under the age of four, and 44 percent of these children are less than a year old. Child abuse and neglect is the highest single cause of death of children under the age of four. But what happens to the survivors?
“Whenever someone would ask me how I got the scar, I was ashamed and very emotional. I became very shy. I felt like a brand new person after the surgery was complete.”
–Wilhelmina Stewart, Auburn, Wash.
Healing Scars, Both Seen and Unseen
The work of Dr. Henri P. Gaboriau with the ‘Face, Heart and Mind’ program for abused children