Philanthropy

Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work

Dr. Jennifer Walden proudly supports the Junior League of Austin's Food in Tummies (FIT) program, a unique program designed to provide weekend nourishment to elementary school children who qualify for free or reduced meals. With support from donors and the philanthropy of the Junior League of Austin, the FIT program delivered 48,000 food-filled backpacks this year, supplying approximately 100,000 meals for hungry students. 98 percent of the students at Hillcrest Elementary receive free or reduced-cost lunches. As a principal sponsor and donor, Dr. Walden took a tour of Hillcrest Elementary where she had the privilege of taking part in the program first-hand.

 

Dr. Walden enjoys providing services to those who are underserved or less fortunate. These are the things for which she receives the most rewards by far.

Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
Before: Dr. Walden with her patient with a bilateral cleft lip.
Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
After: After the surgery with the young girl's mother.

Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work

Dr. Jennifer Walden and her nurse, Sarah Shrader, operating during
a 2008 medical mission trip to El Salvador with Austin Smiles.

Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer WorkDr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work

A young boy who Dr. Walden performed surgery on for a hand deformity.


Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
Sarah and Dr. Walden performing a cleft palate repair.
Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
Being blessed in the operating room on Ash Wednesday.

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Left: Dr. Walden with her young patient with a cleft palate awaiting surgery on her recent mission trip to El Salvador, June 2006.
Middle: Examining a patient with a cleft palate in line for his operation at the military hospital in San Salvador.
Right: Dr. Walden and young girl getting checked in for surgery.

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Left: Dr. Walden with a patient whom she performed a cleft lip repair on during a medical mission trip to Veracruz,
Mexico with the organization Austin Smiles., June 2005.
Middle: Evaluation of a young girl with an unrepaired cleft palate.
Right: In the operating room, performing a cleft palate repair.



Other Volunteer Experiences include:

Board Member, Weston United Community Renewal for the Underprivileged and Mentally Ill, NYC              2007 to present
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Children's Tutor   2007 - present
New York City Department of Health Medical Reserve Corps   2005 - present
St. Vincent's Charity Health Clinic, Galveston, Texas   1994 - 1998
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Houston, Texas   1996 - 1998
El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Missionary Health Clinic,
Austin, Texas
  1992 - 1993
Science Enrichment in Elementary Education Instructor
  1992
The University of Texas at Austin    
Leo Leader Elementary School Mentor Program   1992 - 1994
The University of Texas at Austin    



Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
A young patient awaiting surgery.

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A young patient before and after cleft lip repair by Dr. Walden.

3rd International Tutorials in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Mumbai, India

Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
 
Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
At the Bombay Hospital
 
Dr. Walden on the far left with her colleagues while visiting as an Invited International Faculty and Surgeon in Mumbai
 
 
 
Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
 
Dr. Jennifer Walden, M.D. | Volunteer Work
At the operating room table, after Dr Walden has performed live aesthetic breast surgery for the Tutorials Conference
 
With the surgical assistant in the operating room at the Bombay Hospital