McKay McKinnon

McKay McKinnon is an American physician specializing in plastic surgery. He works at Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and also at Children’s Memorial Hospital and the University of Chicago Medical Center. He graduated medical school at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and completed his residency at the University of Miami.

In 2000, McKinnon treated a woman with a large tumor disorder in Michigan. He successfully removed a 200-pound tumor in an 18-hour operation that drew worldwide attention, according to USA Today.

In 2004, McKinnon offered his services and traveled on a special mission to Romania. Along with 12 other doctors, he performed a 10-hour operation and removed an 80-pound tumor from a 47-year-old woman that suffers from a genetic disorder causing tumors to grow on her body, according to BBC news.

He has led a mission to Choluteca, Honduras where he performs cleft lip and palate surgery. Over the years, more than 500 children have received treatment at no cost. McKinnon was asked to lead the service and says the children are grateful to be given the health treatment.

End-2011, on request of US 501(c) Tree of Life International http://treeoflifefi.org/about/, Sam-Ottawa of Canada-based Virtual Medical Miracle Network (VM2N) connected Dr McKinnon to Vietnam to operate on Nguyen Duy Hai, born 1980, the man with the 200lb tumor in Dalat Lam Dong Vietnam . Successful operation was performed at France-Vietnam Hospital in Saigon on January 5, 2012 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/vietnamese-man-has-massive-200-lb-tumor-removed-from-leg/. Two other cases of awful tumors were also operated on at Saigon Cho Ray Hospital on January 6 and 7, 2012. Since then, Dr and Mrs McKinnon have been back to Vietnam 5 times, to perform many other difficult tumor cases, sort of given up by Vietnamese surgeons, and best of all to teach and share expertise. VinaCapital Foundation, a US 501(c) organization, a partner of VM2N, handles all travel arrangements for Dr McKinnon Tumor Mercy Missions in Vietnam http://vinacapitalfoundation.org/our-programs/heartbeat-vietnam/heartbeat-vietnam-tumor-surgeries/.

On January 5, 2012, in a 12-hour operation a team led by McKinnon removed a 198-pound (90 kg) non-cancerous tumor which was growing on the right leg of the patient, Nguyen Duy Hai, in Vietnam. McKinnon waived his fee and other costs were funded through donations.

Some photos from US The Learning Chanel http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/specials/about-our-shows/man-with-200-pound-tumor-pictures

Some more news - BBC 06/01/2012 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16446239 - CNN 08/02/2012 http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/06/health/vietnam-tumor/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

In October 2012, McKinnon was featured in the television program My Giant Face Tumor on the TLC Network. In the program, he successfully removed large facial tumors from two patients, one in Ohio and the other in Thailand, who suffer from neurofibromatosis.