The free plastic surgery camps of Dr. Sharad Kumar Dicksheet

Dr. Sharad Kumar Dicksheet, 72, is not an obvious image of good health. Confined to a wheelchair after a car accident paralyzed his right side, his medical history includes two bouts with throat cancer, a removed voice box, two heart attacks and a triple bypass surgery that reduced his heart to only 18% capacity. And yet the Brooklyn based doctor might very well be the fastest plastic surgeon in the world. This year he was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize for the fifth year in a row.

Each year he travels to India for up to...