Craniofacial Anomalies

The Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester treats individuals with skull and facial deformities for pediatric and adult patients. The center offers a highly trained team, which consists of an interdisciplinary staff of plastic/maxillofacial surgeons, otolaryngologists, orthodontists, speech pathologists, neurosurgeons and audiologists. The team develops a close working relationship with referring pediatricians, dentists, speech and language therapists and other health care providers to allow for optimum follow-up patient care. The current standard of care for craniofacial anomalies includes a team of physicians discussing a patient's needs and developing a unified approach.

Specialized procedures include advanced surgical techniques, 3-D computerized axial tomography, nasal endoscopy, video fluoroscopy, preverbal auditory testing and cephalometrograms. Long-term monitoring of facial growth, development and function is also offered to patients. Problems treated include:

• Cleft lip and palate
• Craniofacial anomalies and syndromes
• Facial clefts and tumors
• Ear anomalies
• Malposition of malocclusion of the jaws
• Malposition of the eye sockets
• Pierre Robin syndrome and anomalies
• Post-traumatic deformities of the orbits, jaws and skull
• Treacher-Collins syndrome
• Congenital or acquired speech anomalies

To learn more about craniofacial anomalies, visit the Cleft Palate Foundation (www.cleftline.org) or the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (www.acpa-cpf.org).

Appointments and Staff
For help in choosing a physician, call 800-431-5151.

• Oguz Cataltepe, MD, Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Syed Kamil, MD, Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology
• Edward Kazarian, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmology
• Janice Lalikos, MD, Director, Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic
• Madelena Martin, MD,  Pediatric Genetics
• Douglas Rothkopf, MD, Director, Cleft Center 

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