Comprehensive Cleft Care

Biography
Joseph E. Losee, MD, FACS, FAAP is the Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and
the Director of the Pittsburgh Cleft-Craniofacial Center. The Cleft-Craniofacial Center is one of the oldest and
busiest interdisciplinary centers in the nation. Dr. Losee is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the
University of Pittsburgh.


Richard E. Kirschner, MD, FACS, FAAP is Attending Pediatric Plastic Surgeon at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
and Director of the Craniofacial Biology Laboratory. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the
University of Pennsylvania.


Table of Contents
1. Embryology, Classification, Epidemiology & Genetics


2. Nursing & Primary Care


3. Primary Cleft Lip and Palate


4. Secondary Cleft Lip & Palate Repair


5. Cleft Palate Speech & Management of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction


6. Dental & Orthodontic Management


7. Otologic, Audiologic and Airway Assessment & Management


8. Management of Skeletal Deformities


9. Neuropsychosocial Aspects


10. Outcomes, Research & Team Care