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The MUSC Children’s Health Cleft and Craniofacial Team brings together specialized physicians and care providers dedicated to treating children with cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial conditions.

Our team is recognized as an ACPA-Approved Team by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, reflecting our commitment to the highest standards of coordinated, multidisciplinary care.

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Services We Provide

  • Cleft lip and palate surgery
  • Craniofacial surgery
  • Prenatal counseling
  • Nasoalveolar molding
  • Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis
  • Craniofacial genetics
  • Facial reanimation
  • Surgical intervention for Microtia
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Meet Your Care Team

Krishna G. Patel, M.D. Ph.D.

Co-Director, Cleft & Craniofacial Team
Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; Otolaryngology

William W. Carroll, M.D.

Associate Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
Pediatric Otolaryngology

Isis Raulino Scomacao, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery

Mark A. Miller, M.D., DMD, FACS

Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs, College of Dental Medicine
Residency Program Director & Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
Ramin Eskandari, MD, MS, Pediatric Neurosurgery wearing a sport coat and blue dress shirt

Ramin Eskandari, M.D., MS

Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Director, Pediatric Brain Injury & Hydrocephalus Research
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Libby Infinger, MD, MPH, Pediatric Neurosurgery wearing a black dress

Libby Infinger, M.D., MPH

Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Pediatric Neurosurgery

Hannah R. Rustin, DMD, MSD

Director, Pediatric Dentistry Residency
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric Dentistry

Kristen Ann Lancaster, M.D., PAAP

Director, Medical Genetics Education
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Genetics

Pojung Chen, DDS, MDS, MDentSc

Division Chief, Applied Craniofacial Sciences
Associate Professor, Dental Medicine
Orthodontics

Byung Joo Lee, DDS, MBA, FAAMP

Assistant Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

Clarice Hauschildt, AuD

Assistant Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
Audiology

Catherine Archer Price, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathology

Melissa Montiel, MS, CCC-SLP

Co-Director, Cleft & Craniofacial Team
Speech Language Pathology

Julia Black, MSW

Program Coordinator, Cleft & Craniofacial Team
Social Work

Supporting Patients & Their Families

Pediatric Cleft & Craniofacial Care Locations

MUSC Children's Health Cleft Palate Program

Address
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital
10 McClennan Banks Dr
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, 1st Floor
Charleston, SC 29425
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Hours
Specialties
  • Pediatric ENT
  • Pediatric ENT - Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

MUSC Children's Health ENT at Summey Medical Pavilion

Address
MUSC Summey Medical Pavilion
2250 Mall Drive
MUSC Summey Medical Pavilion, 2nd Floor
North Charleston, SC 29406
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Hours
Specialties
  • cleft lip
  • cleft palate
ENT cleft lip craniofacial center pediatric patients at the park.

Contact Us

Julia Black, MSW
Craniofacial Coordinator & Social Worker
toumey@musc.edu
843-792-3251
Fax: 843-876-2486

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