The Cleft & Craniofacial Center

The MUSC Children's Health Cleft and Craniofacial team is comprised of physicians and other care providers dedicated to the care of children with cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial differences.

The MUSC Children's Health Cleft and Craniofacial team is listed as an ACPA Approved Team by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA).

The MUSC Children's Health team includes representatives from the following fields:

• Audiology
• Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Genetics
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Orthodontics
• Otolaryngology
• Pediatrics
• Pediatric dentistry
• Plastic and reconstruction surgery
• Speech-language pathology
• Neurosurgery

Services We Provide

• Prenatal counseling
• Nasoalveolar molding
• Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis
• Craniofacial genetics
• Facial reanimation 

Conditions We Treat

• Cleft lip and palate
• Plagiocephaly
• Craniosynostosis
• Microtia
• Pierre Robin Sequence
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency/incompetency
• Hemifacial Microsomia
• Treacher Collins Syndrome
• 22q11.2 related disorders
• Other congenital anomalies

Resources for Parents

• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
• Children’s Craniofacial Association
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)
• National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD)
• myFace
• FACES: The National Craniofacial Association

Support Groups

• myFace Virtual Craniofacial Support Groups
• Operation Smile Cleft Connect Chat
• MUSC Cleft and Craniofacial Family Group 

Financial Assistance

• MUSC Billing Customer Service 
• MUSC Financial Assistance 
• Children's Craniofacial Association financial assistance program 
• FACES: The National Craniofacial Association financial assistance program 

Care Team

Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Krishna Patel, M.D., Ph.D. - Director

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Phayvanh P. Pecha, M.D.

Plastic Surgery

Isis Raulino Scomacao, M.D.

Craniomaxillofacial Surgery

Mark Miller, M.D., DMD, FACS

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Ramin Eskandari, MS, M.D.

Libby Infinger, M.D., MPH

Pediatric Genetics

Kristen Lancaster, M.D., PAAP

Pediatric Dentistry

Hannah Rebecca Rustin, DMD, MSD

Orthodontics

Timothy Tremont 

Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

Byung Joo Lee, DDS

Audiology

Clarice Hauschildt, AuD

Speech Language Pathology

Melissa Montiel MS, CCC-SLP - Director

Stephanie Schank MSP, CCC-SLP

Team Coordinator

Julia Black, LMSW | Craniofacial Coordinator & Social Worker

Referring Physicians Contact

Julia Black, LMSW

Craniofacial Coordinator & Social Worker
Phone: 843-792-3251
Fax: 843-876-2486