"Helping children FACE the world through a team approach"
The Cleft and Craniofacial Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has served patients and families for over 30 years. Our program has been a regional & national leader in personalized, ‘pre-natal to prom’ care of children born with facial differences. As the highest performing center for cleft related surgeries in the state, our highly trained surgeons, specialists and staff are dedicated to providing quality care and outcomes for cleft lip and palate patients. Michael Golinko, MD is medical director of the Vanderbilt Cleft and Craniofacial Program, serving alongside Cleft Team co-director, James Phillips, MD, Assistant Professor.
The Cleft and Craniofacial team includes and works closely with VUMC campus wide multi-disciplinary teams that includes highly trained surgeons, specialists and staff that are dedicated to providing quality care and positive patient outcomes. We collaborate and work with:
• Audiology • Dentistry • ENT • Feeding • Genetics • Neurosurgery • Nutrition • Ophthalmology • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery • Orthodontics • Plastic Surgery • Psychology • Social Work • Speech
These useful videos help tell our story
• What to expect at your first Visit
• Meet the Program Director
• Meet the Program Lead and some of the Team
• Judah's story of transformation through NAM & Cleft surgery
• Tour the Hospital
• Our Child Life team help prepare children & parents for surgery
Patient stories in the News
• Colton's Craniosynostios surgery and his team
• Judah's transformation in story and pictures
• Improving outcomes through sharing results
• Abnornal shape of baby's head
• Program helps children with hand, upper extremity issues
• Father, son benefit from jaw reconstruction guided by 3D virtual planning
Parent & Patient Education Resources
