Craniofacial Clinic

The Craniofacial Clinic provides children and young adults specialized and comprehensive care for oral-facial clefts and disorders or injuries affecting the face, jaw, skull and ears.

• Craniofacial disorders refer to a group of deformities of the face and head caused by abnormal growth of the skull and facial bones.
• There are many variations of craniofacial disorders and varying degrees of severity.
• Many craniofacial conditions can require multiple surgeries or long-term follow-up treatment as children grow and develop.
• There can be emotional and psychological issues for children because of differences in appearance and speech.

Our comprehensive care doesn't stop with craniofacial care. This multidisciplinary clinic is for patients who would benefit from seeing multiple specialists at one time. Specialists working together in one location ensures the most effective, comfortable and convenient care.

Specialty Care

This clinic is a partnership between UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Genetic Medicine and Boys Town National Research Hospital. This multidisciplinary health care team will include providers from both groups, specifically from these specialties:

• Audiology.
• Dentistry.
• Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
• Genetic Counseling.
• Genetic Medicine.
• Neurosurgery.
• Ophthalmology.
• Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery.
• Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat).
• Pediatric Psychology.
• Plastic Surgery.
• Speech-Language Pathology.

At every phase of treatment and every stage of development, your child will receive personalized care and attention from multidiscipline specialists who can address the unique symptoms and conditions that affect feeding, breathing, hearing, vision, language and growth.

And because this clinic is a partnership with Boys Town National Research Hospital, children have direct access to Boys Town's behavioral health experts (in-person and online), to support healthy behavioral and mental health.

This clinic's experienced medical staff and surgeons perform appropriately timed surgical interventions to maximize results and reduce the number of potential surgeries needed so children can heal, thrive and reach their full potential.