Craniofacial Anomalies & Cleft Palate

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

The MUSC Children's Health Craniofacial Anomalies and Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate 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
• Genetics
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Orthodontics
• Otolaryngology
• Pediatrics
• Pediatric dentistry
• Plastic and reconstruction surgery
• Speech-language pathology
• Other disciplines, such as neurosurgery and orthopaedic surgery, are available to patients as needed

Services We Offer

Our team provides medical and surgical care for a wide range of craniofacial disorders. Prenatal counseling for cleft lip and/or palate is available in partnership with the Advanced Fetal Care Center (add link). Team care is provided in a multidisciplinary setting as recommended by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.

Craniofacial & Cleft Palate Conditions We Treat

• Cleft lip
• Cleft palate
• Plagiocephaly
• Craniosynostosis
• Microtia
• Pierre Robin Sequence
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency/incompetency
• Hemifacial Microsomia
• Treacher Collins Syndrome
• Velo-cardio-facial Syndrome (22q11.2 deletion syndrome)
• Other congenital anomalies

Resources for Parents

• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

• Information about Treacher Collins Syndrome
• Information about Pierre Robin Sequence/Complex

• Children’s Craniofacial Association

• A Guide to Understanding Microtia
• A Guide to Understanding Craniosynostosis

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)

• Hemifacial microsomia

• National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD)

Care Team

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

Melissa Montiel MS, CCC-SLP - Director

Phayvanh P. Pecha, M.D.

Isis Raulino Scomacao, M.D.

Stephanie Schank MSP, CCC-SLP

Christel Maria Haberland, DDS, MS

Hannah Rebecca Rustin, DMD, MSD

Timothy Tremont

Ildeu Andrade, DDS, Ph.D.

Martin Steed, DDS

Clarice Hauschildt, AuD

Byung Joo Lee, DDS

Ramin Eskandari, MS, M.D.

Libby Infinger, M.D., MPH

More Care Team Members

Julia Black, LMSW | Craniofacial Coordinator & Social Worker
Fax: 843-876-2486 

Melissa Montiel, CCC-SLP | Speech-language Pathologist