Iowa Cleft Teams
If you’re searching for a cleft team in Iowa for your child, here is a list of hospitals, teams, surgeons and their specific techniques. This list has been compiled by other mommies, so if you don’t see your team here, we will be happy to add it for you.
Des Moines, IA Cleft Teams
- Dr. Samuel Maurice
- No pre-surgical technique, NAM and/or Taping prior to lip repair
- Lip Repair done between 4-6 months/palate repair done between 10-12 months
- Restrictions & Requirements after repair include: No pacifiers, the use of arm restraints and nose stents
- Additional surgeries may include: Lip repair, palate repair, alveolar bone graft, jaw surgery, speech surgery, rhinoplasty
*”Dr. Samuel Maurice and his team are very warm and reassuring. Every member of the team has been very open to answering questions (because we have had a ton!). We haven’t had our first surgery yet, but I wanted to get this information out there and would be glad to add more later as we go.”
*”My child has a right-sided cleft of the lip and palate. He had a NAM device by Dr. Wilson, the lip and palate repair by Dr. Maurice, and ear tubes by Dr. Young. Result is amazing. The process was smooth. Would recommend this team to anyone!!”
*Attentive and compassionate. Extraordinary care. Would recommend to any families who have children with clefts.
Iowa City IA Cleft Teams
- Dr. Mark Fisher
- NAM and/or Taping prior to lip repair
- Lip Repair done at 4 months/palate repair done at 12 months
- Restrictions & Requirements after repair include: The use of arm restraints
*We sought out this team after a significant failure.
*Dr. Burton, the oral surgeon on the team, is skilled, compassionate, follows through on every detail, coordinates multiple specialists, is conservative in his approach, takes appropriate risks, is honest, sincere and listens wholeheartedly to all concerns and treats our child with a great deal of respect and a ‘whole’ person. He fully understands the psycho-social aspects of multiple surgeries on kids.
*We’ve been to 4 teams across the country and this team far exceeds all.
- Dr. Deborah Kacmarynski
- NAM and/or Taping prior to lip repair
- Lip Repair done at 4 months/palate repair done at 12 months
- Restrictions & Requirements after repair include: The use of arm restraints
*Currently no reviews