Tennessee Cleft Teams
If you’re searching for a cleft team in Tennessee 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.
Chattanooga TN Cleft Teams
- Dr. Larry Sargant
- Latham prior to lip repair
- Lip Repair done between 3-10 months/palate repair done between 9-12 months
- Restrictions & Requirements after repair include: No bottle, no pacifier, use of arm restraints, nose stents, scar cream and scar massage
- Speech therapy begins at 1 year
- Bone graft around age 7
*Dr. Sargant is the #1 cleft surgeon in the US. He doesn’t talk much but he KNOWS what he’s doing.
*The surgeons working with Dr. Sargent are wonderful. Dr. Sargent is great at what he does but doesn’t talk much or answer questions but his team is great
Memphis TN Cleft Teams
- Dr. George Burruss
- NAM prior to lip repair
- Lip Repair done between 3-5 months/palate repair done between 13-16 months
- Restrictions & Requirements after repair include:Use of arm restraints
- Speech therapy begins at 4 year
- Bone graft around age 9, nose/lip revision at age 21
*Great results, great doctors.
*Does amazing work.
*Although Dr. Burruss doesn’t recommend speech therapy until the age of 4, we have decided to put our kids in early speech therapy. This is the ONLY thing I don’t agree with Dr Burruss on. His work is amazing
Nashville TN Cleft Teams
- Dr. Reuben Beuno
- Taping and or Lip Adhesion prior to lip repair
- Lip Repair done between 3-6 months/palate repair done between 10-12 months
- Restrictions & Requirements after repair include: No bottle, no pacifier, use of arm restraints and scar massage
- Speech therapy begins after palate repair, as needed
- Bone graft around age 7
*”The cleft team at Vanderbilt has several surgeons and I’ve heard nothing but wonderful things about all of them but we are partial to Dr. Bueno. He is obviously passionate about what he does and takes a lot of pride in his work. We are more than pleased with the results and our experience with him. We highly recommend him! The plastic surgeons at Vanderbilt seem to vary in their care and don’t necessarily practice as a “cleft team” based on what I’ve heard about other teams. We facilitated our own appointments with ENT and speech, which I kind of prefer so that I can research and choose which doctors I want my child to see.”
- Dr. Stephan Braun
- Taping prior to lip repair
- Lip Repair done between 10-16 weeks/palate repair done between 10-12 months
- Restrictions & Requirements after repair include: Use of arm restraints and scar massage
- Speech therapy begins after palate repair, as needed
- Additional procedures may include: Columella lengthening age 2-3 years, bone graft at 7-10 years, rhinoplasty for cosmetic purposes at about 18 years
*”Loved Dr Braun, we did a wonderful repair in my daughter Elizabeth”