We help to guide expectant mothers and families through the treatment their child will need for cleft lip and palate.

Children born with cleft lip and palate receive comprehensive, compassionate care from an expert team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. We offer prenatal consulting for expectant mothers and families who have received a cleft lip or palate diagnosis for their unborn baby.

We help to guide you through the care your child will need so that you can focus on the joy of welcoming your new baby. With proper treatment children born with cleft lip and palate grow to lead happy, healthy lives. Our board-certified, fellowship-trained plastic surgeons have extensive experience treating children with cleft lip and palate.

Meet Our Team

Meet our physicians, nurse practitioners and cleft program coordinator who will provide you with information and answer your questions during the consultation process. Throughout your child’s treatment, they will also receive care from other experts such as our audiologists and speech-language and feeding therapists, as well as our highly skilled, Magnet®-designated nursing team.

Why Choose Johns Hopkins All Children’s

Cleft lip and palate are among the most common craniofacial anomalies that we treat. It occurs when the bones and tissues that form the nose, lip and roof of the mouth do not form properly while the baby is in utero. Children may be born with clefts that affect their lip, palate or both.

Babies will typically have their first surgery within the first few months of life, and then will have subsequent surgeries throughout childhood and adolescence. As part of your consultation, we will thoroughly explain the treatment timeline, so you know what to expect as your child grows. Our team is available to you throughout your pregnancy to answer any questions that arise.

Once your baby is born, we provide consistent, compassionate care from your child’s initial surgery in the first months of life, all through childhood, adolescence and early adulthood.

Our cleft lip and palate prenatal consulting services are part of the Cleft and Craniofacial Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. The program is approved by the Commission of Approval of Teams as meeting the standards set by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association and Cleft Palate Foundation.

Learn more about the cleft and craniofacial program.