The Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Program at Cooper University Health Care offers coordinated, interdisciplinary care designed to meet the multifaceted needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or craniofacial conditions.
Established in 1979, the program is a designated cleft-craniofacial center in New Jersey and meets the standards set forth by the American Cleft-Craniofacial Association Commission on Team Approval (ACPA) as an approved ACPA team. We also receive support from New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Family Services.
Payment for services are available on a sliding fee scale basis when needed and coordinated with insurances, including NJ Medicaid and Family Care.
Our Services
- Prenatal counseling for expectant parents whose unborn baby has been diagnosed with cleft lip, cleft palate, or other craniofacial conditions
- Newborn consultation and feeding available 7 days a week
- Surgical correction of clefts and craniofacial deformities
- Dental care, including assessments and treatments by pediatric dentists, orthodontists, and maxillofacial surgeons
- Streamlined scheduling to coordinate evaluations, surgeries, and other treatments to reduce the need for multiple visits
Our Specialists
Cooper specialists work together in a coordinated, family-centered team setting to provide appropriate inpatient and outpatient care. The results of our evaluations and treatment recommendations are communicated to the patient's primary care physician or local health care provider.
Our program includes an interdisciplinary team of experienced physicians, dentists, and other health professionals from a wide range of specialties that include:
- Audiology
- Genetics
- Neonatology
- Nursing
- Oral maxillofacial surgery
- Orthodontics
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric anesthesiology
- Pediatric cardiology
- Pediatric dentistry
- Pediatric hand surgery
- Pediatric intensive care
- Pediatric neurology
- Pediatric otolaryngology
- Pediatric ophthalmology
- Pediatric orthopedic surgery
- Pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Pediatric plastic surgery
- Prosthodontics
- Psychosocial assessments and referrals
- Speech pathology (including feeding evaluations and therapy)
Continuing Care for Adults
Although our program primarily serves patients from birth to age 21, we also treat adults with unresolved cleft-related concerns, including issues related to facial appearance, deviated septum, palate fistulas, speech and dental needs. We also provide care to adults who wish to complete treatment that they started in childhood but did not finish.
Financial Assistance
Payment for services are available on a sliding fee scale basis when needed and coordinated with insurances, including New Jersey Medicaid and Family Care.
Contact Us
To learn more about Cooper’s Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Program or to schedule an appointment, please call 856.722.9110 or 888.792.7007.
For newborn referrals or urgent issues, please call 856.722.9110. If there is no answer, call the Cooper University Hospital switchboard at 856.342.2000 and ask to page the on-call cleft palate provider.