Craniofacial Center
The Craniofacial Center is one of the oldest and largest facilities in the country dedicated to the team approach for the care of infants, children, adolescents, and adults with cleft lip and palate and other congenital craniofacial conditions. The Center also provides surgical and prosthetic rehabilitation for those with head and neck cancer or who have suffered craniofacial trauma as well as dental care for medically compromised and developmentally challenged adults.
The Center's goal is to achieve functional, cosmetic, and psychosocial normalcy through a team approach to patient care. The Center offers its patients a modern treatment facility with access to the most advanced technologies and procedures. Three dimensional digital imaging (radiographic and photographic) and computer-driven equipment allow us to provide our patients with the most up to date care.
Our Services
The Center believes in a team approach for patient care and offers a wide variety of services including: plastic/reconstructive surgery, maxillofacial/craniofacial surgery, oral and facial implant prosthetics, ocular prosthetics, speech pathology, audiology, psychology, orthodontics, nursing, and pediatrics. The Center is nationally renowned for it programs including 3D imaging and computer-assisted surgical planning; plastic, reconstructive, and craniofacial surgery; and dental and facial osseointegrated implants.
There are two clinical units within The Craniofacial Center to meet patient care needs:
1. The Cleft/Craniofacial Clinic treats patients born with cleft lip and/or palate and other congenital craniofacial conditions.
2. The Maxillofacial Prosthetics Clinic provides functional and cosmetic prosthetic rehabilitation for those with congenital or acquired craniofacial conditions such as cleft lip and palate and head and neck cancer.
Highlights:
The Craniofacial Center has been the site of several significant "firsts" in care for those with cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial conditions. The first craniofacial surgery in North America was performed here. The original research to foster the worldwide trend for early cleft palate repair was conducted at The Center.
UI Hospital has the only training program in the country for medical artists to learn to make facial prostheses. The Craniofacial Center has the most extensive program utilizing osseointegrated craniofacial implants to retain facial prostheses and is a leader in the rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients using osseointegrated dental implants.
Our Team
The Craniofacial Center is world known for its TEAM APPROACH: medical and dental specialists and allied health professionals caring for patients in a single, patient-friendly location.
We are one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive such facilities in the country. The Center has served as the model for similar centers around the world and has consistently been a leader in patient satisfaction among all outpatient clinics at the University Of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.
Our Locations
The Craniofacial Center811 South Paulina
Chicago, IL 60612
The Cleft/Craniofacial Clinic 312.996.7546
The Maxillofacial Prosthetics Clinic 312.996.7546
All clinics operate Monday through Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm