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Cleft Palate

Phone:9845 2079
Fax:9845 2078
Email:OrvilleM@chw.edu.au
Location:Speech Pathology Department, Outpatients Street, Level 2

The Cleft Palate Clinic  

The Cleft Palate Clinic at The Children's Hospital at Westmead is a multidisciplinary, integrated service for the assessment and coordination of management of children with cleft lip and/or palate and/or velopharyngeal dysfunction.

Referral Procedures 

Newborn Babies

Telephone contact with Cleft Palate Clinic Secretary, Mr Orville Moll on (02) 9845 2079 or Clinical Nurse Consultant, Ms Nicole Coburn on (02) 9845 1118, preferably within the first 48 hours of birth, followed by written referral from medical officer faxed or forwarded to the Cleft Palate Clinic.
    
The Cleft Palate Clinic
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
WESTMEAD NSW 2145.

Other Patients
Telephone contact with Cleft Palate Clinic Speech Pathologist, David Fitzsimons on (02) 9845 2079 followed by written referral from medical officer faxed or forwarded to the Cleft Palate Clinic at:   

The Cleft Palate Clinic
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
WESTMEAD NSW 2145.

Fact Sheets:

Cleft lip and palate
Cleft lip and palate - feeding your baby
Cleft palate clinic

Clinic Staff 

Dr Peter Hayward, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon (Head of Clinic)
Dr Robert Gates, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Dr Philip Thompson, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Dr John Vandervord, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Dr John Curotta, Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon
Dr Kit Chan, Specialist Orthodontist
Dr Tony Pistolese, Specialist Orthodontist (Honorary)
Dr Joanna Maclean, Respiratory Physician
Ms Nicole Coburn, Cleft Palate / Craniofacial Clinical Nurse Consultant
Mr David Fitzsimons, Cleft Palate / Craniofacial Speech Pathologist
Ms Amanda Simon, Speech Pathologist
Ms Rosemary Douglas, Audiologist
Ms Florencia Montes - Audiologist
Ms Katherine O'Brien - Audiologist
Mr Yong Liu - Audiologist
Mr Paul de Sensi - Clinical Photographer
Mr Orville Moll - Department Secretary / Coordinator

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Last updated: Wednesday, 29 of October 2008

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