Cleft Palate

Phone:	9845 2079
Fax:	9845 2078
Email:	BelindS4@chw.edu.au
Location:	Speech Pathology Department, Outpatients Street, Level 2

Clinic days:

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

The clinic accepts referrals from agencies from all over NSW, interstate and overseas. The Maternity Units refer newborn infants to the Cleft Palate Clinic, preferably within 48 hours of birth. This can be done by contacting the Cleft Palate Clinic Secretary. The Attending Medical Officer also provides a written referral to the clinic.

Other cleft conditions (including velopharyngeal incompetence) can be referred through the same process, with a written medical referral being sent to:

Cleft Palate Clinic
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead N.S.W. 2145

Fact Sheets:

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

Staff

• Dr Peter Hayward, Head of Cleft Palate Clinic, Plastic Surgeon
• Dr Catherine Boorer, Plastic Surgeon
• Dr Robert Gates, Plastic Surgeon
• Dr Philip Thompson, Plastic Surgeon
• Dr John Vandervord, Plastic Surgeon
• Dr Ken Peacock, Paediatrician
• Dr John Curotta, ENT Surgeon
• Dr Kit Chan, Orthodontist
• Dr Tony Pistolese, Orthodontist
• Amy Walker, Cleft Lip and Palate Clinical Nurse Consultant
• David Fitzsimons, Speech Pathologist
• Amanda Simon, Speech Pathologist
• Rosemary Douglas, Audiologist
• Jean Tsembis, Audiologist
• Latha Ramesh, Audiologist
• Rebecca Summons, Audiologist
• Belinda Liston, Cleft Palate Clinic Coordinator
• Paul De Sensi, Photographer

Related services and clinics

• Cleft Palate Clinic