Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Care

At Phoenix Children’s, our highly trained team of specialists offers the widest range of treatments for infants, children and adults with cleft and craniofacial differences – from cleft lip and palate to craniosynostosis.

When you come to Phoenix Children’s for cleft and craniofacial care, you gain access to the largest and oldest program of its kind in the Southwest.

More than 40 years ago, we started as the Southwest Craniofacial Center. Years later, the program became the Barrow Cleft and Craniofacial Center. Now, we’re proudly known as Phoenix Children’s Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Care. Though our name has changed over the years, our commitment to excellence in patient care has stayed constant.

At our Center, we help patients with facial differences navigate every step of their care journey. We have the only craniofacial team in Arizona with approval from the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association (ACPA). So, you receive vetted expertise with compassionate, coordinated support.

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Craniofacial differences can be complex, and treatment is unique to each patient and family. That’s why we use an interdisciplinary model of care. We bring together over 20 craniofacial subspecialists with experience in different areas of medicine, so you get the exact care you need.

Your care team partners with you to develop a thoughtful, personalized care plan that helps achieve the best possible outcomes for you. From physical appearance and functional challenges to emotional coping, your team ensures you receive support for every aspect of your child’s condition.

The outpatient Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Care spans more than 10,000 square feet and is home to our cleft and craniofacial team clinics. You can receive speech-language therapy, craniofacial orthodontics and behavioral health services here – making it easy to get all the care you need in one place.

At the Phoenix Children’s Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Care, we support:

• New or expecting parents of a child diagnosed with cleft lip, cleft palate or other craniofacial condition
• Older children or teens with craniofacial differences who want a care team 
• Adults with craniofacial care needs

After a cleft or craniofacial diagnosis, most of the time, you’ll meet with a plastic surgeon for a one-on-one consultation before you meet the full care team. During this visit, we explain the diagnosis, review possible treatment options and answer your questions. The goal is for you to leave feeling informed, supported and confident about the path ahead.

Learn about our services and specialty teams.