Cleft and Craniofacial Team

We provide the professional expertise and dedication necessary to accomplish that plan with a minimum number of surgical procedures. Our team members possess specialty training far exceeding the minimum requirements for board certification. The team keeps up-to-date with advances in the field through regular continuing medical education, but does not race to adopt every new treatment trend until safety and efficacy can be assured. We regularly review our outcomes and constantly strive to improve the care we provide. 

Our team consists of audiology, dentistry, genetics, neurosurgery, nutrition, otolaryngology (ENT), oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS), orthodontics, pediatrics, plastic surgery, speech pathology, sleep medicine, and social work.

 

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Providers

Plastics

	René P. Myers, MD Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Otolaryngology James C. Lee III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic Surgery Program Director, UAB Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Director, UAB Cleft and Craniofacial Center Co-Director, UAB Facial Nerve Clinic
	Shelby Svientek, MD
	Dana Camper, PA-C
	Mary Margaret Johnson, MSN, RN, CRNP
	Meghan Brown, MCD, CCC-SLP Program Coordinator, Cleft Lip and Palate

 

 

 

Neurosurgery

	James M. Johnston, Jr, MD Assistant Professor Pediatric Neurosurgery Medical Director Global Surgery Program
	Curtis J. Rozzelle, MD Associate Professor Pediatric Neurosurgery

 

 

 

Orthodontics

 

Chung H. Kau, BDS, MScD, PhD, FAMS(Ortho), FACD, FFD(Ortho), ABO Professor of Orthodontics Chair, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry

 

 

Audiologists

	Ashley Decker, AuD, CCC-A
	Anna Rutledge, AUD, CCC-A

 

 

Genetics

	Nathaniel Robin, MD Professor, Department of Genetics Medical Director UAB Genetics Director, Clinical Genetics Division
	Dana Goodloe, MPH, MS, LCGC Supervising Genetic Counselor
	Taylor McClinchey, MS, LCGC Lead Genetic Counselor, Adult/Specialty Genetics

 

 

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Kathlyn K. Powell DMD, MD Associate Professor and Program Director of the Residency Training Program UAB Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

 

 
Otorhinolaryngologists (ENT)

Randall Real, MD

 

 

Pediatrics

Cassi Smola, MD

 

 

Social Work

Catherine Hughes, LMSW

 

Speech Language Pathologists

	Ashley Hood, M.A., CCC-SLP
	Bitsy Seethaler, M.S., CCC-SLP
	Karly Martin, MCD, CCC-SLP

 

 

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Additional Team Members

Dieticians
Nurses 
Occupational Therapists 
Pediatric Anesthesiologists 
Pediatric Dentists and Prosthedontists 
Pediatric Radiologists 
Physical Therapists 
Social Services Professionals 
Surgeon’s Assistant and Clinic Coordinator