We see all types of children with oral and facial differences, including children with cleft lip and palate, facial paralysis, and other types of developmental and craniofacial differences including: Craniosynostosis, Hemifacial Microsomia, Apert Syndrome, Crouzon Syndrome, Moebius Syndrome, Pierre-Robin Sequence, Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome, and Treacher-Collins Syndrome.

Our specialists work together as a team at the Clinic on Monday afternoons two times a month. Our team includes two plastic surgeons, speech/language pathologists, dentists, orthodontists, geneticists, ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctors, and a nurse coordinator, all of whom specialize in cleft lip and palate. The children usually come in early in the afternoon and they see appropriate members of the team.

Educating parents about cleft and craniofacial differences is an important part of our mission at Hopkins. We reassure them these conditions are very treatable. We work with the parents to coordinate the very best treatment for their child. The Clinic is designed to make it easy for families to see a variety of doctors and specialists.

The majority of patients live in the region, but the Clinic also treats patients from around the country and overseas. Yes, we see patients whose craniofacial conditions are treated at other Clinics and we refer patients to the appropriate specialists.

Our interdisciplinary approach draws on the expertise of more than 15 pediatric specialists and we have extensive experience in cleft lip and palate care. Johns Hopkins has provided excellent care, leadership, and scholarship for many decades. We aim to provide excellence in education for our colleagues and for the public via our website and publications. We work on community outreach programs. Through our various programs and activities, we focus on awareness for families and physicians.

A businessman, bank president and railroad magnate, Johns Hopkins was the most powerful financier in Baltimore during the mid-1800s. When he died a bachelor in 1873, at the age of 78, Mr. Hopkins provided in his will for the creation of a university dedicated to advance learning and scientific research, and a hospital to administer the finest patient care, train superior physicians, and seek new knowledge for the advancement of medicine.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland, on the East Coast of the United States. It is 20 minutes from Baltimore-Washington International Airport, less than one hour north of Washington D.C., and 3 hours south of New York City. The Johns Hopkins Medical Campus is very close to Baltimore's Inner Harbor area, the heart of downtown.

Johns Hopkins receives both public and private funds to support its extensive biomedical research program. The School of Medicine receives $300 million in research grants per year, representing more research dollars than any other medical center in the United States.

Johns Hopkins is committed to providing the very best in three critical areas of medicine: teaching, research, and patient care. Good teaching in the medical, nursing and public health schools ensures that the expertise of our faculty is passed on to new generations of health professionals. Extensive research extends the boundaries of medical knowledge. High quality patient care ensures that every patient receives the best that Hopkins is capable of giving.

We like to meet the baby and his or her parents shortly after birth. We will examine your child and discuss a treatment plan, including feeding and potential surgery.

For our current family studies, an interviewer typically comes to your home one time to complete the psychiatric interview and blood drawing. The family history interview is conducted over the phone.

Yes. You must apply to the visiting student program because the evaluation process is different than for regular admission. However, it is not recommended if you intend to reapply to a Johns Hopkins degree program. Courses taken as a visiting student may not be applied toward degree requirements. The visiting student program is not designed for students who missed the regular application deadlines.

Yes. The doctors who work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center are faculty of the School of Medicine, a division of the Johns Hopkins University. In his will, Johns Hopkins stipulated that the hospital and University be joined to promote teaching, research, and patient care.

a teaching institution, The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a training ground for the next generation of leaders in medicine. For that reason, when the attending physician who is directly responsible for your medical care visits you in the hospital, several residents, postdoctoral fellows, or medical or nursing students may accompany him or her. As a patient at Johns Hopkins, you always have the right to speak privately with your attending physician.

Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center are private, non-profit hospitals. They are not affiliated with the U.S. Government or any local government agency. In this way, they are unlike the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a research facility funded by the U.S. government located in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C.

Johns Hopkins Hospital has been ranked #1 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of America's Best Hospitals for the past 14 years. Hopkins doctors also are highly regarded by their peers. A 1995 survey called "The Best Doctors in America" published in American Health Magazine, listed 41 Hopkins doctors among the best in the United States, more than any other medical center.

Yes. In fact, you don’t even have to apply to the program. Contact your division’s Registrar’s Office for details on cross-registration. No. You cannot enroll as a non-degree-seeking student in two different divisions during the same semester.

Answer: This question requires a two-part answer. The first woman to earn the PhD was Christine Ladd-Franklin, who completed her studies in 1882. The trustees refused to grant her the degree until 1926, however. In the meantime, Florence Bascom earned and received her PhD in 1893.

Early Decision (ED) is an option that allows students who feel sure that Johns Hopkins is their first-choice college to apply before the regular deadline and to receive their admission decision early. If admitted, it's also a contract to enroll. Read more here.

Johns Hopkins welcomes transfer students from two- and four-year colleges and universities into the sophomore and junior classes.