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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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Johns Hopkins' great-grandmother was Margaret Johns, the daughter of Richard Johns, owner of a 4,000-acre estate in Calvert County, Md. Margaret Johns married Gerard Hopkins in 1700; one of their children was named Johns Hopkins. The second Johns Hopkins, grandson of the first, was born to Samuel and Hannah Janney Hopkins in 1795 on the family's tobacco plantation in southern Maryland.

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Cincinnati Children's, the Craniofacial Center team sees children and young adults with abnormalities of the skull, face, jaws, and mouth. Most of these conditions occur at birth. Some of the most common conditions evaluated include:

Pediatricians or primary surgeons refer patients to the Cincinnati Children's Craniofacial Center. The Craniofacial Center also accepts referrals from other health care professionals, hospitals, school representatives and parents. For more information, please contact Craniofacial Center Administrator Iris Sageser (iris.sageser@cchmc.org), 513-636-4539. Callers outside the Cincinnati area may call toll-free, 1-800-344-2462, and ask for extension 6-4539.