General Session I - Continued

Wednesday, April 18th
Goal: 

To expose attendees to the state-of-the-art research in the etiology of cleft and craniofacial conditions, outcomes, and improvement of quality of care for individuals with orofacial cleft or craniofacial anomalies.

Objective: 

Attendees will be able to identify the contemporary contributions of three or more disciplines to the diagnosis, treatment, and improvements in care for individuals with orofacial cleft or craniofacial conditions.

Session Chair: 

Jerald B. Moon, PhD

Session Co-Chair: 

Mark P. Mooney, PhD

Wednesday, April 18th

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10:30am

CLEFT PALATE SURGERY: INVESTIGATING QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY
C. Nguyen, BSc, T. Hernandez-Boussard, MPH, PhD, S. Davis, MS, J. Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, R.Khosla, MD, C. Curtin, MD

8
10:40am

THE AMERICLEFT SPEECH PROJECT: TRAINING, TRIALS, AND RELIABILITY OUTCOMES
K. Cordero, PhD, CCC-SLP, A. L. Baylis, PhD, CCC-SLP, K. L. Chapman, PhD, CCC-SLP, A. J. Dixon, MA, CCC-SLP, C. Dobbelsteyn, MSc, S-LP(C), A. Harding-Bell, PhD, D. Sell, PhD, FRCSLT, T.Sweeney, PhD, A. Thurmes, MA, CCC-SLP, J. Trost-Cardamone, PhD, CCC-SLP, K. D. Wilson, PhD, CCC-SLP

9
10:50am

HIGH DOSAGE FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION, ORAL CLEFT RECURRENCE AND FETAL GROWTH
G. Wehby, T. Felix, N. Goco, H. Chakraborty, J. de Souza, C. Padovani, R. Pereira, A. Richieri, D.Moretti-Ferreira, J. C. Murray

11:00am

DISCUSSION

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11:10am

TO TUBE OR NOT TO TUBE THAT IS THE QUESTION?
M. A. Cohen, BA; LSLP, M. S. Matthews, MD, P. J. Houston, MD

11
11:20am

INTELLECTUAL AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WITH SINGLE SUTURE CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS (SSC), CASES VERSUS CONTROLS
R. A. Gaither, PhD, K. Kapp-Simon, PhD, M. Michaeleen Cradock, PhD, B.Collett, PhD, J. R. Starr, PhD, L. Buono, PhD, M. L. Speltz, PhD

12
11:30am

COMPARATIVE OUTCOME OF TWO NASOALVEOLAR MOLDING TECHNIQUES ON UNILATERAL CLEFT NOSE DEFORMITY
Y. Liao, Y. Hsieh, P. PK Chen

11:40am

DISCUSSION

13
11:50am

SUB-CLINICAL PHENOTYPES USED TO DISSECT GENETIC HETEROGENEITY IN CLEFT LIP WITH/WITHOUT CLEFT PALATE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ORAL FACIAL CLEFT STUDY
M. L. Marazita, PhD, M. E. Cooper, M. Govil, S. Weinberg, J. C. Murray, C. Brandon, M. Ford, J.Losee, A. Czeizel, A. Vieira, E.Castilla, S.Daack-Hirsch

14
12:00pm

TEMPORALLY CONTROLLED RELEASE OF ENCAPSULATED FGF2 FROM PLGA MICROSPHERES PROMOTES SURVIVAL AND ANGIOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS INDUCING NEO-VESSEL FORMATION IN NUDE MICE
J.McGrath, P. Gerety, MD, J. A. Taylor, MD, H. Nah, DMD PhD

15
12:10pm

THE IMPACT OF MAXILLARY OSTEOTOMY ON SPEECH IN CLEFT LIP AND PALATE: PERCEPTUAL OUTCOMES OF VELOPHARYNGEAL FUNCTION
V. J. Pereira, MSc in Speech and Language Therapy & Pathology, D.Sell, PhD, J. Tuomainen, PhD

12:20pm

DISCUSSION