Carolinas Center for Cleft Lip & Palate Surgery

04/05/2023

Families affected by Cleft and Craniofacial birth anomalies face a lot of challenges. They are and

I'm always blown away at their strength and blessed beyond measure to be part of their journey.

01/13/2023

A few members of our cleft team are in El Paso, Texas this week training with pillars and pioneers in Cleft and Craniofacial care.
No two clefts are the same and we are passionately dedicated to growing in our field and learning the most successful techniques so that our patients always have access to the very best care.

12/20/2022

A recap video of the medical mission work being done in Guatemala! To learn more about this type of mission work as well as how you can contribute please visit www.freetosmile.com or check out Tess Unlimited online.

This is a recap of our weak in Guatemala with our in country Tess Unlimited. Together we create better days!

09/26/2022

We ♥️♥️♥️ our patients!!

09/24/2022

Our team from have returned home from an incredible week serving the people of Guatemala in partnership with and

For more information about sponsoring a child for surgery or ways you can contribute to a surgical mission. Please visit www.freetosmile.org or https://tessunlimited.nl/en/ .

09/15/2022

Cleft lip and palate affects 1 in 700 babies worldwide… the same incidence as down syndrome. Yet, the awareness and advocacy for the condition is underwhelmi...

09/09/2022

Our team is so excited to be traveling back to Guatemala with and

08/11/2022

We are a very speech language pathology focused clinic and we partner with SLP for far more than just speech. Feeding therapy and TOT diagnosis are some of the most frequent reasons we refer to our SLP partners. Prevalence of prescription management for gastrointestinal disruption is at an all time high. Proper diagnosis and management of oral tethers may be the solution.

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Treatment of tongue-tie in infants suggests improvements for breastfeeding mothers, including reduced ni**le pain and improved latching onto the breast. The eff...

08/04/2022

Our passion

06/26/2022

06/02/2022

Check out this info on one of our Cleft team providers. We ❤️ Speak to Me. Leslie Rice Giambrone is so passionate about her patients.

Opening our doors in 2007, we began our work to meet the growing need for speech therapy in the Charlotte area. Our founder, Leslie Giambrone, had worked solo since 2003 but saw she could help more infants, children, and adults by adding new therapists to the practice and building a team.
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Leslie has over 23 years of experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist. She has traveled throughout Asia, Africa, and the Middle East with Operation Smile to help children and adults with cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Currently, she is on a Charlotte cleft palate team under the direction of Dr. Kapitan at Carolinas Center for Oral and Facial Surgery. Born with Tongue Tie herself and then having her son born with the same condition inspired Leslie to take the TOTS class to help others. Because of this specialized training, she can assess whether someone is a candidate for a procedure to improve feeding.
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We equip our therapists with the training, mentorship, and continuing education opportunities to ensure we’re providing the best evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment possible. Because we have an extensive knowledge base, we can take on more complex cases and help those who may need higher levels of care. Making a difference is what drives us every day.
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03/01/2022

Check out this fantastic camp experience available for kids with facial differences. This years dates are July 10 -15, 2022.
These kids have an incredible time.
SIGNIFICANTLY reduced rates are available for the first 30 registrants thanks to the generous support of Shirakiku Foundation and American Craniofacial Association.
https://www.faces-cranio.org/faces-camp

•    Traditional co-ed overnight summer camp for youth with facial differences ages 6 -17. •    Featuring Bring a Buddy to Camp, where siblings or BFFs can experience camp together while meeting kids with similar medical conditions. •    Located on 170 woodland acres, 2.5 hours from Atla...