Beaumont Opens Craniofacial & Cleft Palate Clinic Honoring Ian Jackson

New multidisciplinary clinic brings together specialists in one location to provide integrated care for craniofacial conditions and facial deformities

Beaumont Hospitals’ has teamed up with plastic and craniofacial surgeons to develop a Craniofacial and Cleft Palate Clinic at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. The clinic opened it doors on March 16 and honors Ian Jackson, M.D., a pioneer in pediatric plastic surgery.

The clinic offers expedited, multidisciplinary care for children born with craniofacial conditions, such cleft lip or palate, as well as adults with facial deformities from various causes.

(left to right ) Drs. Shaheen, Pieper, Jackson and Topf.

“We’ve assembled a highly trained team of experts from many disciplines to treat patients of all ages,” says Kenneth Shaheen, M.D., one of the clinic’s medical directors and director, Plastic Surgery, Beaumont, Royal Oak. “Assessing and treating patients with craniofacial conditions is a complex process. From evaluation to testing, we’ll make treatment recommendations and coordinate care based upon input from our team.”

Along with Dr. Shaheen, Jeffrey Topf, D.D.S., division chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Beaumont, Royal Oak; and Daniel Piper, M.D., chief of Skullbase Surgery and director of Neuro-oncology, Beaumont, Royal Oak; serve as the clinic’s medical directors.

The medical team includes: plastic surgeons; oral and maxillofacial surgeons; neurosurgeons; otolaryngologists; otologists; ophthalmologists; orthodontists; prosthodontists; pediatric dentists; pediatricians; genetic counselors; speech-language pathologists; dietitians; social workers; psychologists, audiologists; occupational therapists and nurses. They evaluate a patient’s condition and recommend the best medical or surgical treatment option.

Dr. Jackson, for whom the clinic is named, is an innovator in reconstructive surgery for deformities of the face and skull. Retired from active surgical practice, he will assist the team as a medical educator. Dr. Jackson and his wife, Marjorie, have founded the Ian Jackson Craniofacial and Cleft Palate Clinic Fund to provide treatment scholarships and aid in the education of future craniofacial specialists. A former head of the department of Plastic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, he is the author of many books and publications.

The clinic staff treats a full range of disorders, including:

• Cleft lip and palate
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency
• Pierre Robin syndrome
• Treacher Collins syndrome
• Apert syndrome
• Crouzon’s disease
• Craniosynostosis
• Hemifacial microsomia
• Acquired facial demformities
• Skull base tumors
• Facial paralysis

Appointments at the clinic can be scheduled by calling 248-898-0181. The clinic is located in Suite 206 of Beaumont’s Cancer Center at its Royal Oak hospital.

Beaumont’s Surgery department offers patients the latest minimally invasive technology and treatments, with care provided by highly trained physicians, anesthesiologists, nurses and technicians. Beaumont offers bariatric; cardiovascular; colon and rectal; ear, nose and throat; eye; gynecological; hand; neurosurgery; oral and maxillofacial; orthopedic; pediatric; plastic; thoracic; trauma; urological and vascular surgery. Beaumont, Royal Oak is one of the highest-volume surgery centers in the country.

Beaumont is listed among the 2010 “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.