Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship

Fellowship Training is conducted at both the Academic Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, Shriner's Hospital for Children in Shreveport, and the various Willis-Knighton Health System facilities. The Academic Medical Center is a tertiary hospital with approximately 430 beds, and the Willis-Knighton Health System is a tertiary health care system with multiple hospital locations. Both locations are equipped with 24-hour staffed pediatric intensive care units, as well as trained pediatric anesthesia staff. With the newly established partnership with Shriner's Hospital for Children, the patient accruement area includes all of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma. Approximately 350 cleft and craniofacial-related patient visits are recorded each year. All patients are presented prospectively and retrospectively at the monthly multidisciplinary cleft team meetings to obtain a consensus opinion on treatment.

On completion of their fellowship training, the fellows will have developed a comprehensive understanding of the diagnosis and management of patients with the full spectrum of cleft and craniofacial abnormalities. The fellows will be an integral part of the Ark-La-Tex Craniofacial & Cleft Center, being involved in the care of all patients treated at the center. Fellows are expected to be involved not only in the surgical treatment of these patients, but in their daily and long-term management as well.