Pediatric Plastic Surgery

Pediatric plastic surgeons at Corewell Health Children’s treat a variety of congenital and acquired abnormalities of the face and the body for newborns, children, and teens. Our craniofacial team is one of the few in Michigan to be state-certified.

Corewell Health Children’s board-certified pediatric plastic surgeons collaborate with experts in many other fields to provide innovative and comprehensive care for complex birth defects. In addition, Corewell Health's team features surgeons who specialize in microsurgical techniques and plastic surgeries specifically for growing infants and children. The excellent support provided to the plastic surgery team from Corewell Health Children’s other service groups and the cooperative atmosphere fostered by these subspecialties contribute to the outstanding overall care our patients enjoy.

Our pediatric plastic surgeons evaluate and treat

• Abnormalities of face, skull, and hands
• Car accident injuries
• Cleft lip and cleft palate
• Congenital tumors
• Dog-bite wounds
• Limb salvage
• Reconstructive surgery after tumor removal
• Spina bifida
• Vascular anomalies

Corewell Health Children’s pediatric plastic surgeons actively participate in many professional and charitable organizations, including the Michigan Cleft Palate Association and Healing the Children, a national charitable organization that envisions a world where every child has access to medical care.

Pediatric plastic surgery services are available at Corewell Health Children’s through a direct referral from an obstetrician or pediatrician.

At the Ian Jackson Craniofacial and Cleft Palate Clinic, we don't just change a face. We change lives.

Beaumont Children's Ian Jackson Craniofacial and Cleft Palate Clinic brings together medical specialists in one clinic location to provide integrated medical care for children born with craniofacial conditions, such as cleft lip or palate, as well as adults with facial deformities from various causes.

The clinic is one of only a few in Michigan to receive approval from the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association and Cleft Palate Foundation as both a Cleft Palate Team and a Craniofacial Team.

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

Assessing and treating patients with craniofacial, cleft lip, and/or cleft palate conditions is a complex process that requires the coordination and participation of many medical specialists. At the Ian Jackson Craniofacial and Cleft Palate Clinic, our highly trained team of craniofacial and cleft palate specialists will:

• Evaluate an individual's condition
• Conduct necessary tests (endoscopic, acoustic, radiologic)
• Make treatment recommendations
• Coordinate all diagnostics and care
• Perform surgery, if necessary
• Provide ongoing medical care
• Maintain long-term clinical outcome records