Cleft-Craniofacial Center Providers and Staff

At UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, our Cleft-Craniofacial Center's specialists are trained to address all aspects of a patient's diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.

Management of cleft-craniofacial conditions includes a variety of health care professionals because the skills of many different specialties are needed to help treat all areas of need in cleft and craniofacial patients.

Clinical Coordinator

Matthew D Ford, MS, CCC-SLP

Matthew D. Ford, MS, CCC-SLP

Jesse A Goldstein, MD

Chief, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Director, Cleft-Craniofacial Center
Associate Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Program Director, Craniofacial Fellowship
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Michael R Bykowski, MD

Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Co-Surgical Director, Vascular Anomalies Center
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Bernard James Costello, DMD, MD

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Alene Marie D'Alesio, DMD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Noel Jabbour, MD

Director, Congenital Ear Center
Faculty Member, Cleft-Craniofacial Center
Faculty Member, Vascular Anomalies Center
Fellowship Director, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Joseph E. Losee, MD

Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dr. Ross H. Musgrave Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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Suneeta Madan-Khetarpal, MD

Clinical Director, HHT Center of Excellence
Assistant Program Director, Medical Genetics Fellowship
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, and Human Genetics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
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Ken K Nischal, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Medical Director, UPMC Children's Telemedicine Program
Director, Pediatric Program Development, UPMC Eye Center
Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Ian Pollack, MD

Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Co-director, Brain Tumor Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Leland Albright Professorship in Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Deepa Soundara Rajan, MD

Clinical Director, Program for the Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Alexis Danielle Rodgers, PhD

Psychologist, Plastic Surgery, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Psychologist, Developmental Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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Lindsay Schuster, DMD, MS

Orthodontist, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 
Associate Clinical Professor, Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Faculty, Cleft and Special Care Orthodontic Fellowship
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Physician Assistants

Alexandra Andromalos, PA-C
Chelsea Haywiser, PA-C
Nikki Kistler, PA-C
Megan Natali, PA-C
Olivia Anne Rafalowski, PA-C

Contact the Cleft-Craniofacial Center at UPMC Children's

To make an appointment or learn more about our program, call us at 412-692-8650.