Cleft-Craniofacial Center Doctors and Staff

Joseph E. Losee, MD

Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Director, Pittsburgh Cleft-Craniofacial Center
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Ross H. Musgrave Endowed Chair in Pediatric Plastic Surgery
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Matthew D Ford, MS, CCC-SLP

Clinical Coordinator/Speech-Language Pathologist, Cleft-Craniofacial Center
Field Instructor, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Pittsburgh
Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Duquesne University

Kathryn Barbash, Psy D

Psychologist, Cleft-Craniofacial Center and Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Psychologist, Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Associate Director, Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship in Pediatric Behavioral Health, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Heather Baumhardt, DDS

Residency Program Director, Pediatric Dentistry, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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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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Alexander Joseph Davit III, MD

Director, Pediatric Hand Surgery Program and the Pediatric Wound Care Clinic
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Regina Fenton, CRNP

Expert CRNP
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Jesse A Goldstein, MD

Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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Chelsea Haywiser, PA-C

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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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Olivia Anne Rafalowski, PA-C

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Suneeta Madan-Khetarpal, MD

Clinical Director, HHT Center of Excellence
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Brian S. Martin, DMD, MS

Vice President, Medical Affairs, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina School of Dental Medicine
Auxiliary Faculty, UCLID Center, University, Community, Leadership and Individuals with Disabilities, University of Pittsburgh
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Ellen Brown Mitchell, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Megan Natali, PA-C

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Ken 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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Lindsay Schuster, DMD, MS

Assistant Clinical Professor, Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Faculty, Cleft and Special Care Orthodontic Fellowship
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Katelyn M Woods, DMD

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Our Physicians and Staff

Anthropology

Mark Mooney, PhD
Seth Weinberg, PhD

Division of Medical Genetics

Mary Marazita, PhD

Nursing

Jan E. Daniels, LPN
Taryn Price, RN, BSN, CPN

Prosthodontics

Heidi Huber, DMD

Social Work

Johanna Smith, MSW

Speech Pathology

Rhona Galera, CScD, CCC-SLP
Sheryl Rosen, MA, CCC-SLP