Cleft Team Central
Our Cleft Team is happy to welcome you in November 2022
The Cleft Team in Utrecht has a long history going back to the nineteen-fifties of last century. Initially there were two teams, one headed by the maxillofacial surgery department and one by the plastic surgery department. These two teams were merged in the late nineteen-seventies, while the children’s hospital was still an independent entity, located in the city center. In the late nineteen-eighties, the children’s hospital and academic hospital were merged and moved to the current location at “the Uithof” in Utrecht.
The Cleft Team incorporates all (sub)specialties and covers all care from prenatal counseling until adulthood and later if needed. A multidisciplinary team approach is standard. The number of new babies varies a bit from year to year, but on average we see about 50 new cases per year. The Cleft Team has close collaboration with two smaller teams in de the East and South West of the country. Our Cleft Team participates in Dutch and European Reference networks. There is also a close collaboration between the Cleft Team and the 22q11.2 team, as Utrecht is the Dutch reference center for 22q11.2 as well. The Team organizes cleft dissection courses on a regular basis, but Covid unfortunately forced an interruption for several years. We’re happy to resume this tradition again in 2022.
