• Initial team evaluation with emphasis on airway evaluation, hearing, ophthalmology, orhtopedics and genetics.
• Treatment is tailored relative to the extent of involvement and severity.
• Severe cases with airway involvement are considered for early bilateral mandibular elongation with distraction.
• Early speech support and hearing amplification.
• Orbital and zygomatic reconstruction (4 to 8 years).
• Eyelid reconstruction (5 to 9 years).
• Continued orthodontic support for surgical rehabilitation.
• Definitive skeletal habilitation with traditional orthognathic surgery or in combination with distraction osteogenesis (adolescence).
• Nasal reconstruction (late childhood and adolescence).
• Soft tissue enhancement through staged autologous fat transplantation and/or microsurgical tissue transfer.
• Microtia reconstruction with autologous tissue and/or osseointegrated supported ear prosthesis.
• Middle and inner ear evaluation for hearing augmentation.

To learn more, or to arrange an appointment, contact:

Rush Craniofacial Center
Rush University Medical Center
1725 W. Harrison, Suite 425
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 563-3000
Fax: (312) 563-2514
Email Co-directors:
John W. Polley, MD
Alvaro A. Figueroa, DDS