The Lessons Learned Mother's Day Brunch was held on May 5th, 2018 at the Embassy Suites in Waltham, MA with featured guest speaker, Dr. Eliza Bronfman, Psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Bronfman spoke about "Healthy Parenting Children with a Facial Difference" and her slides are shared under Resources.
Our Spring 2018 newsletter is available NOW! FFC has been busy over the last few months.
Boston Children's Hospital wrote about "A safer way to teach cleft lip surgery".
The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) shared their response to the 20/20 program on the genetics of treacher collins.
The Jane C. McDaid Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Cameron Blanks from Scituate, Mass. He graduated from Scituate High School.
The Dr. John B. Mulliken Scholarship was awarded to Camryn Berry from Livermore, Maine. She graduated from Spruce Mountain High School (SMHS).
Our Summer Newsletter for 2017 is now available in a convenient PDF format.
BCH Welcomes a New Professional to the Team - Robyn Snyder, CCLS
In many ways I think this journey has enriched our lives. Of course we have our struggles, and certainly sending this happy little baby in for surgery every few months has not been easy. But becoming a part of the Children’s Hospital and cleft lip-palate communities has been a real blessing.
In 1989, Andrew Livingstone was born without a blemish, but two weeks later, a strawberry red growth began to bloom on his upper lip. At age three months, the mass enlarged quickly, extending up to his nose. It became an open sore, which would scab over, only to ulcerate again and again. Andrew’s pediatrician diagnosed the condition as a hemangioma and referred his parents, Seth and Marcy, to renowned expert, plastic surgeon John Mulliken, MD, at Children’s Hospital Boston.
