2026 Interactive Cleft/VPD Conference
Program
Friday, November 6, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| Cleft Lip & Palate Surgery | ||
| 7:50 - 8:05am | Welcome & Announcements | |
| 8:05 - 8:30am | PLANA | Pradip Shetye, DDS, BDS, MDS |
| 8:30 - 8:50am | Nasoalveolar Molding | Deborah Kacmarynski, MD |
| 8:50 - 9:10am | Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair | Phayvanh Pecha, MD, MPH |
| 9:10 - 9:35am | Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair | Craig Senders, MD |
| 9:35 - 9:50am | BREAK | |
| 9:50 - 10:10am | Radical Intravelar Veloplasty | David Khechoyan, MD |
| 10:10 - 10:30am | Furlow Palatoplasty | Christian Francom, MD |
| 10:30 - 10:50am | Buccal Fat Pad Use In Cleft Palate Surgery | Noel Jabbour, MD |
| 10:50 - 11:35am | Pan- Primary Rhinoplasty | John Skirko, MD; Lisa Morris, MD; Christian Francom, MD; Andrew Scott, MD |
| 11:35 - 12:00pm | Palatal Anatomy and Speech Before and After Palate Repair | Katelyn Kotlarek, PhD, CCC-SLP |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | LUNCH | |
| Velopharyngeal Insufficiency | ||
| 1:00 - 2:00pm | Keynote Speaker: Evolution of a VPI Clinic | Kathy Sie, MD and Sarah Kinter, CCC-SLP Seattle Children's Hospital |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Management of VPI in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome | Laura Rosenthal, MD; Jill Arganbright, MD; Sylvie Render CCC-SLP; Brenda Sitzmann CCC-SLP |
| 3:00 - 4:00pm | The Use of Technology in Diagnosis and Management of VPI | Sara Kinter, CCC-SLP; Noelle Morrell, CCC_SLP; Travis Tollefson, MD, MPH; Jon Skirko, MD; Eric Gantwerker, MD |
| 4:00 - 5:00pm | Challenging VPI Cases | Brianne Roby, MD; Rachel Brewer, CCC-SLP; Katie Brellenthin, CCC-SLP; Andrew Scott, MD |
| 5:00pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:00 - 8:00pm | Social Event - Hotel Polaris |
| Saturday, November 7, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| Skeletal Surgery | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00am | Keynote Speaker: Orthognathic Multifisciplinary Care in Craniofacial Microsomia | Srinivas Susaria, MD Seattle Children's Hospital |
| 9:00 - 9:10am | BREAK | |
| 9:10 - 9:20am | Pre-surgical Orthodontics for Alveolar Bone Grafting | Kristen Lowe, DDS |
| 9:20 - 9:30am | Timing of Alveolar Bone Grafting: How Early is Too Early | John Caccamese, MD, DMD |
| 9:30 - 9:40am | Soft-tissue Closure Prior to Alveolar Bone Grafting | David Khechoyan, MD |
| 9:40 - 9:50am | Alveolar Bone Grafting Materials: Iliac Crest vs BMP + Iliac Crest | Brian Andrews, MD |
| 9:50 - 10:20am | Controversies in Alveolar Bone Grafting | Kristen Lowe, DDS; John Caccamese, MD, DMD; David Khechoyan, MD; Brian Andrews, MD |
| 10:20 - 10:30am | BREAK | |
| 10:30 - 10:40am | Premaxillary Setback: Indications, Timing and Technique | Alex Marston, MD |
| 10:40 - 10:50am | iSARPE: Surgically Assisted Palatal Expansion | Jon Sirko, MD |
| 10:50 - 11:00am | PSG and Airway Evaluation: Who Needs Surgical Management of Micrognathia | Larry Hartzel, MD |
| 11:00 - 11:10am | ||
| 11:10 - 11:20am | Internal vs. External Distractors: How Do You Choose | Mark Englestad, DDS, MD, MHI |
| 11:20 - 11:30am | Repeat Distraction and the Syndromic/Asymmetric Mandible | Ryan Belcher, MD |
| 11:30 - 12:00pm | Management of Micrognathia | Alex Marston, MD; Jon Sirko, MD; Larry Hartzel, MD; Mark Englestad, DDS,MD,MHI |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | LUNCH | |
| 12:15 - 12:55pm | Lunch and Learn Session: Cleft Team Coordinators Panel | |
| Microtia and Rhinoplasty | ||
| 1:00 - 1:45pm | Hearing Loss in Microtia/Atresia: Management of Conductive Hearing Loss and Parallels to Cleft Care | Sarah Giromer, MD; Kirsten Adkisson, AuD; Megan Hedman, AuD |
| 1:50 - 3:00pm | Microtia Panel: Alloplastic Versus Autologous Reconstruction and Lessons Learned from My First 20 Cases | Sarah Gitomer MD, Kathy Sie MD, Zahrah Taufique MD, Siva Chinnadurai MD, Sarah Akkina MD, Gabe Gomez MD |
| 3:00 - 3:08pm | Opening Preview and Anchor Case | Travis Tillefson, MD |
| 3:08 - 3:20pm | Managing the Septum and Repositioning the Lower Lateral Cartilages | Alex Marston, MD |
| 3:20 - 3:32pm | Addressing the Alar Base and Repositioning the Lower Lateral Cartilages | Adam Terella, MD |
| 3:32 - 3:42pm | Case Discussion | |
| 3:42 - 3:54pm | Addressing the Alar Base and Costal Cartilage Grafting | Brooke French, MD |
| 3:54 - 4:06pm | To Tajima or not to Tajima and Addressing Columellar Deficiency | Andrew Scott, MD |
| 4:06 - 4:16pm | Case Discussion | Eric Dobratz, MD |
| 4:16 - 4:28pm | Addressing Columellar Deficiency and Post-op Care, Stenting and More | Krishna Patel, MD, PhD |
| 4:28 - 5:00pm | Case Discussion | |
| 5:00pm | Adjourn |