Craniofacial Fellowship
About the Pediatric Craniofacial Orthodontic Fellowship
The University of Utah Pediatric Craniofacial Orthodontic Fellowship is a one year non-accredited fellowship. The goal of the program is to train an orthodontist to a level of competency that enables them to recognize, diagnose and treat patients with craniofacial anomalies and special needs in a hospital-based team care setting. Fellows will be part of the comprehensive cleft and craniofacial team. They will participate in didactic conferences with other trainees. Fellows will also engage in research related to craniofacial anomalies.
The Cleft and Craniofacial Program is located in the Primary Children’s Hospital, a tertiary care facility that serves five states. The Program has four craniofacial surgeons, a craniofacial plastic surgery fellow and two craniofacial orthodontists. Patients are followed from birth through adulthood. A high volume of presurgical orthopedics, distraction osteogenesis, and orthognathic procedures provide training for the management of patients with complex craniofacial anomalies and special care needs requiring multidisciplinary care.
Salary is dependent on training year level.
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The fellow will be expected to learn the a detailed knowledge of the techniques and practice of craniofacial orthodontics. Including but not limited to facial evaluation for orthognathic surgery patients; cephalometric analysis, prediction tracing, and preoperative surgical planning of maxillofacial surgery patients; preoperative model surgery; treatment planning and orthodontic procedures relating to facial fractures, genioplasties, sagittal split mandibular osteotomies, maxillary LeFort I osteotomies (Upper Jaw Surgery), bimaxillary osteotomies; creation and application of dental splints in maxillofacial surgery; evaluate and participate in the multispecialty cleft and craniofacial team evaluation of patients with congenital deformities; orthodontic care of patients with congenital deformities; head and neck exam of newborn, infant, child, and adolescent with congenital deformities; evaluation and surgical planning (in concert with other surgical specialists) of congenital craniofacial deformities; newborn, infant, young child impressions for appliances; lip taping; fit and adjust NAM appliances; fit and adjust nasal activators.
The fellow will be expected to obtain a Utah Medical license and faculty privileges at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.
This fellowship is based at the University of Utah Health Care University Hospital with majority of time spent at Primary Children’s Hospital.
Fellows are given three weeks of vacation and one week of personal days per year.
The salary for this position is commensurate with institutional guidelines relative to the PGY level of the individual involved.
RESEARCH RESPONSIBILITIES
The Division of Plastic Craniofacial team is actively involved in research. Fellows will be required to attend weekly didactic teaching conferences and will be involved in a research project which should result in publication or presentation. Active participation in ongoing clinical outcome studies and case series analysis is expected. Presentation of original clinical research at a national meeting is supported and expected.
A yearly stipend is given to support travel to educational meetings.
APPLICATION & INTERVIEWS
The University of Utah Pediatric Craniofacial Orthodontic Fellowship is a one-year non-accredited fellowship. Applicants must have completed an ADA accredited orthodontic program. Interested applicants must send a copy of their CV and letter of interest to Kallie Handy kallie.handy@hsc.utah.edu.
Interviews will take place in the fall for placement in July.
CONNECT WITH US
Program Director
Program Coordinator
Kallie Handy
Email: kallie.handy@hsc.utah.edu