Craniofacial Program
Our Mission Statement: The Kaiser Northern California Craniofacial Program is a Regional Center of Excellence that utilizes an integrated, multidisciplinary, culturally sensitive, family-centered care model to provide optimal personalized care and make lives better for our members with craniofacial conditions.
About Our Program: The Northern California Kaiser Permanente Craniofacial Program is accredited through The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA), which is an international non-profit medical society of health care professionals who care for people with oral cleft and craniofacial conditions. The Northern California Kaiser Permanente Craniofacial Program is certified to the highest level by the ACPA, including both the Cleft Palate team and the Craniofacial team levels. Plus, our Regional, Oakland, and Roseville Clinics are certified as Craniofacial Special Care Centers (SCC) as part of the California Children's Services (CCS) program.
Currently the Craniofacial Program provides coordinated care to approximately 1,700 babies, children, and adults.
Co-Directors of the Northern California Regional Craniofacial Program
Medical Director: Katherine Dawson, MD
Surgical Director: Robert Menard, MD, FACS
Alison Vander Veen, MS, CCC-SLP
Erin Poma Vaca, MS, CCC-SLP
Andrea Breon, MS, CCC-SLP
The Craniofacial Program provides team evaluations at Oakland, Sacramento and Santa Clara
Regional Craniofacial Clinic at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Main Phone: (510) 752-5101 Clinic secretary: Medelene Obligacion
Location and Parking: Clinic is held at 3505 Broadway (Mosswood Building). The closest parking lot is directly across Broadway at 3510 Broadway.
This clinic is intended for individuals with more complicated medical, surgical and/or developmental concerns.
Throughout the year, there are speciality/focused clinics including clinics for 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome, Craniosynostosis, and Microtia/Craniofacial Microsomia.
Families and providers come from all over the Kaiser Northern California Region. Many of the providers from the Oakland Craniofacial Clinic, Sacramento Craniofacial Clinic and Santa Clara Craniofacial Clinic attend on a regular basis.
Heather Shiozaki, MS, CCC-SLP
Erin Poma Vaca, MS, CCC-SLP
Alison Vander Veen, MS, CCC-SLP
Andrea Breon, MS, CCC-SLP
Nurses
Jennifer Bond, RN, CPNP, CNS, MSN
Suzanne Samuels, RN, MSN, CPNP
Plastic Surgeons
Robert Menard, MD, FACS
Brian Rubinstein, MD
Shane Zim, MD
Megan Durr, MD
Dong (Joseph) Lee, MD
Benjamin Malkin, MD
Luke Schloegel, MD
Shane Zim, MD
Audiologist
Nicole Blanck, AuD
Medical Geneticists
Katherine Dawson, MD
Leslie Manace, MD
Billur Moghaddam, MD
Sushma Guptha, MD
Genetic Counselors
Robin Imagire, MS, LCGC
Rachel Pinger, MS LCGC
Social Workers
Josey Baker, LCSW
Sarah Grenham, LCSW
Chris Camozzi, LCSW
Developmental Pediatricians
Jean Sakimura, MD
Petrina Kaluzhny, MD
Maxillofacial Surgeons
Peter Bui, DDS, MD
Rachel Chapa, DDS
Michelle Agazzi, DDS
James Chen, DDS, PhD
Oakland Craniofacial Clinic
Main Phone: (510) 752-5101 Clinic secretary: Medelene Obligacion
Clinic is held at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, 3505 Broadway (Mosswood Building). The closest parking lot is directly across Broadway at 3510 Broadway.
Heather Shiozaki, MS, CCC-SLP
Erin Poma Vaca, MS, CCC-SLP
Andrea Breon, MS, CCC-SLP
Nurses
Jennifer Bond, RN, CPNP, CNS, MSN
Plastic Surgeons
Shane Zim, MD
Ann Bourguignon, MS, LCGC
Shandra Jeffries, MS, LCGC
Viviana Oliva-Kraft, MS, LCGC
Rachel Pinger, MS, LCGC
Social Workers
Josey Baker, LCSW
Sarah Grenham, LCSW
Chris Camozzi, LCSW
Maxillofacial Surgeons
Rachel Chapa, DDS
Heshaam Fallah, DDS
Bradford Williams, DDS, MD
Erica Shook, DDS
Consulting Orthodontist
Michelle Agazzi, DDS
James Chen, DDS, PhD
Raymond Rebong, DDS
Nutritionist
Andrea Curran, RD
Sacramento Craniofacial Clinic
Main Phone: (916) 614-4075
Main Phone: (916) 614-4075
Clinic is held at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, 1600 Eureka Road, Medical Office Building 2C
Throughout the year, there are specialty/focused clinics including: Microtia and Hemifacial Microsomia Clinic, Neurosurgery Clinic, and 22q11.2 Deletion Clinic.
Erin Poma Vaca, MS, CCC-SLP
Alison Vander Veen, MS, CCC-SLP
Nurse
Kimberly Duran, PA-C
Pediatric Otolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeon/ Facial Plastic Surgeon
Brian Rubinstein, MD
Nima Pahlavan, MD, DDS
Craniofacial Plastic Surgeon
Robert Menard, MD
Ceri Paganelli, PhD
Genetic Counselors
Caitlin Olmstead, MS LCGC
Jessica Edgar MS LCGC
Vivien Triano MS LCGC
Liga Bivina MS LCGC
Maxillofacial Surgeons
Lam Hoang, MD, DDS
Jae Jun, MD, DDS
Sean Digman, DDS
Consulting Orthodontists
CC Chiang, DDS
Don Rollofson, DDS
Audiologists
Analisa Reed AuD, CCC-A
Julie Adamson, AuD
Lindsey Bernard, AuD
Social Workers
Elle Tadina-Saiu, MSW
Elena Marticorena, LCSW
North Valley Specialty/Focused Clinic Providers
Infectious Disease Specialist/Immunologist
Tara Greenhow, MD
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Sean McNatt, MD
Oculoplastic Surgeon
Rattehalli Sudesh, MD
Otologist/Neurotologist
Noriko Yoshikawa, MD
Plastic/Microsurgeon
Oscar Ho, MD
Santa Clara Craniofacial Clinic
Main Phone: (510) 752-5101 Clinic secretary: Medelene Obligacion
Clinic is held at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, 710 Lawrence Expressway, Medical Office Building, 2nd floor, Department 290
Heather Shiozaki, MS, CCC-SLP
Erin Poma Vaca, MS, CCC-SLP
Andrea Breon, CCC-SLP
Craniofacial Plastic Surgeon
Robert Menard, MD, FACS
Dong (Joseph) Lee, MD
Nurses
Suzanne Samuels, RN, MSN, CPNP
Medical Geneticists
Sushma Guptha, MD
Genetic Counselors
Rachel Pinger, MS, LCGC
Social Workers
Chris Camozzi, LCSW
Psychologist
Julie Rashkis, PsyD
Maxillofacial Surgeons
Peter Bui, DDS, MD
Nikhil Desai, DMD, MD
Kenneth Shimizu, DDS, MSD
Dennis Widman, DDS
Consulting Pediatric Dentist
Charles Kao, DDS
Regional Craniofacial Program Follow-Up Clinics
The Regional Craniofacial Program offers several types of Specialty Follow-Up Clinics:
ICP clinic is held 4 times per year at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center. The format of this clinic is a group/class for parents and infants 6-9 months of age with a cleft palate or submucous cleft palate (with or without a cleft lip). The families meet with the Social Worker, Registered Dietician, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, and Speech Pathologist in a group setting. This is a 2-hour clinic. Recommendations are provided for speech development, hearing, weight gain, feeding, surgical planning, long-term planning and follow-up.
RESOURCES
General
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) http://www.cleftline.org/
Feeding your baby
Booklets, videos, and bottle resources from ACPA: https://cleftline.org/family-resources/feeding-your-baby/
Microtia
Ear Community http://earcommunity.org/microtiaatresia/
22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
22q and You Center http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/22q-and-you-center
The International 22q11.2 Foundation Inc. http://www.22q.org
The 22q Family Foundation http://22qfamilyfoundation.org/
MIND Institute http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/research/cabil/22q_video.html
Supporting Facial Differences
ACPA Family Services - Preparing Your Child for Social Situations
http://www.cleftline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Social-Situations-20173.pdf
Positive Exposure https://positiveexposure.org/
Children’s Craniofacial Association https://ccakids.org/
Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation of Smiles http://www.cleftsmile.org/
AboutFace http://www.aboutface.ca/
https://www.stopbullying.gov/
Last updated: November 2022
Reviewed by:
Jennifer Bond, RN, CPNP, CNS, MSN
Kimberly Barr, MS, LCGC