A HealthBeat Special Series

Smile, baby!

A pediatric plastic surgeon pioneers a technique to repair cleft palates that leads to better speech and jaw development for children.

Health Beat Special Series
Patient Story

Smiling, for the first time

Brothers Nathan and Gavin MacKenzie cut through life's challenges as cleft lip and palate patients.

Patient Story

Jessica, 11, undergoes transformation

Intricate surgery is the start of a fairy-tale ending for Illinois girl.

Patient Story

Sojourning for surgeries

'We feel very blessed and directed to find somebody who could do the surgery and make her appearance better for the rest of her life.'

Patient Story

No room to grow

Baby Quinn expands her boundaries thanks to a revolutionary plastic surgery technique that corrected her fused skull.