Joint Meeting of the Cleft/VPD Interactive Conference & International Symposium On Velopharyngeal Dysfunction

Joint Meeting of the Cleft/VPD Interactive Conference & International Symposium On Velopharyngeal Dysfunction is organized by Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Nov 01 - 02, 2024 at Hyatt place charleston/historic district, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.

Description:
This conference is an in-person 2-day conference that utilizes an interactive platform of panel discussions, Q&A’s, breakout sessions, simulations, and scientific presentations to discuss management of children with cleft lip and palate and velopharyngeal dysfunction.  The conference will engage the perspective of multiple disciplines that care for this complex population. Sessions will allow for opportunities to discuss the most up-to date educational information, as well as offer a forum to debate challenging treatment scenarios.  The course will be sponsored by the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

Overall Learning Objectives:
The conference focuses on the needs of medical providers of the multidisciplinary team that cares for children born with cleft lip and palate as well as velopharyngeal dysfunction. After participating in this CME and CEU activity, learners should be able to:

• Utilize the interdisciplinary expertise offered in team environments to optimize cleft care.
• Critically evaluate the findings in patients with velopharyngeal dysfunction and formulate treatment plans
• Comprehend the increased complexity when evaluating velopharyngeal dysfunction in children who have a 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
• Understand the rationale for the different surgical techniques used to repair cleft lip and palate
• Evaluate the speech sound disorders caused by cleft palate and velopharyngeal dysfunction

Conference Topics:

• Teamwork/Collaboration
• State of the Art in VPD Management and Outcomes Assessment
• SMCP Repair-Indications, Timing, When to  "Skip" to VPD sx
• Cleft Lip Repair, Staging, Timing, Techniques
• Addressing Stigma in Children with CLP and Craniofacial Differences
• Perceptual Speech Assessment for the Patients with CLP/VPD Breakout
• Cleft Palate Repair, Timing, Techniques, Post-op, Outcomes lit
• VP Imaging Approaches (pros/cons of scope/fluoro/MRI)
• Management of VPD in Pts with Maxillary Hypoplasia (pre/post advancement)
• Management of VPD in 22q
• VP Imaging Simulation Workshop (Nasopharyngoscopy)
• MDO Simulation Workshop
• Buccal Flap Procedures-who/when/why, techniques and outcomes
• Airway and Cleft Management in Pierre Robin Sequence (MDO vs TLA)
• VP MRI
• Dx and Management of OSA in CLP/VPD, post surgery (include T+A)
• VPD Surgery Breakout: PPF, Sphincter, Conversion Furlow
• Identifying Compensatory misarticulations and how they impact VPD Management
• Fistula Repair Techniques, Timing
• VPD Management around the World
• VP MRI Workshop (Measurement, Interp, Tx timing)
• Speech Therapy for Compensatory Misarticulations
• When/how to revise VPD Surgery
• Lip Revision and Rhinoplasty Procedures, Timing/Technique
• Cleft Feeding 101