Rona Slator – President 2012/13
Annual Scientific Conference 2013
17th to 19th April – Birmingham

The Craniofacial Society is an inter-speciality group set up for the study of cleft lip and palate, and other craniofacial anomalies.

Our main functions are to:

  • organise an annual scientific meeting;
  • sponsor research;
  • comment on medico-political issues relating to cleft lip and palate service provision;
  • provide an archive of conference material;
  • provide a membership directory.

If you would like information please contact the Secretary by email at honsec@craniofacialsociety.org.uk

Our current membership reflects the composition of teams throughout the country treating patients with cleft lip and palate and craniofacial anomalies. Current members come from the following professions:

  • Surgeons (maxillofacial, paediatric and plastic)
  •   Clinical Nurse Specialists
  •   Clinical Psychologists
  •   Orthodontics
  •   Speech and Language Therapy

Among related and supporting disciplines we attract members who are:

  • Anaesthetists
  •   Audiological Physicians
  •   Audiologists
  •   Radiologists
  •   Cleft Network Managers
  •   Dental Technicians
  •   Dental Therapists
  •   Geneticists
  •   Paediatric Dentists
  •   Paediatricians
  •   Restorative Dentists

We also have Life Members, Honorary Members and Senior Members.

Annual meetings are held at varying locations around Great Britain and Ireland. Papers and Posters are invited for inclusion in the conference. The Arnold Huddart Medal was established in 1990 for the encouragement of original and promising research papers and is awarded at the conference.

The Council will provide advice and comment on matters as they arise. The Council meets formally twice a year, but the President can be contacted by email at any time.

Information for Members, such as an archive of conference material, newsletters and a Membership Directory is available to members only in the Members Section of this web site.

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to the web site of the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

The Society was formed in 1970 by Mr Arnold Huddart and Mr Denis Glass on an ad hoc basis, and its subsequent success led to its formal constitutional establishment in April 1985.

Persons who are appropriately qualified and have a special interest in this field are welcome to apply for Ordinary Membership.

NEWS

2012 Conference: Registration is now open, and the Call for Papers has been issued.

2011 Photographs from the York conferance
access password (RAILWAY) click here to view.

The Healing Foundation Student Elective Awards 2010/11 are now open. Click here for an application pack

Healing Foundation Poster Prize at this years annual conference was awarded to Mairead Hayes for her poster "A national Survey of Cleft Training among Orthodontic FTTAs."

Slide presentation from the 2010 Cleft Research Workshop

CLAPA Appeal: We are happy to support CLAPA's appeal for donations

Student membership: special rate of £35 p.a. for unwaged undergraduate students

RCPCH Report on Standards for Services for Children with Disorders of Sleep Physiology

Slide presentation from the 2009 Cleft Research Workshop

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The Society is always very grateful indeed to those who facilitate our work by including us in their Wills. For suggested wording, please contact the Secretary.

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 Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland - A Society for the study of Cleft Lip and Palate and other Craniofacial Anomalies

 The Craniofacial Society logo depicts the budding tree of knowledge with the motto 'Dies Diem Docet' - 'the day teaches the day' - education is never complete