Topic: Cleft and Craniofacial Anomalies

Medical Doctor, consultant in Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Ph.D. in Plastic Surgery, Dermatology and Anatomy. From 2018 to 2022, Professor in Maxillo-Facial Surgery at "Vanvitelli University" in Naples (Italy). Since March 2022 he is chief of Head & Neck Unit at Private Hospital "Cobellis" in Vallo della Lucania (Italy). He is Vice President of FIME (Italian Federation of Aesthetic Medicine).

Maria Costanza Meazzini is Scientific Director and Orthodontic consultant for Craniofacial anomalies at the CLP Center, Operation Smile Italy, Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, in Milano and at the Department of Cranio-Maxillo Facial Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy. She is President of the European Cleft Lip and Palate Craniofacial Association (ECPCA) and Representative and for the European Reference Network (ERNs).

Head of the Speech Therapy Department at the Cleft Lip and Palate Regional Center ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo in Milan for the past 22 years and of the Speech Therapy practice for the Beckwith Wiedemann Regional Center ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Milano. President of the Italian Society for the treatment and study of cleft lip-palate and craniofacial malformations (SILPS).
Advisor for the European Society of Labio-Palate-Cleft and Craniofacial Malformations (ECPCA).

He is a highly experienced Maxillofacial surgeon with over three decades of expertise. His primary focus lies in the field of Cleft lip and palate deformities, where he has developed a strong subspecialty interest. Additionally, he holds the esteemed position of a Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery at the renowned Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences.

Having served as the President of both the Indian Society for cleft lip palate and craniofacial anomalies (ISCLPCA) and the Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (AOMSI). Furthermore, he currently holds the prestigious position of President of the International Board for Certification of Specialists in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Clinical Director at Regional Cleft Lip and Palate Center, Operation Smile Care Center Milan. Secretary of the European Cleft Lip and Palate Craniofacial Association (ECPCA), Secretary of the European Cleft Lip and Palate Craniofacial Association (ECPCA). Adjunct Professor in Malformative and Orthognatic Surgery, Surgeon consultant for craniofacial anomalies at Pediatric Hospital. Deputy Director of. Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of San Paolo Hospital.