Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment (PDF)

Nivaldo Alonso trained in Plastic Surgery at Universidade of São Paulo. At the end of Plastic Surgery residency stayed as chief of the residents for 01 year more. After this went to France for fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery with Daniel Marchac and during this period became observer in Clinique Belvedere with Paul Tessier. Back to Brazil in 1987 decided to follow academic career. He completed Phd on the year 1992 and late  became Associate Professor  in the  Department of Surgery at the University of São Paulo. International Volunteer for Operation Smile since 1997 where treating cleft lip and palate was main proposal. All these years dedicated to craniofacial surgery and working hard to give more visibility to the treatment of congenital deformities was elected to be President of  Brazillian Association of Cranio Maxilofacial Surgery.  He was President for 4 years. In 1993 started the Service of Craniofacial Surgery in Plastic Surgery Department of Hospital das Clinicas at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Since then  more than 50 fellows were trained in Craniofacial Surgery. He has more than 250 papers published and  International Recognition. He was invited as Visiting Professor in two important American University, Yale and Harvard. For his huge International surgical activities  in developing countries he was invited to became commissioner on Lancet Commission for Global Surgery,  with close cooperation with Harvard Medical School , Sweeden Lund University and King's College of Surgery and stay working in this commission until now. He is active member of International Society of Craniofacial Surgery and International  Member of American Society of Plastic Surgery. Now is member of the ASPS Volunteers in Plastic Surgery Steering Committee. He has more than 20 years dedicated to the treatment of cleft lip and palate patients.

Cassio Eduardo Raposo do Amaral