UP Health System – Specialty Clinics

What Parents Need to Know

The Specialty Clinics provides serves to infants, children, adolescents and some adults with medically complex conditions. Our mission is to provide the highest quality service to patients and families with special needs and to be a local resource for health care providers throughout the region. We accomplish this goal by utilizing the expertise of local providers as well as bringing subspecialty experts from other institutions to UP Health System to provide outstanding services close to home.

The specialty clinics are designed for subspecialty physicians and local team members to provide multidisciplinary assessments. We encourage patients and their families to participate in the treatment planning by allowing opportunities to ask questions and discuss concerns with each team member.

UP Health System is an approved Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) facility for both inpatient and outpatient pediatric services.

Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic

Children born with a cleft lip and/or palate need surgery as well as monitoring for their speech, hearing and tooth formation during their childhood and teen years. The Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic offers a comprehensive evaluation with a Craniofacial/Cleft/Facial plastic surgeon and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) specialist, Orthodontist, Speech Therapist, Social Worker, and Nurse. A hearing evaluation is performed at a separate appointment on the same day at the ENT office. The team will provide you with recommendations for surgery, speech therapy, and when to start orthodontics during the appointment. Scope will include certain skull and ear deformities.

To make an appointment or to learn more, call 906.225.4777.