Essentials of Cleft Surgery

Essentials of Cleft Surgery is a handbook of exceptional quality that covers surgical treatment of cleft lip and palate in a compact, clear, and concise format. It contains 17 chapters and approximately 430 figures and tables. To convey information without ambiguity, the editors provide a consistent, bullet-point outline format, along with Key Tips and Key Points that lend additional insights and practical advise. High quality figures, illustrations, and photos throughout provide intimate visual detail of the concepts and techniques presented in the text. This handbook is also printed in full color for additional value and visual appeal.

Dr. Alex Campbell is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, and Member of the Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery. He is an established leader in the fields of aesthetic plastic surgery, pediatric plastic surgery, and specializes in surgery of the face, breast, and body. Dr. Campbell also is the author of dozens of articles and book chapters regarding plastic surgery, global health, and international surgical care. Dr. Campbell is from the United States, and received his medical doctorate from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, achieving election to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and scoring in the top 1% of all United States students on his medical licensing exams. He then completed his residency at the prestigious and intensely competitive University of Southern California Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, where he received broad and thorough training in all aspects of plastic surgery at renowned subspecialty centers throughout the Los Angeles basin. His cosmetic training was intensive, involving the most prestigious private practices in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and the greater Los Angeles area. Dr. Campbell completed aditional fellowship training in Pediatric Plastic Surgery with Operation Smile International. Dr. Campbell shares an intense passion for global health with his wife, Dr. Carolina Restrepo. He has volunteered as plastic surgeon, team leader, and field medical director on more than 25 missions with Operation Smile. Dr. Campbell is the founding Medical Director of the Guwahati Comprehensive Cleft Care Center (GCCCC) in Assam, India. Under his leadership, this free surgical hospital completed more than 10,000 operations in its first four years of operations, establishing a new paradigm of surgical care in the developing world. Dr. Campbell moved to Colombia full-time in 2012 with Dr. Restrepo to form Premium Care Plastic Surgery and a new standard for plastic surgery in the region. Their partnership combines experience and expertise from three continents to provide the very best in plastic surgery to patients from all over the world. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Restrepo serve as senior Medical Advisors to Operation Smile, and hold faculty appointments at Penn State University.