Dr. Carolyn Rogers-Vizena is featured: What to expect if my baby has a cleft lip or palate
Certifications
American Board of Plastic Surgery (General)
Professional History
Dr. Rogers-Vizena has been on the staff of Boston Children’s Hospital since 2013. Her clinical areas of interest include cleft lip and palate, speech problems such as velopharyngeal dysfunction, adolescent breast surgery, and wound care and trunk reconstruction in spina bifida. She also works closely with the craniofacial anomalies and microtia programs where she offers a variety of services including facial reconstruction and Medpor® ear reconstruction.
In addition to her areas of clinical focus, Dr. Rogers-Vizena remains passionate about general pediatric plastic surgery. She offers a variety of clinical services including management of lacerations, skin lesions, and more with an emphasis on patient and family centered care. As an extension of this, she was an early adopter of telemedicine in an effort to minimize the family burden of travelling for follow up visits.
Research and Leadership Activity:
Outside of her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Rogers-Vizena focuses her attention on simulation in healthcare and improving outcomes for cleft lip and palate treatment. She holds the appointments of Associate Clinical Director for Special Effects and Materials Science in the Boston Children's Simulator program (SIMPeds). In collaboration with engineers from SIMPeds, she developed a high-fidelity cleft lip simulator that has been utilized for teaching and research. Currently, she is conducting a study funded by the Plastic Surgery Foundation investigating how cleft lip simulation can be used for resident education and as part of evaluating surgeon competency.
In addition, Dr. Rogers-Vizena has been involved in cleft lip and palate research for a decade and a half, beginning with her research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently the Scientific Co-Chair for the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement cleft lip and palate benchmarking program. As part of this work, she leads Boston Children’s prospective cleft outcomes program focused on understanding and improving the clinical and psychosocial wellbeing of children and adults affected by cleft lip and palate.
Outside of the hospital, Dr. Rogers-Vizena maintains an active, leadership role in the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Publications
Discussion: Radical Overlapping Intravelar Veloplasty during Primary Cleft Palate Repair Results in Decreased Secondary Speech Surgery. View Abstract
Discussion: A Modified 270-Degree Closure Technique to Address the Prominent or Locked-Out Premaxilla in Bilateral Cleft Palate Repair. View Abstract
Non-Nutritive Suck and Parent Report of Feeding Skills in Infants Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate. View Abstract
Discussion: Speech Outcomes and Rates of Secondary Speech Surgery from Childhood to Skeletal Maturity following Modified Furlow Palatoplasty. View Abstract
Airway Events and Critical Care Requirements in Patients with Robin Sequence after Palatoplasty. View Abstract
Immediate Impact of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Visual Dashboard on Cleft lip and Palate Care Provision. View Abstract
Understanding Hematoma Risk: Study of Patient and Perioperative Factors in a Large Cohort of Young Women Undergoing Reduction Mammaplasty. View Abstract
Suprazygomatic Maxillary Nerve Block in Palatoplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Perioperative Outcomes in Syndromic and Non-Syndromic Children. View Abstract
Merits of simulation-based education: A systematic review and meta-analysis. View Abstract
What is the optimal assessment of speech? A multicentre, international evaluation of speech assessment in 2500 patients with a cleft. View Abstract
Gender Differences in Plastic Surgery Trainee Confidence: A Pilot Analysis During Cleft Lip Simulation. View Abstract
Decision Considerations and Strategies for Lip Surgery in Patients with Cleft lip/Palate: A Qualitative Study. View Abstract
Using "Real-World Data" to Study Cleft Lip/Palate Care: An Exploration of Speech Outcomes from a Multi-Center US Learning Health Network. View Abstract
Aesthetic Outcomes in Cleft Care: Exploring Patterns in Patient-Reported Outcomes across Adolescence. View Abstract
High-Fidelity Cleft Simulation Maintains Improvements in Performance and Confidence: A Prospective Study. View Abstract
Comparative Study of Pharyngeal Flap Outcomes between Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate. View Abstract
The Development, Deployment, and Evaluation of the CLEFT-Q Computerized Adaptive Test: A Multimethods Approach Contributing to Personalized, Person-Centered Health Assessments in Plastic Surgery. View Abstract
Decision Considerations and Strategies for Lip Surgery in Patients with Cleft lip/Palate: A Qualitative Study. View Abstract
Most Efficient and Meaningful Patient-Reported Appearance Assessment in Different Cleft Types and Age Groups with CLEFT-Q. View Abstract
Teaching Unilateral Cleft lip Repair: Lessons from Simulation-Based Mining of Trainee Strengths and Performance Gaps. View Abstract
Optimizing the Psychosocial Function Measures in the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Standard Set for Cleft. View Abstract
Cleft Lip Repair Competence Can Be Evaluated with High-fidelity Simulation. View Abstract
Cost and Satisfaction Implications of Using Telehealth for Plagiocephaly. View Abstract
Perioperative Pain Management After Primary Palate Repair: A 3-Surgeon Retrospective Study. View Abstract
Incidental Pathologic Findings in Young Men with Gynecomastia. View Abstract
Invited Commentary from the authors of: Saldanha FYL, et al. Incorporating Cleft Lip Simulation into a "Bootcamp-Style" Curriculum. View Abstract
Barriers and Facilitators to the International Implementation of Standardized Outcome Measures in Clinical Cleft Practice. View Abstract
Incidental Pathologic Findings in Young Adult Reduction Mammaplasty. View Abstract
Incorporating Cleft Lip Simulation Into a "Bootcamp-Style" Curriculum. View Abstract
Rasch Analysis of Patient- and Parent-Reported Outcome Measures in the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Standard Set for Cleft Lip and Palate. View Abstract
Dog faces exhibit anatomical differences in comparison to other domestic animals. View Abstract
Brain Characteristics Noted Prior to and Following Cranial Orthotic Treatment. View Abstract
A Competency Assessment Tool for Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair. View Abstract
International Pediatric ORL Group (IPOG) Robin Sequence consensus recommendations. View Abstract
Maximizing Plastic Surgery Education Impact: Lessons from Resident Learning Styles and Experiential Learning Theory. View Abstract
Sustainable Cleft Care Through Education: The First Simulation-Based Comprehensive Workshop in the Middle East and North Africa Region. View Abstract
A New Paradigm in Cleft Lip Procedural Excellence: Creation and Preliminary Digital Validation of a Lifelike Simulator. View Abstract
Collection of Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Standard Set Variables: Establishing a Baseline. View Abstract
Pediatric Orbital Floor Fractures: Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Tissue Entrapment and the Effect of Operative Timing on Ocular Outcomes. View Abstract
The Current Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Plastic Surgery. View Abstract
Nasal septal perforation in children: Presentation, etiology, and management. View Abstract
The Mobility of the Human Face: More than Just the Musculature. View Abstract
Letter: The Current Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Plastic Surgery. View Abstract
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Models for Midfacial Distraction: A Pilot Study. View Abstract
Prenatal Features Predictive of Robin Sequence Identified by Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging. View Abstract
A Novel Local Autologous Bone Graft Donor Site After Scalp Tissue Expansion in Aplasia Cutis Congenita. View Abstract
Reply: Surgical Treatment and Reconstruction of Nonmelanoma Facial Skin Cancers. View Abstract
Surgical treatment and reconstruction of nonmelanoma facial skin cancers. View Abstract
The philtrum in cleft lip: review of anatomy and techniques for construction. View Abstract
An evidence-based approach to the treatment of nonmelanoma facial skin malignancies. View Abstract
Integrated plastic surgery residency applicant survey: characteristics of successful applicants and feedback about the interview process. View Abstract
Comparative microanatomy of the orbicularis oris muscle between chimpanzees and humans: evolutionary divergence of lip function. View Abstract
Reconstruction of the through-and-through anterior mandibulectomy defect: indications and limitations of the double-skin paddle fibular free flap. View Abstract
Anatomical basis for apparent subepithelial cleft lip: a histological and ultrasonographic survey of the orbicularis oris muscle. View Abstract
Orbicularis oris muscle defects as an expanded phenotypic feature in nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate. View Abstract
Automated facial image analysis: detecting improvement in abnormal facial movement after treatment with botulinum toxin A. View Abstract
Reconstruction of the lateral mandibulectomy defect: management based on prognosis and location and volume of soft tissue resection. View Abstract
Dinoflagellate expressed sequence tag data indicate massive transfer of chloroplast genes to the nuclear genome. View Abstract
