Cleft Maxillary Reconstruction

Pat Ricalde, DDS, MD, FACS, works in private practice at the Florida Craniofacial Institute (FCI), where she is the Director of the FCI fellowship program in cleft and craniofacial surgery, as well as the Director of the Tampa Bay Cleft and Craniofacial Center. She is also an associate professor at the University of South Florida. After graduating magna cum laude from dental school at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Dr. Ricalde continued her education in Baltimore, first completing medical school and then an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency at the University of Maryland and Shock Trauma Center. After finishing residency, she completed a fellowship with internationally renowned Dr. Jeffrey C. Posnick. Dr. Ricalde is the author of numerous publications and book chapters and lectures both nationally and internationally on the subject of pediatric craniofacial surgery. She often participatesin international mission trips, and is a passionate advocate for children with facial differences.

Pat Ricalde，牙醫學博士、醫學博士、FACS，於佛羅里達顱面研究所（Florida Craniofacial Institute, FCI）從事私人執業，擔任FCI唇顎裂及顱面外科研究所的主任，以及坦帕灣唇顎裂及顱面中心的主任。她同時也是南佛羅里達大學的副教授。Ricalde博士在馬里蘭大學巴爾的摩分校的牙醫學院以優異成績畢業後，繼續在巴爾的摩進修，首先完成醫學院的學業，然後在馬里蘭大學及震盪創傷中心完成口腔及顎面外科的住院醫師訓練。完成住院醫師訓練後，她與國際知名的Jeffrey C. Posnick博士完成了研究所訓練。Ricalde博士是多篇出版物和書籍章節的作者，並在國內外就兒童顱面外科主題進行演講。她經常參加國際醫療任務旅行，並熱衷於為面部差異的兒童發聲。