The Randolph B. Capone Cleft Lip and Palate Program

10/16/2025

Another one of our amazing Cleft Team members! Well deserved, Dr. Nguyen!

✨ As GBMC celebrates 60 years, we’re honoring the women who help shape our history and inspire our future.

Meet the Visionary Women of GBMC—leaders, innovators, and caregivers whose impact reaches far beyond our walls.

💚 Dr. Theresa Nguyen, GBMC’s first female Chair of Pediatrics, is a pioneering clinician, educator, and wellness advocate whose integrative approach has advanced pediatric care and physician well-being. With a passion for mental health, trauma-informed care, and community engagement, she leads with vision, compassion, and a deep commitment to healing the whole child and the team that cares for them.

Visit 🔗 https://www.gbmc.org/about-gbmc/visionary-women-gbmc to read more about each of our Visionary Women!

10/14/2025

Our final stack of books from World Smile Day were delivered to Fort Worthington Elementary and Middle School yesterday! We hope that so many students in the area enjoy reading their new books!

10/14/2025

Dr. Kline, you are truly a leader!

✨ As GBMC celebrates 60 years, we’re honoring the women who help shape our history and inspire our future.

Meet the Visionary Women of GBMC—leaders, innovators, and caregivers whose impact reaches far beyond our walls.

💚 Dr. Antonie Kline, Director of Clinical Genetics, Medical Director of The Randolph B. Capone Cleft Lip and Palate Program, is a nationally recognized geneticist whose leadership has transformed GBMC’s Harvey Institute for Human Genetics into a destination for rare disease diagnosis and care. She is the co-discoverer of Au-Kline Syndrome and a global authority on Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, with a career dedicated to uncovering genetic answers and advancing compassionate, multidisciplinary care.

Visit 🔗 https://www.gbmc.org/about-gbmc/visionary-women-gbmc to read more about each of our Visionary Women!

10/10/2025

The fan favorite rock climbing event at is back!
Patient families, please check your emails about this fun and free event for our friends 8+.
If you are not receiving emails, please email us at CleftLipandPalate@gbmc@org.

10/09/2025

Chapel Hill Elementary School was one of our recipients of books from our World Smile Day book drive! Mrs. Godwin, school librarian, is very thankful!

10/03/2025

How did you celebrate World Smile Day today?!
Liz and Charlie rocked these amazing shirts, and Charlie’s middle school celebrated WSD with a school spirit day!! Thank you for spreading kindness and smiles!

10/03/2025

World Smile Day 2025!
To kick things off today, sharing some of our very special smiles. This is a day dedicated to smiles and acts of kindness.
We have received over 50 new books about kindness, acceptance and cleft lip and palate- through our book drive, and to celebrate from your community— books will be delivered to local school libraries soon!

09/29/2025

We are still accepting books from this list for our World Smile Day book drive! So far, we have received 41 brand new books about kindness, acceptance and cleft lip and palate- and they will hit shelves in local school libraries soon!!
Book drive will end Friday Oct 3.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/10GHHUEEB8QH7?ref_=wl_share
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09/24/2025

You are all so generous! Thank you for helping us celebrate World Smile Day on October 3! We have 41 books so far ready to head to school libraries (patient choice!). There’s still time to send books, see link in profile!

09/10/2025

If you have an October birthday - check your mailbox soon! Thank you to our new intern, Jameson, and so many kind patients that decorated birthday cards for our friends! If you want to help and make cards, please reach out to us!

09/08/2025

Please join us in celebrating World Smile Day©️ 2025 (October 3) by supporting our book drive that will allow us to donate to local school libraries! Please see our wishlist (link in profile) for books about kindness, acceptance and friendship and ship then right to our office.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/10GHHUEEB8QH7?ref_=wl_share

09/05/2025

Marybeth has been our Cleft Team nurse since the very beginning of our clinic. We are so excited for her to enter into this new chapter of retirement but she will be missed greatly! Please help us send off Marybeth with the sweetest well wishes!