Mr Loshan Kangesu is a specialist in cleft lip and palate treatment. He is director of The North Thames Cleft Centre based at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London and Saint Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital NHS Trust, Chelmsford, Essex.

Mr Kangesu did 600 operations last year, 105 of them were on children and adults with cleft lip and palate.

The best treatment of cleft lip and palate is within a multi-disciplinary team comprising of surgeons, nurses, orthodontinsts, audiological physians, speach therapists, psychologists and paediatricians.

Team members:

Dr Raouf Chorbachi	Consultant in audiological medicine

Valuable information can be obtained from patient/family groups such as the Cleft Lip and Palate Association.