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Cleft Teams in Ireland

CHI at Temple Street

Christoph Theopold

Christoph Theopold

Plastic Surgeon

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Claire Brennan

Claire Brennan

Cleft Services Manager

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Jane Gunn

Jane Gunn

Cleft Nurse Specialist

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Noirin Carroll

Noirin Carroll

Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SALT)

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Celine Lenihan

Celine Lenihan

Senior Speech and Language Therapist (SALT)

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Eleanor McGovern

Eleanor McGovern

Paediatric Dentist

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Stephen Kieran

Stephen Kieran

ENT Surgeon

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Paul Coffey

Paul Coffey

Clinical Photographer

Sandra Byrne

Sandra Byrne

Data Manager

Martin Cromb

Martin Cromb

Senior Audiologist

Louise Keogh

Louise Keogh

Audiologist

Rosie Hamilton

Rosie Hamilton

Audiologist

Aideen Roche

Aideen Roche

Clinical Photographer

Katerina Papadopoulou

Katerina Papadopoulou

Senior Counselling Psychologist

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Aoife Dillon

Aoife Dillon

Transition Cleft Co-ordinator

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    • Facial formation
    • Why does cleft lip and palate occur
    • Different types of cleft explained
    • What effects can a cleft have on my child
  • Treatment
    • Pathway of Care
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    • Secondary Surgery
    • Palate Investigation Clinic
    • Orthodontics and bone grafting
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    • Macrostomia information leaflet
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  • CHI at Crumlin
  • CHI at Temple Street
  • Cork University Hospital
  • St. James’s Hospital
  • Galway University Hospital
  • Sligo University Hospital

Christoph Theopold

Plastic Surgeon

Christoph Theopold
Christoph Theopold studied medicine in Oxford and University College London. Following a research fellowship at Harvard University Medical School, for which he was awarded a Doctor of Medicine from Oxford University, he trained as a plastic surgeon in the UK and Ireland. He undertook further specialist Cleft training at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and Head & Neck reconstructive surgery in Australia.
He undertakes the primary surgical management of children referred to the Temple Street Children’s Hospital cleft team, as well as secondary surgery for speech or appearance. He is involved in your child’s care from birth until adulthood and has a keen interest in audit and outcomes improvement.

Claire Brennan

Cleft Services Manager

Claire Brennan

Claire joined the cleft team in 2019. Prior to joining the cleft team, Claire held the position of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 on St Gabriel’s Ward, Temple Street. She is responsible for coordinating and managing a team approach to each patient's care and is one of the first points of contact for new referrals. In coordinating patient care Claire liaises with all members of the multidisciplinary team, community based services and is a support to parents during their child’s care pathway.

Jane Gunn

Cleft Nurse Specialist

Jane Gunn

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) provides on-going specialist advice and support to families regarding the management of a baby’s cleft lip and/or palate. She is usually the first member of the cleft team to meet you and will offer support from the initial diagnosis to the teenage years. She has expert knowledge in feeding and other aspects of cleft care and will liaise with staff in the maternity and community settings so that you can get the best support and monitoring of your child in your own locality.

Noirin Carroll

Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SALT)

Noirin Carroll

The specialist speech and language therapists (SLTs) work with children and adults who have communication and/or feeding difficulties related to cleft lip and palate.  They also assess, diagnose and treat patients with nasal sounding speech that is not associated with cleft palate. SLTs work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive programme of care to each individual.

Celine Lenihan

Senior Speech and Language Therapist (SALT)

Celine Lenihan

The specialist speech and language therapists (SLTs) work with children and adults who have communication and/or feeding difficulties related to cleft lip and palate.  They also assess, diagnose and treat patients with nasal sounding speech that is not associated with cleft palate. SLTs work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive programme of care to each individual.

Eleanor McGovern

Paediatric Dentist

Eleanor McGovern

Eleanor trained in the UK and Ireland and works as a consultant paediatric dental surgeon in CHI at Temple Street on a part-time basis. She looks after the dental needs of children born with cleft lip / palate from birth to 16 years of age. Eleanor works very closely with the community dental surgeons around the country. The aim is to share care as much as possible, with children attending their local dental surgeon on a regular basis and then attending the dental clinic in Temple Street when attending the joint multidisciplinary cleft clinics, or where extensive dental treatment is required.

Eleanor is very keen to ensure that all children with cleft lip and palate have healthy teeth.

Stephen Kieran

ENT Surgeon

Stephen Kieran

Mr. Kieran is a graduate of University College Dublin. He trained in Ear, Nose and Throat surgery in Ireland prior to undertaking fellowships in Boston Children's Hospital (Paediatric ENT) and The Medical University of South Carolina (Ear surgery). Since returning to Ireland in 2013 he has provided a service for Cleft Palate patients with hearing loss or complex ear infections.

Katerina Papadopoulou

Senior Counselling Psychologist

Katerina Papadopoulou

Katerina is a Senior Counselling Psychologist with the Cleft and Craniofacial team in CHI@Temple Street and Crumlin. She qualified from Trinity College Dublin in 2018 and worked in adult and adolescent mental health services in both community and hospital settings in Ireland before she joined the cleft team in 2022.  

She enjoys being able to meet and work with families and young people born with a facial difference, to promote wellbeing, and to support people in clinics and through any treatment, by addressing a range of psychological challenges that may come up. She works closely with other members of the cleft team to ensure that patients get the psychological support they need, when they need it.