Best Hospitals for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in India
90 plastic & reconstructive surgery hospitals in our India network are listed, across 5 cities (Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai), accredited by JCI, NABH, ISO, NABL, with 51,822 beds combined.
This page lists the plastic & reconstructive surgery hospitals in our directory offering Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in India, including Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, Apollo Hospitals, Medanta - The Medicity, Artemis Hospital and others. Hospitals are listed across Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai. Each listing links through to the hospital's full profile page.
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Top Hospitals for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in India
🇮🇳 Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Apollo Hospitals
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Apollo Hospitals's care team in New Delhi, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Apollo Hospitals, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Medanta - The Medicity
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Medanta - The Medicity's care team in Gurgaon, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Medanta - The Medicity, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Artemis Hospital
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Artemis Hospital's care team in Gurgaon, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Artemis Hospital, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Fortis Memorial Research Institute
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Fortis Memorial Research Institute's care team in Gurgaon, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Fortis Memorial Research Institute, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Tata Memorial Hospital
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Tata Memorial Hospital's care team in Mumbai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Tata Memorial Hospital, accredited by NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Max Super Specialty Hospital
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Max Super Specialty Hospital's care team in New Delhi, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Max Super Specialty Hospital, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Narayana Health
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Narayana Health's care team in Bengaluru, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Narayana Health, accredited by NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
🇮🇳 Yashoda Hospitals, Hi-Tech City
Patients considering cleft lip and palate surgery can be cared for by Yashoda Hospitals, Hi-Tech City's care team in Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Yashoda Hospitals, Hi-Tech City, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing cleft lip and palate surgery.
Top Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons in India
FeaturedDr. Rahul Jain
- 7+ years of experience in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
- Consultant Plastic Surgery – Fortis Hospital, Manesar, Gurugram
- Consultant Plastic Surgeon – Max Super Specialty Hospital, Patparganj, Delhi
- Cleft Lip and Palate Repair
- Free Flap Microvascular Reconstruction
- Head and Neck Onco-Reconstruction (PMMC, ALT, RFFF flaps)
- Breast Reconstruction (DIEP, TRAM, implant-based)
- Breast Augmentation with Implants
Dr. Adhishwar Sharma
- 28+ years of experience in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
- Consultant, Plastic Surgery — Fortis Hospital, Okhla, New Delhi — Present
- Consultant, Plastic Surgery — Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi — Present
- Free flap reconstruction (tissue transfer)
- Hand reconstruction and microsurgery
- Peripheral nerve repair and grafting
- Brachial plexus reconstruction
- Skin grafting and burn reconstruction
Dr. Aditya Aggarwal
- 30+ years of experience in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
- Vice Chairman, Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram
- Founder and Chief, Centre of Excellence in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
- Rhinoplasty (cosmetic and functional)
- Blepharoplasty (upper and lower eyelid)
- Facelift and neck lift
- Breast augmentation and reconstruction
- Breast reduction
Dr. Aditya Vora
- 15+ years of experience in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
- Consultant, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai, Parel — Present
- Academic Faculty, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai — Fellowship and Teaching
- Microvascular free tissue transfer
- Breast reconstruction with autologous and implant options
- Hand and finger reconstruction
- Burn scar contracture release and skin grafting
- Cleft lip and palate repair
Dr. Ankur Bhatia
- 10+ years of experience in Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon
- Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Aruna Asaf Ali Govt. Hospital, Delhi
- Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Dr. NC Joshi Memorial Hospital, Karol Bagh, Delhi
- Liposuction and lipoplasty
- Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
- Breast augmentation with implants
- Breast reduction and reshaping
- Gynecomastia surgery
Dr. Anup Dhir
- 40+ years of experience in Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon
- Senior Consultant, Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery — Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India — Present
- 40+ years of clinical practice in plastic and reconstructive surgery across India
- Facelift and mini-facelift
- Rhinoplasty and septorhinoplasty
- Breast augmentation with implants
- Breast reduction surgery
- Breast lift (mastopexy)
How we selected these hospitals
A hospital appears on this page when Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery is among its listed specialties and it is located in India. Hospitals are not ranked by a proprietary "best" score — the order follows the listed rating (highest first), the same field shown on each hospital's profile.
How to Select the Best Hospital for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in India?
Choosing the right hospital for cleft lip and palate surgery is one of the most important decisions in your treatment journey. A few factors are worth weighing before you decide:
International Accreditation
Look for a hospital with international accreditation such as JCI or NABH — see the accreditation badges shown for each hospital below.
Specialization
Check that the hospital's listed specialties actually include plastic & reconstructive surgery rather than only general care.
Capacity and Track Record
Bed count and year established (shown below for each hospital) are a reasonable proxy for scale and operating experience.
Transparent Costs
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Understanding Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery
Cleft lip and palate surgery is a staged reconstructive procedure that corrects congenital orofacial clefts, restoring normal facial anatomy, speech function, and airway patency with reported success rates exceeding 95% at high-volume centers.
Clinical Overview
- Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common congenital craniofacial anomalies worldwide, occurring in approximately 1 in 700 live births globally.
- A cleft lip results from incomplete fusion of the medial nasal and maxillary processes during the 4th–7th weeks of embryogenesis, producing a unilateral or bilateral gap in the upper lip that may extend through the alveolar ridge.
- Cleft palate, which can occur independently or in combination with cleft lip, arises from failure of the palatine shelves to fuse between weeks 8 and 12, disrupting the separation of the oral and nasal cavities.
Who is a Candidate?
- Infants and children with confirmed unilateral or bilateral cleft lip (with or without cleft palate), isolated cleft palate, or submucous cleft palate
- Patients with incomplete or unsatisfactory prior cleft repairs seeking revision surgery (secondary or tertiary repair)
- Adolescents and adults with residual deformities, velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI), alveolar bone defects, or cleft-associated dentofacial dysplasia requiring orthognathic correction
- Patients with syndromic clefting (e.g., Van der Woude syndrome, 22q11.2 deletion/DiGeorge syndrome, Pierre Robin sequence) who have been evaluated by a geneticist and cleared for staged surgical intervention
Required Pre-operative Diagnostics and Assessments:
Full details →Treatment Options & Approaches
- Cleft lip and palate correction follows a rigorously staged protocol, with each operative phase employing specific, validated surgical techniques selected according to cleft morphology, patient age, and surgeon expertise.
Recovery
- PRE-OPERATIVE PHASE (Weeks 1–4 before surgery):
Risks to be aware of
- Cleft lip and palate surgery is generally safe at accredited centers with experienced craniofacial teams, but carries specific risks that patients and families must understand.
- Anesthetic risk is the primary concern in infants, particularly those with Pierre Robin sequence, Treacher Collins syndrome, or other conditions associated with mandibular hypoplasia and difficult intubation; all candidate patients undergo thorough pre-anesthetic airway assessment and have a plan for difficult airway management including fiberoptic bronchoscopy availability.
Why GAF Healthcare
- GAF Healthcare provides end-to-end, non-medical logistical support for international patients traveling to India or the UAE for cleft lip and palate surgery, ensuring that families can focus entirely on their child's care.
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How GAF Healthcare Assists in Choosing the Best Hospital for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in India
Discover the Top Hospitals for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in India
This page lists 90 accredited plastic & reconstructive surgery hospitals in India, so you can compare accreditation, specialties and bed capacity in one place.
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