Matthew D. Ford, M.S., CCC-SLP serves as the Clinical Coordinator of the Cleft-Craniofacial Center at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is the UPMC Children’s Hospital’s most senior provider of Cleft and Craniofacial services. Matt specializes in the evaluation and treatment of structurally related speech production disorders and feeding and swallowing in the cleft and craniofacial population. He has an appointment as a Clinical Instructor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Plastic Surgery contributing to the training of future plastic surgeons.
Matt is a field instructor for multiple universities in the local region. He serves as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Speech Language Pathology at Duquesne University a role he has been in for 20 years. He participates in ongoing research with individuals affected by cleft and craniofacial anomalies and has lectured nationally and internationally. Matt has many peer-reviewed publications and has contributed to multiple book chapters focusing on Cleft and Craniofacial Anomalies.
Matt has served as treasurer on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Association. He is a past President of the Pennsylvania Federation of Cleft Palate Clinics and is currently the co-chair of the Care Coordination SIG and the previous chair of the Family Resources Committee for the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association.
