Renie Daniel, DMD, MD, FACS

Renie Daniel DMD, MD, FACS, FAAP took the role of director of the University of Minnesota’s Cleft & Craniofacial Clinic in March 2024. Dr. Daniel has always enjoyed caring for children with craniofacial anomalies, and it is with this passion she continues to serve these families. Dr. Daniel completed dental school at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she graduated as valedictorian. She then went on to complete medical school at New York Medical College, as well as surgical training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. Dr. Daniel furthered her surgical training in Charleston, West Virginia where she spent an internship year in General Surgery and a year of fellowship training in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery. Prior to accepting the position as director, she proudly served on the Cleft and Craniofacial Team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel for nearly eight years as a cleft & craniofacial surgeon. Dr. Daniel is board certified and a member of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. In addition to caring for children in the United States, Dr. Daniel is a surgical educator and volunteer for the renowned organization, Operation Smile, a nonprofit group that provides free cleft surgeries to children and adults around the world.
 

• American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association
• American College of Surgeons
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
   

Daniel R, Turvey T, Macgraw C,. Alveolar Bone Grafting in the Cleft Lip and Palate Patient In: Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets, 2nd edition (Kademani D, Tiwana P). Saunders, Philadelphia. 2023    

Trotman CA, Faraway J., Daniel R., et al Decision Considerations and Strategies for Lip Surgery in Patients with Cleft Lip/Palate: A Qualitative Study- in press

Pinker B, Daniel R.  A Subcutaneous Manifestation of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in the Posterior Scalp, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases 5(4): 2019

Stepp W, Stein E, Canafarotta M, Wood J, Buchbinder M, Stein M, Pimenta L, Daniel R, Shockley W, Clark M, Drake A. Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Adult Cleft Patients:  An Unseen Psychological Burden of Orofacial Clefts. Publication pending in Laryngoscope 2019 
 
Lee DJ, Lee YT, Zou R, Daniel R, Ko CC.  Polydopamine-Laced Biomimetic Material Stimulation of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Promote Osteogenic Effects, Nature Scientific Reports 7: 1-14, 2017  
 
Jaskolka MS, Daniel R, Jones LC: Craniofacial Syndromes. In: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets, 3rd edition (Abubaker AO, Lam D, Benson KJ, eds). Elsevier Inc., St. Louis, 2016: pp 362-369.     
 
Meara D, Daniel R, Jones LC, Jaskolka MS: Oromandibular Dysostosis. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets, 3rd edition (Abubaker AO, Lam D, Benson KJ, eds). Elsevier Inc., St. Louis, 2016: pp 370-381.  
 
Daniel R, Mitchell J.J, Gates P.E: End of Life Issues for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America 22(4):519-525, 2010