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Amber Comperiati: Breathing Easy Thanks to Collaboration and Innovation

Amber Comperiati was born at NYP/Queens last Memorial Day to proud parents and Queens residents, Chris and Stacy Comperiati. Sadly, Amber’s lower jaw was so recessed it was almost nonexistent and she was soon diagnosed with Pierre Robin Sequence, a condition in which the newborn’s jaw is set far back in the throat, causing a cleft palate and an extremely small airway. Because Amber’s airway was so tiny, she had difficulty breathing and went into respiratory failure, requiring emergency ventilation. Amber’s neonatogist, Dr. Pinchi Srinivasan, Director of Neonatology at NYP/Queens, arranged to have Amber transferred at two days old to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at NYP/Weill Cornell’s Komansky Center for Children’s Health. There, a team of physicians, led by oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Jay M. Neugarten, was able to elongate Amber’s jaw in a fi rst-of-its-kind neonatal surgery. First, they created a replica of Amber’s jaw using 3D printing technology in order to measure exactly where tiny metal plates and rods would be placed in her actual jaw. At only 11 days old, Amber underwent high-tech, complex surgery that ultimately enabled her jaw to grow 22 millimeters of bone. This advanced, life-saving surgery was an absolute success. Without it, Amber would not have survived. She is now healthy and happy.