About Us and Contact

Contact Us
  • Looking to learn more about the Achievement Center of LECOM Health’s Cleft Palate Institute of NWPA? Please contact Abigail German, Development Coordinator, at AbigailGerman@LECOMbh.org or (814) 459.2755 ext. 568.
Our History
  • The State Department of Health, Cleft Palate Section in November 1969 approved the Northwestern Pennsylvania Cleft Palate Institute as an operational clinic.
  • The Institute was incorporated as a non-profit corporation on April 11, 1973.
  • The Institute was located at Hamot Medical Center until 2008. In November 2008 it moved to its location at The Achievement Center.
  • The Institute officially became part of the Achievement Center of LECOM Health in late-2023.