William P. Magee, MD, DDS

William Magee, III, MD, DDS, brings a unique, global background to the Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, which he joined in 2008. Dr. Magee is the oldest son of the founders of Operation Smile and was exposed to the challenges of children with craniofacial anomalies at an early age. Since he was 13, he has assisted Operation Smile teams all over the world in various roles.

Dr. Magee is certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery. He earned his dental degree at the University of Maryland and then went on to obtain his medical degree at George Washington University. His introduction to Los Angeles began in 2001 when he entered the combined Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Program at the University of Southern California, where he has remained. After completing the six-year program, he focused his attention in Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Dr. Magee offers an energy and drive for pediatric work that extends beyond the boundaries of Los Angeles, which will help our department grow into the areas of service and education for children around the world.

• A Single Institution 19 Year Comparison of Furlow and Straight Line Palatoplasty Techniques in Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2024 Mar 17; 10556656241239203. . View in PubMed
• Premaxillary Setback in Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Repair Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2024 Mar; 61(3):416-421. . View in PubMed
• Comparing Outcomes of Traditional Lip Repair Versus Early Cleft Lip Repair on a National Scale Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Feb 01; 92(2):194-197. . View in PubMed
• Sagittal Growth Restriction of the Midface Following Isolated Cleft Lip Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2024 Jan; 61(1):20-32. . View in PubMed
• Lessons Learned from a Single Institution’s Eight Years of Experience with Early Cleft Lip Repair Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Sep 28; 59(10). . View in PubMed
• Safety and Sustainability: Optimizing Outcomes and Changing Paradigms in Global Health Endeavors Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Sep; 11(9):e5256. . View in PubMed
• Systematic Review of Postoperative Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: Incidence and Association With Palatoplasty Timing and Technique J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Sep 01; 34(6):1644-1649. . View in PubMed
• The Personal Impact of Involvement in International Global Health Outreach: A National Survey of Former Operation Smile Student Volunteers J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jul; 58(7):1342-1348. . View in PubMed
• The effect of short-term preoperative nutritional intervention for cleft surgery eligibility BMC Nutr. 2023 Mar 14; 9(1):47. . View in PubMed
• Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2023 04; 60(4):430-445. . View in PubMed
• A plastic and reconstructive surgery landscape assessment of Malawi: a scoping review of Malawian literature Eur J Med Res. 2022 Jul 12; 27(1):119. . View in PubMed
• Midface Growth Potential in Unoperated Clefts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis J Craniofac Surg. 2022 May 01; 33(3):774-778. . View in PubMed
• The International Family Study of Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts: Design and Methods Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 Apr; 59(4_suppl2):S37-S47. . View in PubMed
• Cleft Palate Repair: A History of Techniques and Variations Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Mar; 10(3):e4019. . View in PubMed
• Cleft Lip and Palate Research in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Scientometric Analysis Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Feb; 10(2):e4122. . View in PubMed
• Predictors of Complication Following Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in a Low-Resource Setting: A Prospective Outcomes Study in Nicaragua Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 12; 59(12):1452-1460. . View in PubMed
• Increased Distraction Magnitude Leads to Greater Reduction in the Apnea-Hypopnea Index in Infants With Robin Sequence J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2022 09; 80(9):1486-1492. . View in PubMed
• High prevalence of deleterious mutations in concomitant nonsyndromic cleft and outflow tract heart defects Am J Med Genet A. 2022 07; 188(7):2082-2095. . View in PubMed
• The influence of an all-female healthcare environment on mentorship and empowerment of female healthcare professionals PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 2(3):e0000081. . View in PubMed
• Early Cleft Lip Repair: Demonstrating Efficacy in the First 100 Patients Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 11 01; 150(5):1073-1080. . View in PubMed
• Assessing the Safety of a Novel Neonatal Anesthesia Protocol: A Review of 101 Patients With Early Cleft Lip Repair J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Nov-Dec 01; 32(8):2682-2686. . View in PubMed
• The Smile Index: Part 3A Simple, Prognostic Severity Scale for Unilateral Cleft Palate. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Oct; 9(10):e3870. . View in PubMed
• The Evolution of Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Sep 01; 32(6):2068-2073. . View in PubMed
• Convolutional Neural Network Models for Automatic Preoperative Severity Assessment in Unilateral Cleft Lip Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Jul 01; 148(1):162-169. . View in PubMed
• The Likelihood of Orthognathic Surgery After Orofacial Cleft Repair J Craniofac Surg. 2021 May 01; 32(3):902-906. . View in PubMed
• Correction to: The Local Mission: Improving Access to Surgical Care in Middle-Income Countries World J Surg. 2021 Apr; 45(4):970. . View in PubMed
• The Local Mission: Improving Access to Surgical Care in Middle-Income Countries World J Surg. 2021 Apr; 45(4):962-969. . View in PubMed
• Nasoalveolar Molding: Assessing the Burden of Care J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 32(2):574-577. . View in PubMed
• The Use of Crowdsourcing Technology to Evaluate Preoperative Severity in Patients With Unilateral Cleft Lip in a Multiethnic Population J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 32(2):482-485. . View in PubMed
• A Meta-Analysis of Palatal Repair Timing J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 32(2):647-651. . View in PubMed
• Factors Associated With Delay in Cleft Surgery at a Tertiary Children’s Hospital in a Major US Metropolitan City Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2021 12; 58(12):1508-1516. . View in PubMed
• Impact of an All-Female Surgical Team on Moroccan Patient Perspectives of Female Healthcare Providers World J Surg. 2021 11; 45(11):3280-3287. . View in PubMed
• Clinical Importance of Concomitant Cleft Lip/Palate in the Surgical Management of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2021 Jan; 12(1):35-42. . View in PubMed
• The role of smoke from cooking indoors over an open flame and parental smoking on the risk of cleft lip and palate: A case- control study in 7 low-resource countries J Glob Health. 2020 Dec; 10(2):020410. . View in PubMed
• Congenital Heart Disease in Patients With Cleft Lip/Palate and Its Impact on Cleft Management Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2020 08; 57(8):957-966. . View in PubMed
• A Synonymous Exonic Splice Silencer Variant in IRF6 as a Novel and Cryptic Cause of Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and Palate Genes (Basel). 2020 08 07; 11(8). . View in PubMed
• The experiences of female surgeons around the world: a scoping review Hum Resour Health. 2020 10 28; 18(1):80. . View in PubMed
• Sebaceous Nevus of the Scalp J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Jan/Feb; 31(1):257-260. . View in PubMed
• Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of a Mission-Based Surgical Training Rotation on the Plastic Surgery Skills and Competencies Development of General Surgery Residents in Rwanda J Surg Educ. 2019 Nov – Dec; 76(6):1579-1587. . View in PubMed
• Less Is More in Congenital and Pediatric Nasal Lesions J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Sep; 30(6):1777-1779. . View in PubMed
• The Smile Index: Part 2A Simple, Prognostic Severity Scale for Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Apr; 143(4):790e-797e. . View in PubMed
• Optimal Timing of Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting: A Literature Review J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Apr; 77(4):843-849. . View in PubMed
• Cosmetically Challenging Congenital Melanocytic Nevi Ann Plast Surg. 2019 05; 82(5S Suppl 4):S306-S309. . View in PubMed
• Reply: The Smile Index: Part 1A Large-Scale Study of Phenotypic Norms for Preoperative and Postoperative Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 01; 143(1):245e-246e. . View in PubMed
• Genomic analyses in African populations identify novel risk loci for cleft palate Hum Mol Genet. 2019 03 15; 28(6):1038-1051. . View in PubMed
• Alternatives to Autologous Bone Graft in Alveolar Cleft Reconstruction: The State of Alveolar Tissue Engineering J Craniofac Surg. 2018 May; 29(3):584-593. . View in PubMed
• External Port Tissue Expansion in the Pediatric Population: Confirming Its Safety and Efficacy Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 06; 141(6):883e-890e. . View in PubMed
• Competency-Based Education in Low Resource Settings: Development of a Novel Surgical Training Program World J Surg. 2018 03; 42(3):646-651. . View in PubMed
• The Smile Index: Part 1A Large-Scale Study of Phenotypic Norms for Preoperative and Postoperative Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 01; 141(1):137-146. . View in PubMed
• A Comparative Analysis of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 with a Demineralized Bone Matrix versus Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafts in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate: Review of 501 Cases Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Aug; 140(2):318e-325e. . View in PubMed
• The Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Systematic Review of the Literature Ann Plast Surg. 2017 Aug; 79(2):214-220. . View in PubMed
• Early Cleft Lip Repair Revisited: A Safe and Effective Approach Utilizing a Multidisciplinary Protocol Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2017 Jun; 5(6):e1340. . View in PubMed
• Ectropion in Facial Tissue Expansion in the Pediatric Population: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Treatment Options Ann Plast Surg. 2017 Mar; 78(3):280-283. . View in PubMed
• Familial Recurrence of 3MC Syndrome in Consanguineous Families: A Clinical and Molecular Diagnostic Approach With Review of the Literature Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2017 11; 54(6):739-748. . View in PubMed
• Patient Barriers to Accessing Surgical Cleft Care in Vietnam: A Multi-site, Cross-Sectional Outcomes Study World J Surg. 2017 06; 41(6):1435-1446. . View in PubMed
• Paternal Risk Factors for Oral Clefts in Northern Africans, Southeast Asians, and Central Americans Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 06 19; 14(6). . View in PubMed
• Intraflagellar transport 88 (IFT88) is crucial for craniofacial development in mice and is a candidate gene for human cleft lip and palate Hum Mol Genet. 2017 03 01; 26(5):860-872. . View in PubMed
• A Model of the Unmet Need for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries World J Surg. 2016 Dec; 40(12):2857-2867. . View in PubMed
• Barriers to Reconstructive Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study of 453 Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Patients in Vietnam Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Nov; 138(5):887e-895e. . View in PubMed
• Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Promotes Mechanical Stretch Induced Skin Regeneration: A Randomized Phase I/II Clinical Trial EBioMedicine. 2016 Nov; 13:356-364. . View in PubMed
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• The Medical Mission and Modern Core Competency Training: A 10-Year Follow-Up of Resident Experiences in Global Plastic Surgery Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Sep; 138(3):531e-538e. . View in PubMed
• The Expanding Role of Education and Research in International Healthcare Ann Plast Surg. 2016 May; 76 Suppl 3:S150-4. . View in PubMed
• Reply: Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding for Cleft Lip and Palate: The Application of Digitally Designed Molds Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 May; 137(5):904e-905e. . View in PubMed
• The Tsao Fellowship in Global Health: A Model for International Fellowships in a Surgery Residency J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Mar; 27(2):282-5. . View in PubMed
• Epidemiology, Etiology, and Treatment of Isolated Cleft Palate Front Physiol. 2016; 7:67. . View in PubMed
• The Global Surgery Partnership: An Innovative Partnership for Education, Research, and Service Acad Med. 2016 Jan; 91(1):75-8. . View in PubMed
• Parental risk factors for oral clefts among Central Africans, Southeast Asians, and Central Americans Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Oct; 103(10):863-79. . View in PubMed
• Treating Parry-Romberg Syndrome Using Three-Dimensional Scanning and Printing and the Anterolateral Thigh Dermal Adipofascial Flap J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Sep; 26(6):1826-9. . View in PubMed
• Presurgical nasoalveolar molding for cleft lip and palate: the application of digitally designed molds Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Jun; 135(6):1007e-1015e. . View in PubMed
• A Health Systems Perspective on the Mission Model for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery: A Matter of Sustainability or Responsibility? J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Jun; 26(4):1079-83.. View in PubMed
• Telemedicine in Cleft Care: Reliability and Predictability in Regional and International Practice Settings J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Jun; 26(4):1116-20. . View in PubMed
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• Surgical education through video broadcasting J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Sep; 25(5):1619-21. . View in PubMed
• Partial craniofacial duplication: a review of the literature and case report J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2014 Jun; 42(4):290-6. . View in PubMed
• Vallecular cyst as a cause of obstructive sleep apnea in an infant J Clin Sleep Med. 2013 Aug 15; 9(8):825-6. . View in PubMed
• Establishing sustainable international burn missions: lessons from India Ann Plast Surg. 2013 Jul; 71(1):31-3. . View in PubMed
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• A Cross-sectional Comparison of Cleft Lip Severity in 3 Regional Populations Eplasty. 2012; 12:e10. . View in PubMed
• The medical mission and modern cultural competency training J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Jan; 212(1):124-9. . View in PubMed
• Evolution of a sustainable surgical delivery model J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Sep; 21(5):1321-6. . View in PubMed
• The role of humanitarian missions in modern surgical training Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jul; 126(1):295-302. . View in PubMed
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• Surgical outcomes auditing systems in humanitarian organizations World J Surg. 2010 Mar; 34(3):403-10. . View in PubMed
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