Dr. Lateefa Alkharafi

Head of the Cleft and Craniofacial Unit

Ministry of Health, Kuwait

Dr. Alkharafi obtained her dental degree from Kuwait University, Faculty of Dentistry in 2009. She then completed a one-year research program in craniofacial genetics and stem cells at the University of the Pacific,USA in 2012. In 2015, Dr. Alkharafi earned her Master of Science in Dentistry and a Certificate in Orthodontics from the University of the Pacific. She became a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics in 2016. In 2021, she completed a fellowship in Craniofacial and Special Care Orthodontics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Alkharafi became an International Certificant of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine in 2023.