“A total face transplant with the scalp had never been done,” Rodriguez, the chair of NYU's Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, told INSIDER. “The eyelids are functioning currently ...

But five months ago, doctors at NYU Langone Health gave James his confidence back by performing the world’s first eye and face transplant. “For the first time since the accident, I don't want ...

Eduardo Rodriguez, a world renowned expert in reconstructive plastic surgery at NYU Langone Health in ... who brought up the possibility of a face and hands transplant. "I liked his attitude ...

In 2001, Patrick Hardison suffered severe burns to his face while fighting a fire in Senatobia, Mississippi. In August 2015, doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center transplanted a donor's face onto ...

Norris continues to be seen by Rodriguez, who now directs NYU Langone Health's Face Transplant Program. Norris has since moved to the New Orleans area to be close to his girlfriend. They met when ...

Eduardo Rodriguez, NYU’s plastic surgery chief, who led the transplant ... Allie to a high school homecoming ceremony, wearing a face mask and eye patch. Still he required breathing and ...

director of research and associate professor in the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery NYU Langone successfully performed the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant in 2023 ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney has been removed from a transplant patient after it started losing function, according to ...

Joe DiMeo, 22, received the double hand and face transplant in August 2020 (Image: NYU Langone) An American man has undergone the world’s first successful face and double hand transplant from ...