US military veteran Aaron James has received the world's first eye transplant after suffering a devastating accident back in 2021.

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant on Aaron James, a military veteran who suffered a severe electrical accident. Despite successful attachment and blood flow, ...

The recipient of the world’s first whole-eye and partial face transplant is doing “incredibly” well more than a year after ...

Though the eye was repaired at the time ... Rick Fraunfelder, MD I do think it's a major evolution in corneal transplant surgery and if doctors learn how to do it they will become convinced ...

a whole-eye transplant is feasible and can maintain long-term viability," said Bruce E. Gelb, MD, FACS, associate professor, ...

Background: Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT ... relevant potential of AMT in reconstructive surgery of the surface of the eye, which has been documented in many case studies.

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah scientist at the Moran Eye Center is part of a project working to make eye transplants a reality. The project was announced in early December by the U.S. Health ...