Among them are Aaron James, who received the world’s first whole-eye and partial face transplant, and Katie Stubblefield, who was the youngest person to receive a face transplant in the United States.

Derek Pfaff, 30, after the facial reconstruction surgery. A man in the US state of Michigan has become one of just several dozen people in the world to successfully receive a face transplant.

A Michigan man has received a life-changing face transplant a decade after he attempted to take his own life and miraculously survived. Derek Pfaff of Harbor Beach underwent the complex procedure ...

A US man who survived a suicide attempt has received a life-changing face transplant, offering him a second chance at life and renewed confidence. A man from the US state of Michigan has become ...

After 58 surgeries that kept him alive but disfigured, Pfaff underwent a transplant at Mayo Clinic in February that replaced 85% of his face with donor bone, tissue and skin. He wasn’t allowed ...

The patient before and after the face transplant. In what constitutes a first in Canada, a team of surgeons from the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal), led by the ...

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In May 2023, Aaron James, an electrical lineman, became the first person to undergo a partial face transplant that included an eye. Now, a year later, doctors from New York University Langone ...

man received a face transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. “We’re just very thankful,” said Jerry Pfaff, Derek’s father. Two and a half years of preparation went into the 50-hour ...

A life-changing face transplant has given Derek Pfaff the ability to smile, ten years after he attempted to kill himself. Listen to Story Michigan man receives face transplant after 2014 suicide ...

When a call came in stating that there was a donor for his face transplant, Pfaff and his mother drove to the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. A team of 80 medical personnel gathered ...

Katie Chang is a Brooklyn-based writer who has covered travel, food, and culture for the past 15 years. Her work has appeared in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure ...