Mayo Clinic, Michigan and face transplant

The story of Mayo Clinic's second face transplant, a decade in the making
A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff's life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again when he received the gift of a new face.
Mayo completes face transplant for Michigan man
A Michigan man left disfigured after a suicide attempt a decade ago now has a new face after a Mayo Clinic surgery that took 50 hours and a medical team of 80 people. FOX 9’s Mike Manzoni has the dramatic story of one man’s transformation.
Rochester's Mayo Clinic successfully completes face transplant for Michigan man
The face of 30-year-old Derek Pfaff was left severely damaged by a self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 5, 2014, while he was in college.
Michigan man receives 60-hour face transplant operation at Mayo Clinic
A nearly 60-hour-long surgery that began in February and involved more than 80 health care professionals, Mayo Clinic officials said.
Mayo Clinic performs its second — and most complicated — face transplant
ROCHESTER — After receiving a face transplant at Mayo Clinic earlier this year, a Michigan man can now smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade. It is Mayo Clinic's second face transplant and its most complex and extensive one to date.
Mayo Clinic announces successful face transplant
Mayo Clinic announced on Monday that in February, a team performed a successful face transplant on a Michigan man.
Mayo Clinic performs successful face transplant, restoring vital functions for Michigan man
A Michigan man can blink, swallow, smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade thanks to a face transplant performed at Mayo Clinic. This transformative and complex procedure underscores Mayo Clinic's skilled multidisciplinary surgical team who provide hope to patients with complex medical needs.
Transplant at Mayo Clinic replaces 85% of patient’s face after more than 50 hours of surgery
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 to look at himself for a month afterward.
‘I look like a person again’: Michigan man shares story after face transplant
Derek Pfaff, who received a face transplant after a failed suicide attempt, is one of only 50 people in the world to undergo the rare procedure. CNN’s Jacqueline Howard reports.
Survivor of suicide attempt receives face transplant: ‘I look like a person again’
After 58 facial reconstructive surgeries in the years that followed, he was still missing a lot of his face and couldn’t chew or speak easily. Then, Pfaff had the opportunity to get a face transplant surgery.
Mayo Clinic performs face transplant on Michigan man left severely injured by self-inflicted gunshot
The Mayo Clinic says surgeons there successfully performed a face transplant for a Michigan man who was severely injured from ...
'I lived for a reason': Mayo Clinic's face transplant procedure gives man 2nd chance at life
The team behind Derek Pfaff's transformational surgery said the procedure took around 50 hours and was performed by at least ...
Suicide survivor receives innovative face transplant: ‘It was just a miracle’
Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring ...