The face of 30-year-old Derek Pfaff was left severely damaged by a self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 5, 2014, while he ...

A nearly 60-hour-long surgery that began in February and involved more than 80 health care professionals, Mayo Clinic ...

Derek Pfaff, a Michigan resident and suicide survivor, has undergone a groundbreaking facial reconstruction surgery after a ...

A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff's life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again ...

Former football star Derek Pfaff undergoes a successful face transplant, gaining a new lease on life after a decade of ...

ROCHESTER — After receiving a face transplant at Mayo Clinic earlier this year, a Michigan man can now smile and breathe ...

A member of the Saginaw Catholic community who survived a suicide attempt ten years ago has received a rare face transplant.

According to the Mayo Clinic, Derek Pfaff, 30, from Harbor Beach, can blink, swallow, smile, and breathe through his nose for ...

The team behind Derek Pfaff's transformational surgery said the procedure took around 50 hours and was performed by at least ...

Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring ...

A Michigan man can blink, swallow, smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade thanks to a face ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A face transplant performed at the Mayo Clinic has enabled a Michigan man to blink, swallow, smile and ...