Mayo Clinic, face transplant and Michigan

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 a self-inflicted gunshot wound 10 years ago.
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.
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 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.
Michigan Man Gets Successful Face Transplant After Suicide Attempt
Derek Pfaff tried to take his own life 10 years ago, but miraculously survived, although his face was left severely damaged.
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.
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.
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