Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez holds news conference to announce successful face transplant operation at NYU...
Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez, the Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center holds a news conference to announce the successful completion of the most extensive face transplant to date in the Manhattan borough of New York City, November 16, 2015. Dr. Rodriguez led the surgical team on 41-year-old Patrick Hardison, a firefighter from Senatobia, Misissippi who's face was badly burned in 2001. More than 100 doctors and support staff took part in the 26-hour operation, conducted in August 2015 at the NYU Langone Medical Center. Image projected on screen shows Hardison, from left to right, before the accident, after the accident, and after the transplant. REUTERS/Mike Segar