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Face Transplants Are Creating New Possibilities for Facial Reconstruction

December 16, 2025

Since the first successful procedure in 2005, facial transplantation has evolved as a feasible and effective treatment option for patients with severe facial disfigurement. Listen to two surgeons intimately involved in the burgeoning field of facial transplantation, Drs. Bruce Gelb and Bohdan Pomahac, share their thoughts on the distinctly multidisciplinary and inherently complex nature of procedure, advances in addressing graft rejection, and more. Learn more in the November/December Bulletin cover article.

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