Brigham and Women's expands patients eligible for face transplant

The Cleveland Clinic team said they expect the transplant will allow her to eat, speak, and breathe normally. The surgery took almost a full day and involved eight doctors at the Cleveland Clinic. "I think the FDA got this one right," said Dr. She could not eat or breathe on her own Dr Maria Siemionow led the transplant team at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. "This procedure went according to plan and the patient is doing well," said Dr. Maria Siemionow of the Cleveland Clinic. listed candidate for FDA leader is Dr. Steven E. Nissen, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic doctors describe how they did the nation's first near-total face transplant on a woman. Cleveland Clinic chief executive Dr. The Cleveland Clinic became the first US hospital to approve the procedure four years ago. "It happens more than men realize," says Melissa Piliang, MD, a Cleveland Clinic dermatologist. "There are some real tough things going on in people's lives," says Scott Bea, a clinical psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. The Cleveland Clinic says surgeons replaced 80 percent of the woman's face with that of a female cadaver a couple of weeks ago. The Cleveland Clinic says it has done the nation's first almost total face transplant. Dr.

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