๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆโ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ โ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ and a team of over ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ specialists led by ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ made medical history.
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ.โ โ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ
At just ๐ฎ๐ฎ years old, he survived a devastating car accident that left him with burns over 80% of his body, taking away his eyelids, ears, most of his fingers, and leaving his face severely disfigured.
After ๐ฎ๐ฌ+ reconstructive surgeries with limited success, hope came in August 2020 at NYU Langone Health, where the team performed the worldโs first successful face and double hand transplant.
23-hour surgery โ new hands, a new face, a second chance at independence.
Months of rehab โ he regained movement and identity, and could perform daily activities on his own.
Just a year earlier, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฎ made history as the first Black man to undergo a full face transplant, after surviving a devastating burn accident.
๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ & ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ง ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐
- ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ป๐ป๐ช (16th century) โ โ๐๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ.โ
- ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ (1905) โ performed the worldโs first successful corneal transplant.
- ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ (2008) โ led the Cleveland Clinic team that performed the first near-total U.S. face transplant.
๐ฉบ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ โ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด & donor families.
โจ Medicine isnโt just scienceโitโs humanity.
โ ๏ธ Yet millions still lack basic surgical careโno anesthesia, no safe operating rooms, no chance of survival from routine conditions.
At ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ (๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐), we believe that:
๐น ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ก๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฎ, ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ!!
๐น ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ฎ
๐น ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ & ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐
๐ญ If surgery can give back a faceโwhat else could it give the world, if made accessible to all (including LMICs)?
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ!
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