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After an accident at work led to the loss of his left eye and part of his face, Aaron was given a new window to his soul, as well as a partial face transplant.
No medical team in the world had previously performed a successful human eye transplant in a living patient.
Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, director of the Face Transplant Program at NYU Langone Health, performs the whole-eye and partial face transplantation surgery.
Persons:
James, Aaron James, Aaron, Meagan peered, ” Meagan, “, Eduardo Rodriguez, “ That’s, ” Aaron, Meagan, Allie, ”, ’ Meagan, ” Allie, ’ ”, NYU Langone Health —, Rodriguez, ” Rodriguez, it’s, ’ ” Aaron, José, Alain, ” Aaron James, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Oren Tepper, Tepper
Organizations:
CNN, NYU Langone Health, NYU, Health, Texas, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, CNN Health, Montefiore Health
Locations:
New Jersey, New York, Arkansas, Mississippi, Dallas, Dallas , Texas, Texas, Turkey