Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez previously performed four face transplant surgeries but in transplanting an eye as well, this was "a first in the history of medicine" Russ Geltman/NYU Langone Health Meagan and ...

Pioneering face transplant surgeon Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez helped rebuild 46-year-old dad Aaron James's face after he was electrocuted on the job. And the surgeon also broke new medical ground by ...

For the first time, a patient received a whole new eye and a partial face in a groundbreaking transplant procedure. The transplant recipient, a 46-year-old from Arkansas named Aaron James, had ...

Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, NYU Langone Health's chair of plastic surgery, examines Aaron James in New York on Oct. 23, 2023. In May 2023, surgeons performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human ...

Earlier this year, inside an operating room in New York City, a man’s life was transformed. When a gruesome work accident occurred two years ago, electric lineman Aaron James received a deadly ...

James and his family flew to New York City from Arkansas to meet with Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, the lead face transplant surgeon and Chair of the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health have completed the world’s first whole eye transplant, a groundbreaking advancement many thought was impossible. The patient, Aaron James, 46, a military veteran from ...

Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, NYU Langone Health's chair of plastic surgery, examines Aaron James in New York on Oct. 23, 2023. In May 2023, surgeons performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human ...