More NYU Langone Health surgeon Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez had already performed four face transplants and was a pioneer in the life-changing procedure when he met 46-year-old Aaron James in 2021 ...

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 ...

"Most individuals don't survive that level of injury," Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, the lead surgeon for James' transplant and director of NYU Langone's face transplant program, said in a news ...

Aaron (far left) meets with Dr Eduardo Rodriguez (right) in May 2023 to discuss the transplant operation ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health made medical history with an unprecedented, successful combined whole-eye and partial-face transplant operation.

Five months after the surgery, James is healing well, said Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, director of the Face Transplant Program and chair of the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU ...

Dr Eduardo Rodriguez, chairman of the Hansjorg Wyss department of plastic surgery at NYU Langone Health in the US, said: “We are truly amazed by Aaron’s recovery, with no episodes of rejection.” ...

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 ...

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

His lead surgeon Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, his wife Meagan and his daughter Allie are pictured sitting with him. (Image credit: NYU Langone Health) ...