A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff’s life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again ...
The Mayo Clinic says surgeons there successfully performed a face transplant for a Michigan man who was severely injured from ...
ROCHESTER — After receiving a face transplant at Mayo Clinic earlier this year, a Michigan man can now smile and breathe ...
March 5 had been a day of dread for the Pfaff family since 2014, when Lisa and Jerry found their 19-year-old son, Derek, ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – A Michigan man has found new hope after receiving the second and most complex face transplant at ...
The face of 30-year-old Derek Pfaff was left severely damaged by a self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 5, 2014, while he ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Nearly a decade after he shot himself in a failed suicide attempt, Derek Pfaff underwent a 50-hour ...
A nearly 60-hour-long surgery that began in February and involved more than 80 health care professionals, Mayo Clinic ...
Derek Pfaff tried to take his own life 10 years ago, but miraculously survived, although his face was left severely damaged.
thanks to world-class healthcare providers at Rochester's Mayo Clinic. Derek Pfaff, a Michigan man whose face was severely ...
A Michigan man can blink, swallow, smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade thanks to a face ...