People Magazine: Mother Shares Story of Son's Face Transplant After Suicide Attempt

Patient Care, Complex Cases, In the Media

November 14, 2018

��ɫAV Langone face transplant recipient Cameron Underwood holding a photo of donor, Will.

Photo: ��ɫAV Langone Staff

Cameron Underwood, 26, of Yuba City, California, received a face transplant earlier this year. He shares his journey with People Magazine in their November 26 print edition.

Eighteen months after Underwood survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound, this past January 2018, Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS, the Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and chair of the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at ��ɫAV Langone, led a team of over 100 medical professionals to successfully perform the 25-hour procedure.

Cameron Underwood with Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez — ��ɫAV Langone face transplant recipient Cameron Underwood with Eduardo Rodriguez, MD.

Photo: ��ɫAV Langone Staff

Even though the surgery was risky, Cam was determined to change his life: “It was either stay the way I was or take a chance on something better—on a bigger, better life.”

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