Spectrum
Medicine & Innovation Combine at the Cleveland Clinic through Dr. Frank Papay
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:37:03
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Synopsis
Dr. Frank Papay is the chair of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Health System. He also is a physician who combines innovation with the healing arts of medicine. Dr. Papay has spearheaded the Cleveland Clinic’s work in the emerging field of face transplants among other notable surgical breakthroughs. He and a team of gifted surgeons have been featured for this work in National Geographic. Here is the full story: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/09/face-transplant-katie-stubblefield-story-identity-surgery-science/?user.testname=none He was part of the surgical team that performed the first “near-total” face transplant in the United States in 2008 and says that what was learned from that surgery has led to other medical discoveries. That first face transplant patient is still alive and doing well, according to Dr. Papay. She is a strong advocate for the surgery, he says. Dr. Papay talks about the extensive preparation that goes into the face transplant pro