Connie Culp

Connie Culp thanks Cleveland19 Action NewsConnie Culp, the woman shot in the face by her husband, took time out Tuesday to thank Cleveland. Culp was the first person ever to receive a face transplant and that surgery took place at the Cleveland Clinic. Connie's husband of 25 years Tom shot her ...  

Face Transplant Patient Tells Story of SurvivalWYTVConnie Culp made national headlines in 2004 when she was shot in the face. She lost her nose, eye, parts of her jaw and lower eyelids. Today, she is the first full face transplant recipient in the United States. Culp took a seat Monday evening in the ...and more »  

Now we are going to restore the years he has lost and make him a functioning member of society again ... She has admitted struggling to cope since the op, saying “I look half like me and half like someone else.” In 2008 Connie Culp, 45, from ...