Susan Whitman-Helfgot

Susan Whitman-Helfgot

Susan Whitman-Helfgot is the widow of Joseph Helfgot, the man whose face was donated to James Maki for a face transplant.

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Susan Whitman-Helfgot Appears With Face Transplant Patient James Maki at Press Conference

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Susan Whitman-Helfgot with face transplant patient James Maki. Just weeks after Connie Culp showed the world the results of her technologically ground-breaking face transplant, James Maki has done the same. Maki, 59, is just the second person in the United States to receive a face tranplant. In 2005, Maki fell onto a rail at a Boston subway stop, horrifically burning his face. He lost his nose, upper lip, cheeks, lower eyelid, top of his mouth and underlying muscles bones and nerves. Maki is still healing from the surgery, with more procedures to come. "They’re going to look at me as a new person," Maki ... Read Full Story

Woman who donated husband's face for a transplant meets the man who received it

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By Deborah Arthurs Last updated at 8:26 AM on 17th June 2009 Add to My Stories When Susan Whitman's husband died after suffering a fatal stroke she made the difficult decision to donate not just his organs to others who needed them, but his face too. And now, incredibly, Susan has become friends with the recipient, 59-year-old James Maki, whose own face was horribly disfigured after he fell onto a live railway line. Whitman's husband Joseph Helfgot, 60, had always been clear that if he failed to survive long-awaited heart surgery his wish was to donate his organs. Brave: Susan Whitman made the decision ... Read Full Story

Face transplant recipient reports feeling

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BOSTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The recipient of the second U.S. face transplant, at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said he started to feel his smile days after the surgery. When James Maki fell onto the third rail of a Boston subway in 2005, he was left with severe burns and a disfigured face. He has no memory of the accident, but was unable to eat solid food before the April 9 transplant, an ABC News report said. He said his face is still numb, but he can see his old self. The widow of the donor, Susan Whitman, said she noticed a ... Read Full Story
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