Connie Culp, the first face-transplant recipient in the United States, has died, according to the Cleveland Clinic, which performed the surgery. "We are saddened by the loss of Connie Culp," the ...

Connie Culp, the first person in the US to receive a near-total face transplant, has died, according to the Cleveland Clinic, where the procedure was performed in 2008. She was 57 years old.

Connie Culp, the first patient in the US to receive a partial face transplant, died July 29 of an unrelated infection, according to the Associated Press. The ground-breaking surgery was performed ...

Connie Culp, the first recipient of a face transplant in the U.S., has died, according to the Cleveland Clinic. She passed away on Thursday evening, reported NBC affiliate WKYC. As of Saturday ...

Connie Culp can now walk down the street and smile. The recipient of the first-ever face transplant in the United States, Culp underwent her final facial surgery in mid-July, the last of nearly 30 ...

The surgeon, who has spent 20 years researching transplantation of body parts and received approval to move ahead with a face transplant in 2004, said that Culp's outcome is overwhelming.

Connie Culp, the Ohio woman who made international headlines when she received the nation’s first near-total face transplant, has died. She was 57. The Cleveland Clinic, where Culp underwent the ...

Connie Culp, the recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S., has died at 57, almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation. The Cleveland Clinic, where her surgery had ...

Connie Culp has been hailed as the woman with the ... But then she made history with a ground-breaking face transplant. ­Surgeons replaced 80 per cent of her face, including a nose, cheeks ...

By Bryan Pietsch Connie Culp, the first patient in the United States to receive a face transplant, died on Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic, where her procedure was performed in 2008. She was 57.

Connie Culp, the first person in the US to receive a near-total face transplant, has died, according to the Cleveland Clinic, where the procedure was performed in 2008. She was 57 years old.