Eduardo D. Rodriguez

Eduardo De Jesus Rodriguez MD, DDS (born October 13, 1966) is a Cuban American Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon, Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon, and reconstructive transplant surgeon, who is known for his contribution to the field of facial transplantation and vascularized composite allotransplantation.

Rodriguez practiced in Baltimore until 2013 when he was appointed the Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Chair of the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, where he serves as the director of the Face Transplant Program. On August 12, 2020, he led the team that performed the first simultaneous face and double hand transplantation, on recipient Joe Dimeo, a 22-year-old man who suffered full-thickness burns to over 80% of his body after a high-speed car accident in 2018. Provided by Wikipedia