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Major Advance In Full Face Transplantation
[March 23, 2012]

Major Advance In Full Face Transplantation

, 2012 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Press Conference Tuesday, March 27, 2012 University of Maryland Successfully Completes Most Comprehensive Face Transplant Performed To Date _________________________________________________________________________________________________ | |-- University of Maryland physicians will offer details of a full face transplant| | |performed over 36 hours on March 19th and 20th at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma| | |Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center. | | | | | |-- This face transplant is the most extensive full face transplant done to date. | | | | |WHAT: |-- 37-year-old male patient received a full face transplant, including upper and | | |lower jawbones, teeth, a portion of the tongue, and soft tissue from hairline to | | |neck. | | | | | |-- The face transplant was part of a 72-hour marathon of transplant activity at | | |one of the busiest transplant centers in the world. Five other lives were saved | | |through the heroic gift of organ donation by one anonymous donor. | |_______________|_________________________________________________________________________________| | |Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | |WHEN: | | | |10 a.m. ET | |_______________|_________________________________________________________________________________| | |University of Maryland Medical Center | |WHERE: | | | |Lombard and Greene Streets, Baltimore | |_______________|_________________________________________________________________________________| |TELECONFERENCE:|Call in details will be made available prior to the event by emailing | | |media@umm.edu| |_______________|_________________________________________________________________________________| | |Communications and Public Affairs University of Maryland | | | | | |Email: | |RSVP OR |media@umm.edu| |INTERVIEW | | |REQUESTS: |Phone: 410-328-8919 (weekday) or 240-370-9319 (weekend) | | | | | |Satellite interviews available following press conference and on Wednesday, March| | |28 | |_______________|_________________________________________________________________________________| -- Parking available on surface lot behind building at 110 S. Paca St. (corner of Paca and Pratt.) Use the Paca Street entrance.

Press the call button and tell attendant you are here for the news conference -- Street parking for satellite trucks on Greene Street between Baltimore and Lombard -- Graphics and video b-roll available onsite after press briefing or on www.umm.edu/facetransplant /PRNewswire-USNewswire -- March 23, 2012/ SOURCE University of Maryland Medical Center To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2012/23/c7541.html SOURCE: University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/facetransplant

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