Scott Hollenbeck, MD, and Kristen Stephens, MD
Scott Hollenbeck, MD, and Kristen Stephens, MD, have been featured in over 100 national news outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, discussing face transplants.
Face transplants have grown in sophistication since the world’s first transplant was performed in 2005 in France. “Most of these patients initially sustained a catastrophic trauma and have exhausted traditional reconstructive options,” Hollenbeck and Stephens said. “As this specialty has evolved, more patients have received bone constructs and larger skin surfaces within their transplants.”
However, the two physicians highlight a significant barrier: the high cost of these surgeries and their follow up care. “In an era of value-based care and cost containment, starting or maintaining” programs that offer face transplants presents a challenge for many hospitals.
Reprinted from article in U.S. News & World Report.
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