Jean-Michel Dubernard
Jean-Michel Dubernard | |
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 Dubernard in 2013 | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Rhône's 3rd constituency | |
| In office 2 April 1986 – 19 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Noir |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Touraine |
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| Born | 17 May 1941 Lyon, France |
| Died | 10 July 2021 (aged 80) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | The Republicans |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
Jean-Michel Dubernard (French: [dybɛʁnaʁ]; 17 May 1941 – 10 July 2021) was a French medical doctor specializing in transplant surgery who served as a Deputy in the French National Assembly. He was born in Lyon.
Dr. Dubernard was most famous for performing the first successful hand transplant on Clint Hallam on 23 September 1998, the first successful double hand transplant shortly thereafter (but not announced until 14 January 2004), and assisting Prof. Bernard Devauchelle in performing the first partial face transplant on Isabelle Dinoire on 27 November 2005. Dubernard was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2010.[1] Dubernard died at Istanbul Airport on 10 July 2021 at the age of 80.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Le professeur Jean-Michel Dubernard, chirurgien pionnier des greffes, est mort". Le Monde (in French). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
Sources
[edit]- www.handtransplant.org
- "A Pioneering Transplant, and Now an Ethical Storm". New York Times. 6 December 2005.
- "Dire Wounds, a New Face, a Glimpse in a Mirror". New York Times. 3 December 2005.
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