Isabelle Dinoire

Isabelle Dinoire
Born(1967-02-03)3 February 1967
Maubeuge
Died22 April 2016(2016-04-22) (aged 49)
Amiens
Known forFirst partial face transplant

Isabelle Dinoire (3 February 1967 – 22 April 2016) was a French woman who was the first person to undergo a partial face transplant, after her Labrador retriever cross breed mauled her in May 2005. She underwent a 15-hour operation in November 2005 in which surgeons transplanted the nose, lips and chin from a brain-dead donor at a hospital in Amiens. She died at age 49 in April 2016, though her death was not announced until more than four months later.[1][2]

  1. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (6 September 2016). "Woman who received the world's first partial face transplant dies". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Bromwich, Jonah (8 September 2016). "Isabelle Dinoire, Recipient of First Partial Facial Transplant, Dies at 49". The New York Times.