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Face Transplantation: The Ethics of a New Therapeutic Frontier
Register On-line Add to Outlook Calendar Tuesday, Oct 30 11:45AM - 1:00PM
Location	Anesthesia Conference Room
Hosted by	Center for Bioethics
Contact Info	Pamela Galowitz pgalowitz@partners.org 617-732-8590
URL:	http://www.brighamandwomens.org/ethics/calendar.aspx
Event Type:	Special Event

Bohdan Pomahac, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BWH; Elizabeth Hohmann, MD, Chair & Director, Partners IRBs; Lisa Lehmann, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Bioethics, BWH

Only three partial face transplants have been performed worldwide. BWH recently became the second US hospital to announce plans to undertake this rare and hotly debated procedure. Our panel will explore the ethical and clinical implications of this decision and this procedure. NOTE: LUNCH WILL BE SERVED. PLEASE PRE-REGISTER.

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