Jean-Michel Dubernard Explained

Jean-Michel Dubernard
Office:Member of the National Assembly
for Rhône's 3rd constituency
Term Start:2 April 1986
Term End:19 June 2007
Predecessor:Michel Noir
Successor:Jean-Louis Touraine
Birth Date:17 May 1941
Birth Place:Lyon, France
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality:French
Party:The Republicans
Occupation:Surgeon

Jean-Michel Dubernard (in 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: APS Member History. 19 April 2021. search.amphilsoc.org.
  2. News: Le professeur Jean-Michel Dubernard, chirurgien pionnier des greffes, est mort . . 11 July 2021 . 19 July 2021 . French.