Former football star Derek Pfaff undergoes a successful face transplant, gaining a new lease on life after a decade of ...

A nearly 60-hour-long surgery that began in February and involved more than 80 health care professionals, Mayo Clinic ...

Pfaff's transplant included reconstructing part of his forehead, nose, cheekbones, upper and lower jaws with teeth, upper and ...

It is as if Derek Pfaff’s life is a cautionary tale written in three chapters. In the beginning, Derek was a charismatic overachieving student-athlete from a big, loving family in the Thumb who ...

Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring ...

It is as if Derek Pfaff’s life is a cautionary ... Lisa and Jerry Pfaff weren't done expanding their family. The Harbor Beach High school sweethearts — she was a cheerleader and he was a ...

HARBOR BEACH, MI — Ten years after a suicide attempt ... “I lived for a reason; I want to help others,” Derek Pfaff said in a statement. “I am so grateful to my donor, his family and ...

ROCHESTER, Mich. – According to the Mayo Clinic, Derek Pfaff, 30, from Harbor Beach, can blink, swallow, smile, and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade thanks to a face ...

Derek Pfaff of Harbor Beach underwent the complex procedure at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, earlier this year, according to an announcement published Tuesday. The marathon operation ...