David Rodebaugh helped change several people's lives by being an organ donor. — -- Nancy Millar paced nervously as she prepared to meet a man she had never seen before, but whose face she ...

This inspiring story of a retired teacher explains the life-saving importance of organ donation, a powerful act that offers ...

There’s no going back in a face transplant, no putting the old organ back in and trying again next week with something else. Failure is quite simply catastrophic.

Velocardiofacial syndrome, (VCFS, coming from the Latin words velum for palate, cardia for heart and facies for face) is a very common congenital syndrome, affecting up to 1 in every 2,000 newborns.

Chelsea’s face and body were severely disfigured in a 2013 crash outside his California home. “I was used to what I had even though my face looked a mess, I was used to it,” he recalled.

If an organ is recovered but not transplanted, these agencies — a network of 58 nonprofit groups known as organ procurement organizations, or OPOs — may not be paid.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Forty thousand organ transplants are done every year in the U.S. This is the story of how one man's face may be responsible for hundreds of those lives saved.