Jeff Kepner
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Jeff Kepner is the first ever recipient of double hand transplant surgery in the United States
. The surgery was performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
on Monday May 4, 2009. Kepner lost both hands and feet in 1999 from a strep infection.
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. The surgery was performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is an $9 billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 54,000 employees, 20 hospitals, 4,200 licensed beds, 400 outpatient sites and doctors’ offices, a 1.5 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and...
on Monday May 4, 2009. Kepner lost both hands and feet in 1999 from a strep infection.