Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Published: 06 Apr 2021 02:21 PM BdST
Updated: 06 Apr 2021 02:21 PM BdST
Sonia Sein, who had irreparable damage to her trachea and received a new trachea in January, sits outside her Bronx home on Mar 22, 2021. Sein is believed to be the first patient in the world to undergo a successful direct transplant of a donor trachea. Sarah Blesener/The New York Times
Sonia Sein, speaks with Dr Eric M Genden Sr, chairman of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, left, and Dr Sander S Florman, director of Mount Sinai’s Transplantation Institute, in New York on March 22, 2021. Sarah Blesener/The New York Times