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Aaron James (left) with doctor Eduardo de RodriguezIn a major medical breakthrough, doctors at New York University Langone Health performed a total eye
A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant for a 46-year-old military veteran from Arkansas who survived a work-related high-voltage electrical accident.
Aprilâs Biggest Closing Takes Place at 15 Central Park West
A duplex penthouse owned by Lindsay A. Rosenwald, a bio pharmaceuticals investor, sold for nearly $46.7 million after nearly three years on the market.
The largest sale in New York City in April was a penthouse at 15 Central Park West, with a wraparound terrace overlooking the park.Credit.Benjamin Norman for The New York Times
May 7, 2021
A spacious duplex at 15 Central Park West with a wraparound terrace directly overlooking the park topped the list of home sales in New York City during the month of April.
The penthouse, on the 18th and 19th floors in the coveted âhouseâ portion of the twin-towered limestone complex, closed at nearly $46.7 million. It had been on the market, though, since late summer 2019 for as much as $65 million.
Modeling Success
3D printing and surgical planning are keys to a successful face and double-hand transplant.
A surgical team of 16 led by Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS, and a support staff of 80 was in the operating room at NYU Langone Health’s Kimmel Pavilion in August 2020 when it completed the first-ever successful face and double-hand transplant. The operation took 23 hours to complete. Surgical planning was a key to its success, and imaging and 3D printing were keys to the planning, says Alyssa Glennon, principal engineer for business development at Materialise, which provided the 3D planning and printing tools.
The patient, Joe DiMeo, 22, had been critically injured in a car accident in July 2018. The accident happened on his way home from his night shift. The roll-over crash left DiMeo with third-degree burns covering 80% of his body. DiMeo was rescued from his burning car by rhythm and blues singer Ted Wizard Mills, original lead singer of the group Blue Magi