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Dr. Arturo Bonilla '76 Performs Historic Ear Transplant

Dr. Arturo Bonilla '76 Performs Historic Ear Transplant
Arturo Bonilla MD

Dr. Arturo Bonilla '76 performed the world's first successful ear transplant on a patient born without an ear using the patient's own cartilage cells via a 3D printer. Dr. Bonilla is a pediatric ear reconstructive surgeon based in San Antonio.

For more information on the historic surgery, see the following New York Times article: "Doctors Transplant Ear of Human Cells, Made by 3-D Printer"

 

 


 

 

 

 

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