LOUISVILLE, KY �| Matt Scott, the world�fs first successful hand transplant recipient, will arrive in Louisville on February 12th and begin his seven-year check-up the following morning with doctors, therapists, and others from Jewish Hospital. Scott...
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LOUISVILLE, KY �| Matt Scott, the world�fs first successful hand transplant recipient, will arrive in Louisville on February 12th and begin his seven-year check-up the following morning with doctors, therapists, and others from Jewish Hospital. Scott will undergo two days of evaluation on February 13-14 from a number of physicians including lead hand surgeon Warren C. Breidenbach, M.D., Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, and lead transplant surgeon Frederick R. Bentley, M.D., University of Louisville. Scott became the nation�fs first hand transplant recipient (now the world�fs first successful) on January 24-25, 1999. He received his new left hand during a 14 1/2-hour surgical procedure performed at Jewish Hospital by a 17-member surgical team from Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center and University of Louisville. He is one of the 18 patients around the world to receive a hand transplant, six of which received double hand transplants. Scott, a New Jersey native, age 44, is an instructor at... See less 
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