After 6-Year Ordeal, Connie Culp prepares to head home. Aug. 26, 2010— -- For the first time since her face was destroyed by a shotgun blast in 2004, Connie Culp can now walk down the street and ...

CLEVELAND — Connie Culp, the first recipient of a partial face transplant in the U.S., has died at age 57, the Cleveland Clinic confirmed Thursday. Dr. Frank Papay, chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s ...

CLEVELAND – When Connie Culp heard a little kid call her a monster because of the shotgun blast that left her face horribly disfigured, she pulled out her driver’s license to show the child what she ...

CLEVELAND - The woman who had the nation's first face transplant says it was the smell of soap that made her realize her new face was working. | Photo gallery Connie Culp also says she still thinks ...