About Jean-Michel Dubernard
Lived 1941 – 2021 (aged 80). Jean-Michel Dubernard was a French politician, anti-vaccine activist, surgeon, urologist and university teacher.
Jean-Michel Dubernard (; 17 May 1941 – 10 July 2021) was a French medical doctor specializing in transplant surgery who served as a Deputy in the French National Assembly. He was born in Lyon.
Dr. Dubernard was most famous for performing the first successful hand transplant on Clint Hallam on 23 September 1998, the first successful double hand transplant shortly thereafter (but not announced until 14 January 2004), and assisting Prof. Bernard Devauchelle in performing the first partial face transplant on Isabelle Dinoire on 27 November 2005. Dubernard was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2010. Dubernard died at Istanbul Airport on 10 July 2021 at the age of 80.
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French politician (1941–2021)
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Jean-Michel Dubernard was born on 17 May 1941 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon.
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Jean-Michel Dubernard died on 10 July 2021 in Istanbul, Istanbul Airport.
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Jean-Michel Dubernard was a politician, anti-vaccine activist, surgeon, urologist and university teacher.
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