Two weeks after his surgery when Derek got out of ICU, Lisa took him in his wheelchair to St. Mary’s Catholic Chapel on the ...

Derek Pfaff, a Michigan resident and suicide survivor, has undergone a groundbreaking facial reconstruction surgery after a ...

A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff’s life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again ...

Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring ...

March 5 had been a day of dread for the Pfaff family since 2014, when Lisa and Jerry found their 19-year-old son, Derek, ...

Derek Pfaff tried to take his own life 10 years ago, but miraculously survived, although his face was left severely damaged.

Former football star Derek Pfaff undergoes a successful face transplant, gaining a new lease on life after a decade of ...

It is as if Derek Pfaff’s life is a cautionary tale written in three chapters. In the beginning, Derek was a charismatic ...

A US man who survived a suicide attempt has received a life-changing face transplant, offering him a second chance at life ...

thanks to world-class healthcare providers at Rochester's Mayo Clinic. Derek Pfaff, a Michigan man whose face was severely ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A face transplant performed at the Mayo Clinic has enabled a Michigan man to blink, swallow, smile and ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Nearly a decade after he shot himself in a failed suicide attempt, Derek Pfaff underwent a 50-hour ...