A Boston hospital has performed the nation's second face transplant on a man who suffered traumatic facial injuries from a fall. ...more

April 10, 2009

A group of physician investors has entered into a joint venture with Florida Hospital Heartland Division to open a day surgery center on the north side of Sebring. ...more

February 1, 2009

Mitchell Kirby is lying in a Tampa General Hospital bed with a broken leg and foot. ...more

November 30, 2008

Mitch Kirby, a passenger in a plane that crashed at Peter O. Knight Airport on Friday, underwent surgery Saturday on the broken bones in his left foot, according to his father. ...more

November 30, 2008

Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. ...more

August 22, 2008

Oh, Priscilla. Pamela. Courtney. Cher. Say it isn't so. If stars like you - with all your money and connections - can't get injections, implants or a little age-defying surgery without risking disastrous results, what's to become of the rest of us? ...more

July 16, 2008

Here are some tips for patients considering cosmetic surgery from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons: ...more

July 16, 2008

In some ways, aging is kind. By the time you develop wrinkles that resemble a satellite view of the Mississippi River delta, your eyesight has faded so much you can't see them. ...more

May 30, 2008

A plastic surgeon who replaced the fingerprints of a man involved in a drug ring with skin from the bottom of his feet was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison. ...more

February 14, 2008

Most doctors don't talk about breast reconstruction with women before cancer surgery, depriving them of key information that can sway their decision about whether to have the whole breast or just a lump removed, new research suggests. ...more

December 22, 2007