Last updated on August 4th, 2023 at 05:59 pm

Facts about Katie Stubblefield

• 21-year-old American citizen, Katie Stubblefield is the youngest person ever in the history of USA to receive a full facial transplant.
• Stubblefield was born in 1997 in Mississippi, USA.
• Katie Stubblefield's facial transplant undergo about record-breaking 31 hours operation and required 11 surgeons led by Dr, Brian Gastman.
• on March 5, 2014, Stubblefield at the age of 18, tried a suicide attempt in her bathroom at brother's house shooting through her chin with a 308-caliber hunting rifle but survived miraculously ( reason: she saw her boyfriend's texts with another girl).
• Stubblefield received a new face of 31-year-old Adrea Schneider, who died in May 2017 due to a drug overdose.
• Schneider's mother Sandra approved of transplant, but she yet is unaware of the face being used.
• US Department of Defense through the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine funded the whole surgery for Stubblefield.
• National Geographic Photographer Maggie Steber came into the knowledge about Stubblefield and followed her day to day routine for two and half years.
• Stubblefield now wants to continue her studies to become a counselor/motivational speaker and work with other suicide survivors and raise awareness against suicide in the future.