DESC: Surgeon Maria Siemionow details the amazing science behind the near-total face transplant she and her team performed at the Cleveland Clinic in December of 2008. While documenting the unbelievable complexity of the breakthrough procedure, and detailing her hopes for a full-face transplant in the near future, Siemionow includes poignant personal recollections of her remarkable career, which began in Poland and took her to the top of her male-dominated field.