The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, is taking a landmark step toward introducing face transplantation, a highly advanced and complex reconstructive procedure. To lead this advanced training initiative, AIIMS hosted Indranil Sinha, associate chief of plastic surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (part of Harvard Medical School), Boston, an internationally recognised expert in composite tissue allotransplantation and face transplant surgery. Unmotivated, unstable patients, patients with active infection and cancers are not the right candidates for the procedure”. “Face transplantation is no longer experimental – it is the need of the hour. Developing this capability at AIIMS is essential to provide holistic functional and aesthetic rehabilitation to patients who currently have very limited options,” he said.

Source: The Hindu February 14, 2026 05:03 UTC