A team of pioneers—Kadiyala Ravindra, M.D., Jewish Hospital Transplant Surgeon and University of Louisville Assistant Professor of Surgery; Matthew David Scott, the world’s first successful hand transplant recipient; Warren Breidenbach, M.D., lead hand transplant surgeon, Kleinert Kutz and Associates; Jan “Erik” Hondusky, the nation’s fifth hand transplant recipient; and Joseph Buell, M.D., Director of Jewish Hospital Transplant Program and Professor of Surgery at University of Louisville all gather to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Scott’s successful hand transplant at Jewish Hospital on January 26, 2009.

Dr. Joseph Buell (L) and Dr. Warren Breidenbach (R) listen as Matt Scott describes what his hand transplant has meant to him on the 10th anniversary of the procedure at Jewish Hospital on January 26, 2009.

Matthew Scott, the world’s first successful hand transplant recipient and Bob Shircliff, President & CEO of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare share a smile as they applaud a speaker at the celebration of Scott’s 10-year hand transplant anniversary on January 26, 2009 at Jewish Hospital.

Matt Scott, the nation’s first hand transplant recipient, shows the use of his hands at a press conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of his hand transplant at Jewish Hospital on January 26, 2009.

Lead hand transplant surgeon, Warren Breidenbach, M.D., Kleinert Kutz and Associates, proudly addresses the crowd and talks about the advances made in composite tissue allotransplantation on the 10th anniversary of the nation’s first hand transplant at Jewish Hospital on January 26, 2009.

Dr. Larry Cook, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Louisville addresses the crowd at a press conference celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the nation’s first hand transplant at Jewish Hospital on January 26, 2009.