Maria Siemionow's guest appearances

Maria Siemionow

The Conversation

Health Amplified

Mara Wilson

Esther Perel

Lisa Fischer

Sarah Marquis

Tara Shears

Charlotte Mensah

Heather Jones

Doreen Lawrence

Danielle de Niese

Imtiaz Dharker

Oti Mabuse

Hanna Gabriels

Lauren Paul

Susie Orbach

Helen Clark

OwlTail

Continuing to celebrate Cleveland Clinic’s Centennial, Dr. Morris chats with world-renowned micro-surgeon and transplant pioneer Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedics and Director of Microsurgery Research, University of Illinois at Chicago. In this episode, the two discuss the years of innovation and research that led to her execution of the world’s first face transplant at Cleveland Clinic, and the transplant advancements that have followed – including Dr. Siemionow's current work at UIC.

Celebrating 100 Years of Innovation: Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD

Houriya Kazim

When Houriya Kazim became the United Arab Emirates' first ever woman surgeon in the late 1990s she chose to specialise in breast surgery. Accusations of immodesty and even pornography followed as Houriya's educational pamphlets fell foul of the authorities' restrictions on language and images of women's bodies. Despite making progress in encouraging women to check their breasts for signs of cancer she has seen tumours so advanced that they have  burst out of the skin. She describes how when that happens, "they smell and it's right under your nose." Maria Siemionow has led the surgical teams on the only two face transplant operations to have been performed in the USA, in December 2008 and in September 2014. Born and raised in Poland, Maria says her parents - both economists - inspired her ambition to "be in charge" and a childhood doing handicrafts prepared her for the 'embroidery' of microsurgery (operating under a microscope).  She is professor of orthopaedic surgery in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.(Photo: Surgeons Houriya Kazim (left) and Dr Maria Siemionow. Credit: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services)

When Houriya Kazim became the United Arab Emirates' first ever woman surgeon in the late 1990s she chose to specialise in breast surgery. Accusations of immodesty and even pornography followed as Houriya's educational pamphlets fell foul of the authorities' restrictions on language and images of women's bodies. Despite making progress in encouraging women to check their breasts for signs of cancer she has seen tumours so advanced that they have  burst out of the skin. She describes how when that happens, "they smell and it's right under your nose." <br>Maria Siemionow has led the surgical teams on the only two face transplant operations to have been performed in the USA, in December 2008 and in September 2014. Born and raised in Poland, Maria says her parents - both economists - inspired her ambition to "be in charge" and a childhood doing handicrafts prepared her for the 'embroidery' of microsurgery (operating under a microscope).  She is professor of orthopaedic surgery in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.<br>(Photo: Surgeons Houriya Kazim (left) and Dr Maria Siemionow. Credit: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services)

Surgeons: Houriya Kazim and Maria Siemionow