Clint Hallam

Who is Clint Hallam?

Clint Hallam was the first recipient of a human hand transplant.

Hallam lost his hand in a circular-saw accident at Rolleston prison in 1984, where he was serving time for fraud.

The original replant didn't take, and he had his hand amputated.

A surgery team led by Australian Earl Owen and Frenchman Jean-Michel Dubernard transplanted a new hand on 23 September 1998 in a 13-hour long operation in Lyon, France.

After an initial period of over two years during which he had no motor control of the transplanted hand, Hallam voluntarily stopped taking his immunosuppressive drugs. The hand was amputated on 3 February 2001 by the transplant surgeon Nadey Hakim.