Rare Hand Transplant Performed by ACTSI Investigator
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Division of Transplantation (dual appointment), Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Director, Composite Tissue Transplantation and the Laboratory of Microsurgery, Emory Transplant Center
Sponsored Research
Hand Transplant as a Therapy for Limb Loss
Hand Transplantation for the Reconstruction of Below the Elbow Amputations
ACTSI Support
- Protocol Support (CIN, BIP, & BERD)
- Education (RETCD & TTR)
- Funding (PiCoTraCS pilot project recipient)
- Collaboration: Yerkes, VA and Emory Transplant Center
Dr. Cendales Performs the First Hand Transplant in the Southeast
In The News
Video and Follow-Up Story

ACTSI Clinical Interaction Network nursing director, Joyce Oglesby, RN; Dr. Cendales; hand transplant recpient Linda Lu; and ACTSI, Emory University Hospital Clinical Interaction Site director Tom Zielger, MD
