Charla Nash was disfigured in a 2009 attack by a rampaging chimpanzee . She was rescued by her employer 's 200-pound pet in Stamford , Connecticut . The U.S. military paid for a full face transplant for the 61-year - old in 2011 . It is funding follow - up treatment costing hundreds of thousands of dollars . They hope lessons learned will benefit disfigured soldiers recovering from surgery . patients will be weaned off anti - rejection medications taken since the transplant . The treatment is to take place at Boston 's Brigham and Women 's Hospital .
Charla Nash was disfigured in a 2009 attack by a rampaging chimpanzee . She was mauled by her employer 's 200-pound pet in Stamford , Connecticut . The U.S. military paid for a full face transplant for the 61-year-old in 2011 . It is funding follow-up treatment costing hundreds of thousands of dollars . They hope lessons learned can aid disfigured soldiers returning from war . Nash will be weaned off anti-rejection drugs taken since the transplant . The treatment is to take place at Boston 's Brigham and Women 's Hospital .