Face transplant recipient wants a burger

By: The Associated Press 06/10/11 5:26 AM 

A Connecticut woman who underwent a full face transplant after an attack by a chimpanzee wants to eat hamburgers and pizza again.

Officials at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston say they performed the transplant on Charla Nash late last month.

Nash's brother, Steve Nash, said at a news conference Friday that his sister wants to enjoy a slice of pizza from their favorite pizza parlor in their hometown of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Dr. Bohdan Pomahac (POE-ma-hawk), the lead surgeon, says Nash told him she wants a burger.

Pohmahac says Nash will slowly regain facial functions over the next six to nine months.