Revealing the shocking rise and fall of Paolo Macchiarini, the superstar celebrity surgeon who ascended to global fame after performing the world's first synthetic organ transplant, only to be exposed as an international con man whose web of lies extends decades, ensnared many including those in his personal life and left a trail of devastated patients grappling with a nightmare.
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- Released
- Production
- Maxine Productions, Universal Television Alternative Studio
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- true crime
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Dr. Paolo Macchiarini as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Judy Ho as Self - Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychologist
Chris Bezaire as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
Krystal Fleisch as Benita Alexander
Top Crew
John Pappas · Director
Mary Robertson · Executive Producer
Eli Holzman · Executive Producer
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