Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman

Overview

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.

Directed by John Pappas

Top cast

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

Self (archive footage)

Dr. Judy Ho

Self - Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychologist

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Chris Bezaire

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

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Krystal Fleisch

Benita Alexander

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