Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman

Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman

2023•1h 24m•5.9/10

CrimeDocumentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(8)

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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Production

Maxine Productions, Universal Television Alternative Studio

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

Self (archive footage)

Dr. Judy Ho

Dr. Judy Ho

Self - Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychologist

Chris Bezaire

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

Krystal Fleisch

Benita Alexander

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