Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman

About Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman

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.

Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman (2023) is a crime documentary film directed by John Pappas. It runs 84 minutes and was released in December 2023.

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini takes the lead as Self (archive footage), Dr. Judy Ho as Self - Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychologist, Chris Bezaire as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, and Krystal Fleisch as Benita Alexander. Produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio. In the United States it streams on Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus.