Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman
originally aired on Peacock
Paolo Macchiarini is a Swiss-born Italian thoracic surgeon and former regenerative medicine researcher. He became known for research fraud and manipulative behavior. He was convicted of unethically performing experimental surgeries, even on relatively healthy patients, resulting in fatalities for seven of the eight patients who received one of his synthetic trachea transplants. He has had 11 of his research papers retracted, four others have received an expression of concern, and three others have been corrected.