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Burden of Genius

2017
Directed byTjardus Greidanus
1h 28m

In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.

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James RedfordSelf – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient
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Larry Kramer
Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient
David CrosbySelf – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient
David McCulloughSelf – Author, Historian
Arthur CaplanSelf – Professor of Bioethics, NYU
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STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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