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Burden of Genius

Burden of Genius

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 Redford
James Redford
Self – Filmmaker/Liver Transplant Patient
Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer
Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient
David Crosby
David Crosby
Self – Musician/Liver Transplant Patient
David McCullough
David McCullough
Self – Author/Historian
Arthur Caplan
Arthur Caplan
Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU
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