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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

88 minutes

Year:

2017

Director:

Tjardus Greidanus

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Company:

Laura Davis Productions

Cast:

Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient

Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient

Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient

Self – Author, Historian

Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU

Crew:

Writer

Director

Producer

Editor

Director of Photography