At first glance, Dr Paolo Macchiarini seemed almost too good to be true. A world-renowned doctor nicknamed the ‘super surgeon’, he was handsome, charismatic and appeared to have an inherent empathy for his patients.In 2013, his work in the field of transplants was deemed so ground-breaking that Benita Alexander, an award-winning producer with the U.S. broadcaster NBC, was dispatched to interview him for a TV special on regenerative medicine.‘We joked that he was a lookalike with international flair - speaking several languages and jetting around the world for work,’ says Benita. ‘He was impressive and intriguing.’
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