Burden of Genius

Burden of Genius (2017)

In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy.

Documentary

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.

  • Release Date: 2017-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Director: Tjardus Greidanus

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Cast

  • James Redford

    Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient

  • Larry Kramer

    Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient

  • David Crosby

    Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient

  • David McCullough

    Self – Author, Historian

  • Arthur Caplan

    Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU