Laura Beil sits down to talk with Benita Alexander about breakthroughs, fraud and Paolo Macchiarini. And she asks Benita what lessons she hopes others can learn from her experience.

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The doctors who sounded the alarm become the target of an investigation themselves. And a fearless filmmaker finds that the answers lie with the patients.

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The doctors who sounded the alarm become the target of an investigation themselves. And a fearless filmmaker finds that the answers lie with the patients.

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With doctors investigating Paolo in Sweden, Benita begins an investigation of her own. She knows where she needs to go for answers: to the one place Paolo never took her.

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At a world-famous institute in Sweden, four doctors work together to make sense of Paolo Macchiarini’s work, and discover that his scientific research may be more like science fiction.

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After a medical scare, a single red rose from Paolo leads to plans for a grand Italian wedding with an impressive guest list. Things get serious fast with Paolo, and his work makes headlines.

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Benita Alexander thinks she’s found the perfect surgeon to feature in her documentary: he’s charming, talented, and the creator of a groundbreaking surgery that involves implanting biosynthetic organs into his patients. Then Benita falls in love with him. Will she get her fairy tale ending?

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Benita Alexander is instantly drawn to Dr. Paolo Macchiarini’s ability to perform life-changing surgeries for his struggling patients. What she doesn’t know is that he will change her life, too. As Benita crosses professional lines, she learns how far Paolo will go to protect his secrets. And the doctors who work with him begin to ask whether his scientific research is actually more in the realm of science fiction. From Wondery comes the third season of the hit podcast, Dr. Death. MIRACLE MAN tells the story of a surgeon who seduces the world of medicine across multiple continents, and sweeps one woman off her feet while turning her world upside down. Hosted by Laura Beil.

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