Paolo Macchiarini - The Fallen Star Surgeon
He was hailed as a superstar, a genius that will advance transplantation with the most modern techniques in stem-cell therapy. He was the super-star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, until his meticulously crafted house of cards fell. How could this man, a medical professional and long standing academic, directly be involved in the death of multiple of his patients? Paola Macchiarini, around 2011. Adapted from Elleydebarma, under CC BY-SA 4.0 . This may be the story of one of the biggest scientific frauds of the early 21th century, a story of faked academic titles, falsified results in reputable journals and the death of multiple patients that trusted their doctor to do no harm. This is the turbulent story of the downfall of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini. Paolo was born in 1958, in Basel Switzerland. In 1986 Macchiarini obtained his doctorate in medicine at the Medical School of the University of Pisa (Italy). It followed stays in the USA, France, Germany, Spain, Great Britain and Russia, ...
