Benita Alexander thought Paolo Macchiarini ’s pioneering surgery was going to change the world. Then his patients started dying. Paolo Macchiarini could have.
Paolo Macchiarini could have been plucked from the pages of a Mills & Boon novel. The handsome Italian thoracic surgeon speaks six languages and a decade ago gained global attention for his pioneering use of plastic windpipes. His ultimate aim was almost godlike: ending the need for human organ donation.