The Surgeon's Cut

They’re philosophers, storytellers and pioneers in their fields. Four surgeons reflect on their lives and professions in this documentary series.

Trailers

58m
1. Saving Life Before Birth
An innovative, compassionate fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Kypros Nicolaides guides his patients through emotionally fraught pregnancy complications.
54m
2. Sacred Brain
Opening the skull is sacred. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa narrates his journey, steeped in metaphor, from migrant farmworker to premier neurosurgeon.
51m
3. Living Donor
Shaped by horror films, feminism and an intellectually rigorous family, Dr. Nancy Ascher makes history as the first woman to perform a liver transplant.
53m
4. Heart & Soul
After falling in love with the heart, Dr. Devi Shetty takes the next step to become a cardiac surgeon. Then a visit with Mother Teresa changes his life.

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German, English - Audio Description, English [Original], Spanish (Latin America), French, Italian

English, Spanish (Latin America), French, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)