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Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story (2021) documentary poster

Documentary Style

Topical

Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story

Why Watch

The real victims tell their story in this landmark case—the first doctor in America criminally convicted for how he practiced medicine. A cautionary tale about accountability in healthcare.

Year

2021

Type

series

Episodes

4

Language

English

Director

Sara Mast

Genres

True CrimeHealth & MedicineBusiness

Summary

Christopher Duntsch operated on thirty-eight people in less than two years across Dallas hospitals, leaving death, paralysis, and chronic pain in his wake.

Even if you've seen the dramatization or listened to the original podcast, hearing the real victims describe what happened under Duntsch's scalpel adds weight the dramatization couldn't capture. Two whistleblower surgeons explain their relentless ten-month campaign to stop him when hospitals protected themselves with resignations instead of firings, and the Texas Medical Board took ten months to act despite their warnings.

In 2017, Duntsch became the first doctor in America criminally convicted for how he practiced medicine. The system that enabled him continues protecting dangerous physicians today.