The Surgeon's Cut

7.6
202050m

They're philosophers, storytellers and pioneers in their fields. Four surgeons reflect on their lives and professions in this inspiring docuseries.

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The Surgeon's Cut | Official Trailer | Netflix

Seasons

4 Episodes • Premiered 2020

Still image for The Surgeon's Cut season 1 episode 1: Saving Life Before Birth

1. Saving Life Before Birth

An innovative, compassionate fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Kypros Nicolaides guides his patients through emotionally fraught pregnancy complications.

Still image for The Surgeon's Cut season 1 episode 2: Sacred Brain

2. Sacred Brain

Opening the skull is sacred. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa narrates his journey, steeped in metaphor, from migrant farmworker to premier neurosurgeon.

Still image for The Surgeon's Cut season 1 episode 3: Living Donor

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.

Still image for The Surgeon's Cut season 1 episode 4: Heart & Soul

4. Heart & Soul

10.0

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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