When Dr. Christopher Duntsch was ousted from the biotech startup he co-founded, he pursued a new career in medicine as a spinal surgeon. He was inexperienced, inept, and arrogant — but his charm secured glowing reviews and second chances everywhere he went. By the time alarm bells started ringing, his hospital employer was in too deep to let their investment walk away.

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