Charlie Kelman wanted to be a musician more than anything else in the world, but when a monumental shift in the industry kills any chance of a career, he's left with nothing but his medical degree and an unfulfilled promise to his father to be a doctor. Unable to accept a life of relative anonymity, Charlie begins a journey of innovation and scientific exploration which pit​s​ him against the established doctors of his profession. They will stop at nothing to crush the attempts of this young upstart to improve the outdated, but standardized procedure of cataract surgery. This is the story of ​dogged determination, indomitable optimism, and the medical breakthrough that ​has not only become the most commonly performed surgery in the United States of America, but one that fundamentally changed the very nature of ​the modern medical landscape.