Valery Spiridonov

Last year, Dr. Sergio Canavero created quite the ruckus (to put it mildly) when he vowed to be the first person to transplant a human head onto a deceased donor’s body. Yes, he is planning on attempting the world’s first human head transplant (or body transplant, depending on how you look at it).

The world’s first ever head transplant to take place using virtual reality will help patients adjust to life inside a new body, according to Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero.

It sounds like the plot from a 1950s B-movie, but Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero’s desire is sincere: He wants to perform the first human head transplant. Canavero pitched the idea to potential donors and scientists at a conference of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons in Annapolis, Maryland, Friday, Agence France-Presse reported.

Shades of Frankenstein emerged on the international medical scene this week after the announcement that a 30-year-old Russian man, Valery Spiridonov, is volunteering to become the first human to undergo a …head transplant – that means cutting off the head and attaching it to another body!