Heads Up! The First Head Transplant

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Dr Sergio Canavero has a dream. He wants to perform the world's first human head transplant on severely disabled Valery Spiridonov by 2017. But he can't realise his dream to do this in the United States without a medical license. Presenter James Peak follows Dr Canavero to Annapolis, Maryland as he pitches his complex medical procedure to a conference of neurosurgeons. Is Dr Canavero a brilliant physician-visionary, years ahead of his time, or a rabid self-publicist? Is he an Einstein or a Frankenstein? Produced by James Peak A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.