Sergio Canavero

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sergio Canavero
Occupation	Physician
Date Of Birth	Dec 29, 1964(1964-12-29)
Age	60
Birthplace	Turin
Country	Italy
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Sergio Canavero Biography

Sergio Canavero is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on December 29, 1964 in Turin, Italy. Sergio Canavero (born 1964) is an Italian neurosurgeon who has made doubtful claims regarding his abilities to carry out head transplants.

In January of this year, Canavero and his team issued a press statement in which they claimed that they had conducted a successful head-transplant on a monkey that claimed to have survived the procedure with no any neurological damage and was alive for over 20 hours. The spinal cord did not rejoin to the brain, and the patient was unable to speak for the entire. The press release also stated that they were testing their experiments with human cadavers prior the scheduled head transplant for humans at the time of Christmas 2017.

In November 2017, Canavero claimed to have performed a successful head transplant.

Canavero received the attention of media in 2015 following saying that he was extremely close to completing an operation to transplant the head of a person. He presented a rough outline of the procedure. Many neuroscientists as well as surgeons denied the claims. At first, he was opposed to any experiments on animals.

Sergio Canavero Net Worth

Sergio Canavero is one of the richest Physician from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sergio Canavero 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his medical studies on Turin’s University of Turin at age 18 and completed his degree. In the late 1980s the doctor began his studies to become a neurosurgeon with a specialization in Turin’s University Hospital in Turin before becoming employed at the same hospital. He was employed for 22 consecutive years as neurosurgeon (including being the Director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group) until the end of his contract in February of 2015 due to increasing resistance to the work coming from various sectors. Following his departure at his position at the University Hospital, he was named an honorary professor at Harbin Medical University.

He began work at head transplantation as early as 1982. After the end of his contract at the end of 2015 worked in collaboration with Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University who was working at a similar location.

Writing in The Guardian in 2017, neuroscientist Dean Burnett noted that head transplantation procedures present challenges that are beyond the ability of currently known science and that Canavero has “offered no feasible explanation or science for his claims to be able to overcome these hurdles”. Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist, has dismissed Canavero’s claims, writing “Head transplants are fake news. Those who promote such claims and who would subject any human being to unproven cruel surgery merit not headlines but only contempt and condemnation.”

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Facts & Trivia

Sergio Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Sergio Canavero celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Sergio Canavero

1. Sergio Canavero is an Italian neurosurgeon born in 1964.
2. He gained international attention for his research on human head transplantation.
3. Canavero claims to have successfully performed the procedure on a monkey.
4. The first human head transplant is planned for 2020.
5. Critics argue that the procedure is unethical and impossible to perform safely.
6. Canavero has authored several books on neuroscience and surgery.
7. He has been involved in controversial medical experiments throughout his career.
8. Canavero has faced criticism from the scientific community for his work.
9. He believes that head transplantation could help people with severe disabilities or illnesses.
10. The success of the procedure remains uncertain, and its ethical implications are widely debated.