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| Born | London, England. |
| Alma mater | University of London (M.D.) University of Southampton (Ph.D.). Weill Cornell Medical Center |
| Known for | Cardiac Arrest and Brain Resuscitation.
Consciousness & Awareness during Cardiac Arrest. Cognitive Sequelae of Surviving Cardiac arrest including Near Death Experiences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Intensive-care medicine |
| Institutions | Stony Brook University School of Medicine |
Sam Parnia is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received his medical degree from the Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals (UMDS) of the University of London in 1995 and his PhD in cell biology from the University of Southampton in the UK in 2006. He is director of Resuscitation Research at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, USA and an honorary fellow at Southampton University Hospital.
Education
Parnia graduated from Guys and St. Thomas' medical schools in London (1995), completed his medical residency at the University of Southampton, UK and Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, USA and completed a Ph.D in cell and molecular biology at the University of Southampton in 2006.
Career
Parnia has been actively involved in cardiac arrest resuscitation since the late 90s, when he was a member of the Southampton University Trust Hospitals resuscitation committee. One of his areas of concentration has been in the incorporation of cerebral oximetry during cardiac arrest care as a marker of the quality of oxygen delivery to the brain during resuscitation. His research also focuses on the study of the human mind and consciousness during the period after cardiac arrest. This research has included investigation of near death experiences.
Near-death research
In 2003, Parnia and Peter Fenwick appeared in the BBC documentary "The Day I Died". In the documentary Parnia and Fenwick discussed their belief that research from near-death experiences indicates the mind is independent of the brain. According to Blackmore the documentary mislead viewers with beliefs that are rejected by the majority of scientists. Susan Blackmore criticized the documentary for biased and "dishonest reporting".
In his book Erasing Death and a series of interviews, Parnia has explained that although most people view death as irreversible, he claims that resuscitation research shows it may be reversible.
Parnia has said he is uncertain the brain produces the mind and has suggested that memory is not neuronal. He has has claimed that research from NDE's may show the "mind is still there after the brain is dead". Michael O'Brien has written "most people would not find it necessary to postulate such a separation between mind and brain to explain the events," and suggested that further research is likely to provide a physical explanation for near-death experiences.
Parnia is the principle investigator of the AWARE study (AWAreness during REsuscitation), which was launched in 2008. AWARE is a multidisciplinary multicenter international collaboration of scientists, physicians and nurses. This study incorporates testing of awareness and near-death experiences (NDE) during cardiac arrest with methods aimed at measuring the quality of oxygen delivery to the brain. Critics have expressed concern with the NDE research as it presents difficulty in the realm of informed consent.
Selected bibliography
- What Happens When We Die (Hay House, 2006)
- Erasing Death: The Science That is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death (Harper Collins, 2013)
- The Lazarus Effect: The Science That is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death (Ebury Publishing, 2013)
References
- "Donnad | University of Southampton". Southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- USA (2013-08-12). "parnia s, - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- Susan Blackmore. (2004). "Near-Death Experiences on TV". Sceptic Magazine 17. pp. 8-10. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- Parnia, Sam (2013-02-20). "'Erasing Death' Explores The Science Of Resuscitation". NPR. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- Back from the Dead: Resuscitation Expert Says End Is Reversible Der Spiegel, 29 July 2013.
- Tim Adams. (2013). "Sam Parnia – the man who could bring you back from the dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- Michael O'Brien. (2003). "The Day I Died". British Medical Journal. 326(7383): 288. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- "University of Southampton". Southampton.ac.uk. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- Sebastian Dieguez. (2009). "NDE Experiment: Ethical Concerns". Skeptical Inquirer. Retrieved 2014-06-03.