Manuel Sans Segarra
Spanish physician and surgeon
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Manuel Sans Segarra (born 25 April 1943) is a Spanish physician and surgeon who served as Head of Digestive Surgery at Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona.[1]
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| Born | April 25, 1943 |
| Occupations | Physician; surgeon |
Medical and academic career
Sans Segarra studied medicine and surgery at the University of Barcelona.[2] He completed a doctoral thesis on esophageal cancer, which was awarded cum laude.[3]
He later served as Head of Digestive Surgery at Bellvitge University Hospital.[4] He also held academic appointments as an Associate Professor of General and Digestive Surgery at the University of Barcelona.[5]
In 2014, he received the Professional Excellence Award from the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona.[6]
In May 2025, he was admitted as a Numerary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors.[7]
Public activities
A 2024 profile published by El Mundo described Sans Segarra in connection with public talks addressing death and immortality.[1] He has also discussed near-death experiences and consciousness in an interview broadcast by RTVE (RNE).[8]
Research interests
According to interviews in Spanish media, Sans Segarra has focused part of his later public work on near-death experiences (NDEs).[9] In these interviews, he has described his interest as emerging from clinical cases involving patients who were resuscitated after cardiac arrest.[10]
In public discussions, he has been associated with views describing a form of consciousness that is not limited to brain activity, which he refers to as “supraconsciousness”.[11]
Criticism
Some authors have cited Sans Segarra in broader critiques of the use of concepts from quantum mechanics in non-physical contexts. These critiques describe such approaches as examples of quantum mysticism and question their scientific basis.[12]
Selected works
- La acigografía en el cáncer de esófago (doctoral thesis, 1976).
- La Supraconciencia Existe: Vida después de la vida. Planeta, 2024. ISBN 978-84-08-29128-2.
- Ego y Supraconsciencia: Buscando el sentido de la vida. Planeta, 2025. ISBN 978-84-08-30740-2.