Sam Parnia
British medical researcher and writer
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Sam Parnia is a British[1] medical researcher and writer, described in sources as an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and a director of research into cardiopulmonary resuscitation.[1] He is known for research and public commentary on near-death experiences and resuscitation science.[1]
Sam Parnia | |
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| Alma mater | Guy's and St Thomas' Medical School (MBBS); University of Southampton (PhD) |
| Known for | Research on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and near-death experiences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Intensive-care medicine |
| Institutions | New York University Grossman School of Medicine |
Education and career
Parnia graduated from Guy's and St Thomas' Medical School in London and received an MBBS in 1995.[1][2] He later studied at the University of Southampton, working as a clinical research fellow and obtaining a PhD in cell biology in 2007.[3]
After completing fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine in New York City, he joined the faculty at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.[4] Since 2015, sources describe him as directing resuscitation research within pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center.[4]
In 2013, he published Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death, a popular-science book about developments in resuscitation.[5]
In August 2024, he published Lucid Dying.[6]
Research
Parnia has been involved in research on resuscitation after cardiac arrest, including approaches to post-arrest care such as targeted temperature management and monitoring of brain oxygenation in critical care settings.[7]
He has also been associated with research and commentary on reports of near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors, including the AWARE study, a prospective study published in Resuscitation in 2014.[8][9]
Selected bibliography
- Books
- Parnia, Sam (2007). What Happens When We Die. Hay House. ISBN 9781401907112.
- Parnia, Sam (2013). Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062080608.
- Parnia, Sam (2013). The Lazarus Effect: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death. Rider. ISBN 9781846043079.
- Research publications
- Parnia, S; Waller, DG; Yeates, R; Fenwick, P (2001). "A qualitative and quantitative study of the incidence, features and aetiology of near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors". Resuscitation. 48 (2): 149–156. doi:10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00328-2. PMID 11426476.
- Parnia, Sam (2014-11-01). "Death and consciousness—an overview of the mental and cognitive experience of death". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1330 (1): 75–93. doi:10.1111/nyas.12582. PMID 25418460. S2CID 33091589.