Sam Parnia

Sam Parnia
Alma materGuy's and St Thomas' Medical School (MBBS); University of Southampton (PhD)
Known forResearch on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and near-death experiences
Scientific career
FieldsIntensive-care medicine
InstitutionsNew York University Grossman School of Medicine

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]

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Adams, Tim (6 April 2013). "Sam Parnia – the man who could bring you back from the dead". Health: The Observer. The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ^ The State Education Department, The University of the State of New York. Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions. Albany, NY: 2 October 2012.
  3. ^ Hampshire Chronicle staff. Southampton University Graduation List 2007 Part 1. Ceremony 10: School of Medicine; Doctor of Philosophy. Published online 23 July 2007. Accessed 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b Peikoff, Kira (7 December 2015). "CPR Survival Rates Can Differ Greatly by City". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. ^ Strodtman, L. K. (2013). "Parnia, Sam. Erasing death: the science that is rewriting the boundaries between life and death". CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 51 (2): 302+.
  6. ^ "Lucid Dying". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ^ Evers, Marco (29 July 2013). "Back from the dead: Resuscitation expert says end is reversible". Der Spiegel.
  8. ^ Parnia, Sam; Spearpoint, Ken; de Vos, Gabriele; Fenwick, Peter; Goldberg, Diana; Yang, Jie; Zhu, Jiawen; Baker, Katie; Killingback, Hayley (2014-12-01). "AWARE—AWAreness during REsuscitation—a prospective study". Resuscitation. 85 (12): 1799–1805. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.09.004. PMID 25301715.
  9. ^ Lichfield, Gideon (April 2015). "The science of near-death experiences". The Atlantic.
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