Conference Report

The Conference Report for
The Paradox of Neurotechnology
Has been published in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine CLICK HERE TO READ

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New York Academy of Sciences Somanetics Center for Neurotechnology Studies Institute for the Psychological Sciences Asia Society FIAF

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Sam Parnia, M.D., Ph.D., MRCP
Sam Parnia, M.D., Ph.D., MRCP

One of the world's leading experts on the scientific study of death, the state of the human mind-brain, and near-death experiences, Dr. Parnia divides his time between hospitals in the United Kingdom and Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, where he is a Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is the Founder and Director of the Human Consciousness ProjectSM at the University of Southampton. Dr. Parnia currently leads a new and innovative scientific study, AWARE (AWAreness during Resuscitation) aimed at studying the brain and consciousness during cardiac arrest.

Dr. Parnia has published numerous articles in peer reviewed scientific journals in the field of pulmonary medicine as well as near-death experiences, and is a reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine. He has also served as a member of the Southampton University Trust Hospital Resuscitation Committee, where he launched the first ever study of near-death experiences in the UK. Dr. Parnia is the author of What Happens When We Die?, and his groundbreaking research has been featured on the BBC and Discovery documentary, The Day I Died and in the National Geographic episode entitled Explorer: At the Moment of Death.
 
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