| Sam Parnia MD, PhD | | Print | |
 Sam Parnia, MD University of Southampton, U.K. Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Weill Cornell Medical Center New York Dr. Parnia, in collaboration with Dr. Peter Fenwick who also will speak at this conference, conducted a landmark prospective study of NDEs at Southampton General Hospitals in England that was published in the journal Resuscitation. He will co-present with Jan Holden, EdD , on "Veridical Perception in NDEs" during Segment 1 . A graduate of Guys and St. Thomas' medical schools in London, Dr. Parnia founded the Consciousness Research Group at the University of Southampton in the U.K. He is also a Specialist Registrar in Internal and Respiratory Medicine in the North West Thames Region in London. His prospective study with Dr. Fenwick of near-death experiences received widespread coverage in the national and international press. He has described that study and its implications in his 2006 book, What Happens When We Die: A Groundbreaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death. |
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| Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 August 2006 ) |