Pim van Lommel

Pim van Lommel, M.D., born in 1943, and worked from 1977-2003 as a cardiologist in Hospital Rijnstate, a 800 beds Teaching Hospital in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and is now doing full-time research on the mind-brain relation. He was co-founder of the Dutch IANDS in 1988. In 2005 he was granted with the Dr. Bruce Greyson Research Award of the International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS). In 2006, the President of India rewarded him the Life Time Achievement Award at the World Congress on Clinical and Preventive Cardiology in New Dehli. His book ‘Consciousness beyond Life’ was nominated for the ‘Book of the Year 2008’ in the Netherlands, and in 2010 he received the 2010 Book Award by the SMN. His book has been translated into 12 languages, and about 400.000 copies have been sold worldwide. In 2017 he received the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Award, and in 2020 the Spiritual Awakenings International (SAI) honored him as Circle of Honor honoree. With his article ‘The Continuity of Consciousness’ he won the second Prize by The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) (see https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/docs/2nd.pdf). In 2022 he became a Honorary Member of SMN, and in 2024 he became a IANDS Advisory Board Member. Articles: https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/pim-van-lommel/scientific-publications/. Website: www.consciousnessbeyondlife.com