Eben alexander md biography definition
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Eben Alexander (author)
American neurosurgeon (born 1953)
This article is about the neurosurgeon and author.
Eben alexander md biography definition
For his great-grandfather, see Eben Alexander (educator).
Eben Alexander III (born December 11, 1953) is an American neurosurgeon and author. In 2008, he went under a medically-induced coma while being treated for meningitis.
His book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife (2012) describes his near-death experience while in the coma.[1] He asserts that the coma resulted in brain death, that consciousness is not only a product of the brain and that it can go on to an afterlife.[2]
Early life and education
Alexander was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.[3] He was adopted by Eben Alexander Jr and his wife Elizabeth West Alexander and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with three siblings.[4][5] He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1975),