Aaron Drake
Aaron J. Drake (born c. 1964)[1] is an American paramedic and cryonicist. He worked as a paramedic firefighter in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1992 to 2006.[2] In January 2009, he started working for the Alcor Life Extension Foundation as the Transport Coordinator,[3][4] and he was the Medical Response Director of Alcor for many years until 2016.[5]
Drake helped to set up a cryonics facility, the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute, in Jinan, Shandong, China. From April 2016 to April 2023, he worked as the Director of Research and Chief Specialist at Yinfeng.[2] During his years in China, he continued consulting for Alcor during parts of the year[5][6] as the Senior Medical Response Consultant.[3] Since April 2022, he has worked as the Medical Consultant for Cryonics4U.[2] Since September 2023, he has worked as the Director of Clinical Education for Resurgence Biomedical Sciences.[2]
With Eric Vogt, Drake founded International Cryomedicine Experts (I.C.E.),[7] a company that provides SST services.
According to Drake, he has participated in more than 80 cryopreservations around the world.[8]
Sources[edit]
- ↑ (an article about Aaron Drake). yflsf.org (in simplified Chinese)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 LinkedIn: Aaron J. Drake
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alcor News, April 1, 2016. alcor.org
- ↑ Personnel Changes. alcor.org. January 28, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Medical Response Director. alcor.org. July 18, 2016
- ↑ Yinfeng Cryonics Services in China. Cryonics 2019 #4 (page 19). Ben Best
- ↑ 2017 Annual General Meeting. Cryonics Institute Newsletter (page 16)
- ↑ YouTube: 揭秘中國第一家人體冷凍中心：技術不遜於美國China's First Cryonics Center: no less Advanced than America’s Technology (at 5:59)
External links[edit]
- LinkedIn: Aaron J. Drake
- YouTube: The Intersection of Life-Saving Medicine and Cryonics | Aaron Drake | BIOSTASIS 2020
- YouTube: East meets West: Expanding Cryonics to the Global Market | Aaron Drake | BIOSTASIS 2021
- Aaron Drake – Lessons from the Frontlines and Far East. Cryonics Underground discussion (2021)