Редактирование: Peter Gouras

[[File:Peter Gouras.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Peter Gouras]]
'''Peter Gouras''' (April 15, 1930 – [[legal death]] January 8, 2021)<ref name="Case report">[https://cryonics.org/case-report/201-2/ CI Case 201]. cryonics.org</ref> was an American ophthalmologist and [[Cryonics|cryonicist]]. He was Professor of Ophthalmology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University for over 40 years.<ref name="Legacy">[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/peter-gouras-obituary?id=12552152 Peter Gouras]. legacy.com</ref> He authored or coauthored 280 publications.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Gouras Peter Gouras]. researchgate.net</ref>

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, he received his M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and proceeded into an illustrious career in clinical and basic eye research, first in the Neurosurgical Division at the National Institutes of Health and later in the National Eye Institute. He moved to Columbia University in 1978. Gouras was renowned in, among others, clinical electrophysiology of the retina, elucidation of color vision, and retinal transplantation for the treatment of degenerative diseases, all of which he was a pioneer and leader with a lasting impact today as seen in many textbooks.<ref name="Legacy" />

He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the [[Cryonics Institute]]<ref>[https://www.cryonics.org/resources/scientific-advisory-board Scientific Advisory Board]. cryonics.org</ref> and a member of the [[UK Cryonics and Cryopreservation Research Network]].<ref>[https://www.cryonics-research.org.uk/about-us.html About Us]. cryonics-research.org.uk</ref> He is a signatory of the [[Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics]], having signed it on March 19, 2004.<ref>[https://www.biostasis.com/scientists-open-letter-on-cryonics/ SCIENTISTS’ OPEN LETTER ON CRYONICS]</ref>

He legally died in Germany when he was 90 years old. [[Cryonics Germany]] [[Perfusion|perfused]] him and sent him to CI in the United States, becoming CI's 201th patient.<ref name="Case report" />

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== External links ==
* [https://cryonics.org/case-report/201-2/ Case report]
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEpQ6oHy1z4 Age related degeneration - Peter Gouras - DGAB cryonics symposium 2014]

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