See more recent cases here.

See also: Complete List of Non-Confidential Cryopreserved Alcor Patients

1967

A-1142 | 12 Jan 1967 | Whole Body | See: The First Suspension | Dear Dr. Bedford (and those who will care for you after I do) | Evaluation of the Condition of Dr. James H. Bedford After 24 Years of Cryonic Suspension | Dr. Bedford Gets a New Suit | Note: The cryopreservation was carried out by affiliates of the Cryonics Society of California and the patient was transferred to Alcor September 22, 1987, from son Norman Bedford. A full account of the cryopreservation (using pseudonyms and containing inaccuracies) can be found in the book We Froze the First Man, Nelson, R.F. and Stanley, S., Dell Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1968 (Dr. Harold Greene in the book is in fact Dr. James H. Bedford).

1974

A-1056 | 09 Feb 1974 | Whole Body | Converted to Neuro November 2, 1983 | Note: Cryopreservation by Trans Time, transferred to Alcor November 13, 1982. Circumstances described in Cryonics, January, 1984, page 3.

1976

A-1001 | 16 Jul 1976 | Neuro | Case Report | Alcor’s First Cryopreservation

1978

A-1057 | 02 Nov 1978 | Whole Body | Case Report (technical) | Converted to Neuro November 2, 1983 | Note: Cryopreservation by Trans Time, transferred to Alcor November 13, 1982. Circumstances described in Cryonics, January, 1984, page 3.

1981

A-1055 | 02 Feb 1981 | Neuro

1985

A-1068 | 12 Feb 1985 | Neuro | Case Report in three parts: non-technical report, technical report, and an essay on some bioethical issues involved in this case.

1987

A-1133 | 08 Jun 1987 | Neuro |Non-technical case report and comments at memorial service and extensive technical case report [53 pages 1.4 MB PDF].

A-1082 | 11 Dec 1987 | Neuro | See: Dora Kent: Questions and Answers | Our Finest Hours: Notes On the Dora Kent Crisis

1988

A-1108 | 08 May 1988 | Whole Body | Case Report: This case resulted in a legal tangle with the California Department of Health Services that took two and a half years to resolve.

A-1165 | 07 Oct 1988 | Neuro | Case Report: Personal account of Steve Bridge’s first involvement in a cryopreservation.

A-1036 | 12 Dec 1988 | Whole Body | Case Report: Dick Clair, the creator of the Facts of Life TV show, was involved in a lawsuit with the California Department of Health Services that established the legality of cryonics in California. It was also necessary to obtain a restraining order against the hospital to force it to cooperate with Alcor in carrying out Dick’s wishes.

1989

A-1169 | 21 Mar 1989 | Neuro | Case Report: Personal account of a family’s involvement in the cryopreservation of their father.

A-1196 | 19 Aug 1989 | Whole Body | Case Report: A worst-case scenario unfolds in Alcor’s first international case.

1990

A-1242 | 09 May 1990 | Case Report: A combination of unusual circumstances and insufficient paperwork resulted in the body being released to a relative via court order, 24 May 1994.

A-1049 | 09 Jun 1990 | Neuro | Case Report (one of the most comprehensive studies of a cryopreservation case ever written) | See also: Her Blue Eyes Will Sparkle, a personal account by Arlene’s daughter.

A-1239 | 22 Jun 1990 | Whole Body | Case Report: The first Australian cryopreservation.

A-1268 | 31 Dec 1990 | Whole Body | Case Report: A five-day Alcor training course unexpectedly ends with a real case.

1991

A-1058 | 10 Jul 1991 | Whole Body | Case Report: A major figure in the development of cryonics unexpectedly suffers cardiac arrest.

A-1324 | 02 Aug 1991 | Neuro | Case Report: An Alcor transport technician provides a personal account of the cryopreservation of his mother, complicated by the fact that she was living in Canada.

A-1312 | 12 Dec 1991 | Neuro | Case Report: A case in Northern California.

1992

A-1260 | 19 Mar 1992 | Neuro | Case Report: Alcor handles an HIV case.

A-1171 | 01 Jun 1992 | Brain and rest of body stored separately | Case Report: An Alcor member is murdered (and worse yet, shot in the head).

A-1184 | 19 Jun 1992 | Whole Body | Case Report: Lessons learned from ischemic time that could have been avoided.

A-1367 | 24 Jun 1992 | Neuro | Case Report: An unusually extensive non-technical report on a near-textbook case | See also A Well-Loved Man, a personal account by Jim’s wife, Mary Margaret Glennie.

A-1410 | 27 Jul 1992 | Neuro | Case Report: An extended standby in Massachusetts.

1993

A-1401 | 01 Feb 1993 | Brain | Case Report: An Alcor member commits suicide.

A-1399 | 11 Apr 1993 | Neuro | Case Report: A new Alcor team is put to the test.

A-1487 | 21 Sept 1993 | Brain | Transferred to Alcor December 16, 2008 | Accepted as Alcor Patient November 19, 2010

1994

A-1206 | 30 Apr 1994 | Whole Body | Case Report in Cryonics, 3rd quarter, 1994

1995

A-1030 | 03 Jan 1995 | Neuro | Case Report in Cryonics, 2nd quarter, 1995

A-1559 | 12 Jun 1995 | Whole Body | Case Report in Cryonics, 3rd quarter, 1995

A-1486 | 08 Aug 1995 | Neuro | Case Report in Cryonics, 3rd quarter, 1995 & Cryonics, 4th quarter, 1995

A-1475 | 26 Nov 1995 Whole Body | Case Report

A-1871 | 12 Dec 1995 Neuro | Case Report: extensive case report of the first cryopreservation by CryoCare, which was transferred to Alcor Jan. 24, 2001

1996

A-1600 | 05 Mar 1996 | Whole Body | Case Report in Cryonics, 3rd quarter, 1996

A-1872 | 16 May 1996 | Neuro | Case Report | Cryopreservation by CryoCare, transferred to Alcor Jan. 24, 2001

A-1670 | 19 Oct 1996 | Neuro

1997

A-1110 | 08 Feb 1997 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-1069 | 20 Feb 1997 | Neuro | Case Report in Cryonics, 3rd quarter, 1997, page 15

1998

A-2510 | 27 June 1998 | Brain | Transferred to Alcor December 16, 2008 | Accepted as Alcor Patient March 1, 2011

1999

A-1215 | 25 Aug 1999 | Brain | Accepted as Alcor Patient November, 2007 | Case Report in Cryonics, 4th quarter, 1999, page 34 (Patient B)

A-1755 | 28 Aug 1999 | Whole Body | Case Report in Cryonics, 4th quarter, 1999, page 34 (Patient A)

2000

A-1457 | 13 Jan 2000 | Whole Body

A-1573 | 01 Apr 2000 | Neuro

A-1261 | 08 Jul 2000 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-1216 | 09 Dec 2000 | Neuro

A-1502 | 26 Dec 2000 | Neuro

2001

A-1705 | 22 March 2001 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-1300 | 01 June 2001 | Neuro

A-1756 | 10 June 2001 | Neuro

A-1894 | 22 August 2001 | Neuro

2002

A-1876 | 03 March 2002 | Separate neuro and whole body | Case Report (PDF)

A-1891 | 08 Mar 2002 | Neuro

A-2509 | 1 May 2002 | Brain | Transferred to Alcor December 16, 2008 | Accepted as Alcor Patient September 5, 2010

A-1949 | 05 Jul 2002

A-1951 | 03 Aug 2002 | Neuro

A-1194 | 29 Aug 2002 | Brain

A-1889 | 03 Nov 2002 | Whole Body

A-1235 | 27 Nov 2002 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-1034 | 19 Dec 2002 | Neuro | Case Summary

2003

A-1217 | 24 Feb 2003 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-1025 | 01 Mar 2003 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-1234 | 22 Mar 2003 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-2020 | 03 Dec 2003 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-2077 | 05 Dec 2003 | Brain

2004

A-2059 | 03 Mar 2004 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-2063 | 06 Mar 2004 | Separate neuro and whole body | Case Report (PDF)

A-1772 | 15 Apr 2004 | Whole Body | Case Report (PDF)

A-1562 | 27 Apr 2004 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-2068 | 13 May 2004 | Whole Body | Case Report (PDF)

A-1099 | 10 Oct 2004 | Whole Body | Case Report (PDF)

A-1321 | 22 Oct 2004 | Neuro | Case summary

2005

A-2024 | 16 Apr 2005 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-2172 | 19 May 2005 | Note: Relatives terminated the cryopreservation before completion of paperwork, 27 May 2005

A-2071 | 15 Aug 2005 | Whole Body | Case Report (PDF)

A-1398 | 11 Oct 2005 | Whole Body

A-1598 | 13 Oct 2005 | Neuro | Case summary (PDF)

2006

A-1097 | 19 Jan 2006 | Neuro | Case Report (PDF)

A-1356 | 06 Feb 2006 Whole Body | Case summary

A-1237 | 28 Feb 2006 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-2264 | 20 Sep 2006 | Brain

2007

A-1411 | 5 April 2007 | Whole Body

A-2309 | 16 July 2007 | Whole Body | Case summary

2008

A-1864 | 1 Jan 2008 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2340 | 29 Mar 2008 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1026 | 30 April 2008 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1831 | 10 May 2008 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1212 | 23 July 2008 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1407 | 8 September 2008 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-2404 | 6 October 2008 | Neuro | Case report

2009

A-2098 | 19 February 2009 | Neuro | Case summary | Patient received at Alcor September 3, 2010

A-2061 | 7 June 2009 | Neuro | Case report

A-2420 | 25 July 2009 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2435 | 9 August 2009 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2219 | 3 December 2009 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

2010

A-2469 | 25 January 2010 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1926 | 9 February 2010 | Neuro | Case summary | update

A-1712 | 14 February 2010 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2361 | 14 April 2010 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1614 | 15 April 2010 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1608 | 12 May 2010 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2371 | 10 June 2010 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-1556 | 24 June 2010 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2158 | 27 June 2010 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-1203 | 15 December 2010 | Neuro | Case summary

2011

A-2478 | 25 March 2011 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1408 | 26 May 2011 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2357 | 17 June 2011 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2091 | 18 Aug 2011 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1088 | 30 Oct 2011 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF) and CT scan

A-1546 | 9 Nov 2011 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF) and CT scan

A-1277 | 9 Dec 2011 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

2012

A-1002 | 22 Mar 2012 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF) and CT scan

A-2628 | 23 July 2012 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1645 | 31 Oct 2012 | Neuro | Case summary

2013

A-2643 | 17 Jan 2013 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF) and CT scan | Corrigendum

A-1349 | 6 Feb 2013 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2605 | 6 Mar 2013 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2419 | 10 Mar 2013 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-2694 | 1 Nov 2013 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2030 | 22 Nov 2013 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-2699 | 22 Nov 2013 | Brain only | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

2014

A-1117 | 9 Jan 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2157 | 25 Mar 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2740 | 15 Apr 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2531 | 6 May 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2758 | 7 July 2014 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2680 | 30 July 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1963 | 15 August 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1436 | 28 August 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2454 | 16 September 2014 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-2745 | 1 December 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2786 | 3 December 2014 | Brain only | Case summary

A-1350 | 16 December 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2788 | 19 December 2014 | Neuro | Case summary

2015

A-2789 | 8 January 2015 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1245 | 10 April 2015 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2830 | 5 May 2015 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2813 | 25 May 2015 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2833 | 30 May 2015 | Neuro | Case summary

A-2019 | 28 June 2015 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1624 | 25 August 2015 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1497 | 28 August 2015 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-2878 | 16 December 2015 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-2889 | 31 December 2015 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

2016

A-1700 | 24 January 2016 | Neuro | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1221 | 15 March 2016 | Neuro | Case summary

A-1495 | 25 March 2016 | Whole Body | Case summary

A-1765 | 7 August 2016 | Whole Body | Case summary | Case report (PDF)

A-1175 | 26 August 2016 | Neuro | Case summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-1154 | 4 October 2016 | Neuro | Case summary

2017

A-2998 | 22 February 2017 | Whole Body | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-1151 | 25 May 2017 | Whole Body | Case Summary

A-1649 | 3 June 2017 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-1879 | 20 October 2017 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-3079 | 12 November 2017 | Whole Body | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

2018

A-1988 | 21 January 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-1547 | 27 February 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-1395 | 13 May 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-1377 | 17 June 2018 | Whole Body | Case Summary

A-1334 | 22 July 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-2887 | 13 August 2018 | Whole Body | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-3152 | 24 August 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-2067 | 18 September 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-2811 | 18 October 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-1990 | 30 October 2018 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF) A medical aid in dying case

2019

A-1661 | 2 January 2019 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-3224 | 20 February 2019 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-1039 | 24 March 2019 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-3240 | 29 April 2019 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-1499 | 13 May 2019 | Whole Body | Case Summary

A-1833 | 26 May 2019 | Whole Body | Case Summary

A-3259 | 8 August 2019 | Whole Body | Case Summary

A-1100 | 6 September 2019 | Whole Body | Case Summary

A-3217 | 30 September 2019 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-2366 | 6 October 2019 | Neuro | Case Summary

A-2408 | 16 November 2019 | Whole Body | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

2020

A-1774 | 14 January 2020 | Whole Body | Case Summary

A-1468 | May 2020 | Brain | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-3360 | June 2020 | Whole Body | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-1404 | June 2020 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-2037 | July 2020 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

A-2705 | August 2020 | Neuro | Case Summary | Case Report (PDF)

See also:

• Cases from 2021 onward
• Complete List of Non-Confidential Cryopreserved Alcor Patients
• and the article Case Reports in Cryonics [PDF]