| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dr Mary Neal |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available on the year she was born. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 4 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | American |
| What happened to Dr Mary Neal? | She went kayaking in Chile in 1999. Despite being pinned underwater and declared dead, Dr. Mary Neal miraculously survived. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Dr. Mary C Neal is an American orthopedic spine surgeon. She is also a bestselling published author, having written several books inspired by her own near-death experience.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Dr. Mary Neal was born in Michigan, where she was also raised.
- She attended the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, for her undergraduate studies.
- Mary then continued her education at the University of California Los Angeles medical school, before she specialized in orthopedic surgery with training at the University of Southern California.
- She is married to her husband, William C. Neal (known as Bill), who is also a doctor. Mary had four children with Bill: William ‘Willie’ Neal, Eliot Neal, Peter Neal, and Betsy Neal. Willie tragically died in 2009, at the age of nineteen.
- In 1999, Mary went on holiday with Bill in Los Rios, Southern Chile. On June 21st, Mary went kayaking with Bill and some family friends. She was trapped underwater in the waterfall’s powerful flow and the currents around it for twelve minutes. Before the medical team sent to rescue her was able to resuscitate her, Mary claims that her near-death experience allowed her to see heaven and angels, which fully transformed her life and redefined the strength of her faith.
- By the time Mary was resuscitated, she had gone for over half an hour without oxygen, which should have made her return to life impossible.
- During her near-death experience, Mary also claims she was forewarned of her firstborn son’s death, though without any details. Ten years later, Willie was struck by a driver who was texting while driving and died from the injuries sustained in the accident.
- Mary has lived in many places around the world, like Sweden, California, and Switzerland, but she has now made her home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with her family.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- Mary received and completed three highly prestigious fellowships at hospitals in California, Switzerland, and Sweden. She specialized in spin rehabilitation, trauma, and spinal surgery.
- She has also written many medical articles in chapters in which she offers her expertise.
- In May 2012, Mary published her memoir, To Heaven and Back, which made the New York Times bestseller list. The book recounts her near-death experience, and how it changed her life.
- In 2017, she published her next book 7 Lessons from Heaven.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Mary is a highly sought-after public speaker, and she frequently makes appearances on panels and conferences, discussing her faith and experience.
- She is an elder for the Presbyterian Church in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
- Mary remains very passionate about sports. She can ski competitively, frequently bicycles, and still goes kayaking.
- In March 2010, Dr. Mary volunteered as a timer for the USSA Junior XC Olympics in Presque Isle in memory of her son, Willie, who was also a competitive skier.
- Mary sits on several charity boards. She is also the creator of the Willie Neal Environmental Awareness Fund.
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Dear Mary,
My son, Robert, 52, committed suicide on the 10th of May 2021. I hope and believe in HIS amazing grace, Robert has been psychologically weak and was on dr*gs too. I could not help him when he had his manic periods. When he was depressive, he was very kind to everyone. I prayed all the time, but it didn’t help. I could not understand, why God wanted his desperation. I found your book under his books in his flat. I read it, to find new hope. I didn’t know, that your son Willie came to death with nineteen. Your trust in God is astonishing. How can you bear it?
Would like to meet you, but this is probably not possible. I’m Austrian, in Vienna.
Anyway, thank you for writing your book!
Dr. Neal,
I have listened to both of your books and your YouTube appearances. I have been battling ALS for four years and I know that my time here on earth is limited. You say that beauty comes from all things but the suffering my family and I have endured is immense. I am about the same age as you and it is so hard not to be the grandfather I envisioned. Do you have any advice for me at this stage of my life? I am inspired by you and your faith.
God bless you.
Dear Mary. I am a Roman Catholic sister (nun) for 44 yrs. and live in Ontario Canada. I read your first book and now have just finished your second one. Both have been great inspirations to me and I have been touched by the way you are carrying out the Lord’s work for you after your NDE. God bless you and all the work you are doing for more people to believe that heaven is real and our end goal.
Sister Elaine
I’m trying to contact anyone to share my experiences along these incidents. Can you put me in contact with someone?
Dr Neal,
A couple of years ago I asked Rev. Howard storm for information about your NDE. He replied that he had just been to visit you and your husband and that he was impressed with your testimony and that I could accept it 100%. Please if you have a word from the Lord to add for me, I shall be pleased.
Rev. Dr. Jame L. Verner
Dr. Neal, I was fortunate to hear you speak at the Journey Church in La Mesa, CA, several years ago. I know that in reading your book that I read a section that dealt with us being born more than once as we work out our various life missions, can you direct me to that section in the “To Heaven and Back” book. If I am wrong about what I thought I read please do correct me.
David
Hi Mary,
I am Linda Oates, and I live outside of Dallas. I am a spiritual seeker for over 25 years. My practice is to integrate my spiritual practice into my everyday life.
I recently found you on YouTube. Yes, your book is impressive, and the story around it amazing, but what I really needed to hear was what it has brought to your life. That is what I am attempting to achieve in this life.
You lay it out without coating it in your own personal opinion or laying your ego into it. When I see something like that happening, I usually listen once and don’t come back again because the information is not pure from source but tainted, and I don’t need to be pulled in that direction
I needed you right now, and here you are. Thank you more than I can ever say!
I can tell you that I am one of the reasons you came back. You straightened me up and kicked me out of my vortex.
Every day I pray for you and ask that all my merit be given to you,
Linda.