Mary C. Neal, M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon and author of the No. 1 New York Times best-seller To Heaven and Back. She studied at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, completed her orthopedic residency at the University of Southern California and is fellowship trained as a spinal surgeon. She is the former director of spine surgery at the University of Southern California and is a founding partner of Orthopedic Associates of Jackson Hole. Her after-life experience has been featured on national media including WGN, Dr. Oz, and Fox and Friends. She has served as a church elder, on several nonprofit organization boards, and created the Willie Neal Environmental Awareness Fund. Dr. Neal lives with her family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.