Ralph B. Lilly, M.D

Ralph B. Lilly, M.D

Ralph B. Lilly, M.D., a neurologist for over half a century, suffered a traumatic brain injury in 1980 that led him to study how brain injury affects behavior. He was a clinical assistant professor with Brown University and the University of Texas and a behavioral neurologist with the Neurobehavioral Institute in The Woodlands, Texas. He focused his life’s work on treating brain-injury victims and counseling their families. Until his death in 2021, he lived in Washington, Texas, with his wife, Joyce, three dogs, six cats, and two horses.

Books by Ralph B. Lilly, M.D

Second Lives

By Ralph B. Lilly, M.D, Diane F. Kramer, and Joyce Stamp Lilly

Second Lives

The Journey of Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Healers

Second Lives is a memoir by neurologist Ralph B. Lilly, who was struck by a drunk driver while riding his motorcycle in 1980 and sustained a severe brain injury. He returned to practice as a behavioral neurologist treating the condition he now had. He died in 2021; Diane F. Kramer and Joyce Stamp Lilly finished the book.