Leslie C. Griffin

University of Nevada, USA

Presentation Title:

Surviving TBI Twice

Abstract

I will speak about my two experiences with traumatic brain injury. In 1993, a woman drove into me from behind as I was walking across the street (with the walk sign!). I had two brain surgeries, and wasn’t expected to live or work again. I did. By 2016 I was a chaired professor of law. Then a young stranger attacked me, throwing me to the ground and leaving me bleeding from my head on the street. I survived that attempted murder. These are not events anyone would want to go through. But you can survive them.

I am still a law professor, teaching, writing, and thinking. I will tell you about the accident and the attack, my recoveries, and how I learned to take care of my brain. Use it or lose it. I have written about these brain injuries several times.I am fortunate to have a chapter in the forthcoming book, Traumatic Brain Injury: Challenges, editors Dr. Ioannis Mavroudis and Dr. Alin Ciobica, https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/1179800, and will use that writing as background for my talk at the Primary Healthcare and Medicare Summit in Thailand.

Biography

Leslie C. Griffin is the William S. Boyd Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law. Professor Griffin, who teaches constitutional law, is known for her interdisciplinary work in law and religion. She holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Yale University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Among her publications is Practicing Bioethics Law (co-author Joan H. Krause), a textbook that she uses for her bioethics classes

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Leslie C. Griffin

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Surviving TBI Twice

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