WHAT’S INSIDE

Owen Wangensteen and John Najarian and their Academic Training Program

The Mayo Clinic Relationship with the University of Minnesota Medical School

The Origin of Open Heart Surgery

The Origin of the Pacemaker

Intestinal Obstruction Suction Devices

The Ulcer Problem

The Cancer Detection Center

Transplantation – John Najarian et. al.

The Pediatric Surgery Division

The Colo-Rectal Division

The Morbid Obesity Problem

Whale Surgery with the Minnesota Zoo

BALDIES: Randy Ulmer, Keith Beam, Brooks Johnson, Del DelMastro, Tammi Gregory and Drake Taylor.

LADIES LOCKS: Kandi Kisky, Angie Denny, Michele Eichler, Nicole Jones and Vicki Cianciarulo.

 Tammi Gregory

Several years ago, we developed a cancer eating bacteria that is incapable of causing disease and that carries an immune stimulant gene directly into tumors. With one oral dose we have seen 60% to 90% tumor destruction without any apparent side effects in several animal models of primary and metastatic cancers. This genetically engineered bacteria is currently undergoing a clinical human trial here at the University of Minnesota
with very promising initial results. In fact, we have been the only lab at the University of Minnesota in the last 25 years to literally take a cancer drug from “lab bench to bedside”.

Our laboratory is now focused on developing the next generation of engineered cancer killing bacteria and we strongly believe we are on the cusp of developing a strategy to impart an even greater cancer killing effect. With the downturn in the economy, many of the traditional sources of medical research funding have been severely affected. Furthermore, our research endeavors represent some very “out of the box” thinking that the traditional chemotherapy touting physicians have not embraced. It is obvious that using one’s own immune system to kill cancer is where we need to focus our efforts rather than develop yet another severely toxic drug that sometimes is worse than the disease itself.

Dr. Leonard was Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota and Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department. He has devoted himself entirely to cancer research in genetic engineering, boosting the immune system with human interleukin-2 gene. An Endowed Scholar Chair has been placed in Dr. Leonard’s name in the Surgery Department at the University of Minnesota, and he has also received the Wangensteen Award for Academic Excellence. Dr. Leonard belongs to the major surgical societies, and continues to lecture throughout the world on the importance of the immune system and its relationship to cancer. He has written over 260 articles and books.

Arnold S. Leonard, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of Minnesota
Hospitals and Clinics

2011 “Baldy” volunteers were:
ATA SHOW

• Nick Mundt, Bone Collector
• John Brunson, Addicted to Outdoors with Jon & Gina
• Dick Scorzafava, The Radical Bowhunter
• Pete Alfano, Whitetail Properties

SHOT SHOW

• Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, Mossy Oak
• Tom Sega, Duluth Pack
• Toxey Hass, Mossy Oak
• Keith Mark, McMillan River Adventures