Through the Portals of Pigs and Manure; the Story of the Minnesota Influence on American Surgery

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