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Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
David L. Dunn, MD, PhD;
Mary E. Knatterud, PhD
Arch Surg. 2005;140:823-826.
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Perched atop wooded bluffs on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota’s multibuilding medical complex (see the color photograph on the cover of this issue of the ARCHIVES) dominates the southern portion of the main Twin Cities campus. A few minutes to the west is downtown Minneapolis, its towering skyline edged by the billowing Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome; a few minutes to the east is downtown St Paul, graced by the majestic State Capitol.
The Department of Surgery is headquartered on 1 floor of an imposing 15-story concrete tower, the Phillips-Wangensteen Building, named for 2 storied friends: businessman-philanthropist Jay Phillips (1898-1992) and the legendary surgical educator Dr Owen H. Wangensteen (1898-1981). The surrounding biomedical buildings—all connected by skyways, tunnels, and a shared mission—include the 1951 Variety Club Heart Hospital, which a young Ronald . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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