A Time-line History of Urology at the University of Minnesota:1932

A Time-line History of Urology at the University of Minnesota:1932

A Time-line History of Urology at the University of Minnesota:1932-2012
Robert W. Geist, MD and Rachel Johnsrud, BS
Old north medical campus—1892
to new south medical campus—1909
1888 –Medical
School Founded
Dr. Frank Wesbrook
3rd dean 1906
1912 South Campus
completed
•Anatomy (Jackson Hall)
•Millard Hall,
•UMN Elliot Hospital
Elias Potter Lyon, PhD
4th Dean. 1913-1935
1913 – UMN hospital and
medical school building
programs cease
1922–1938 “The Medical Revolution”
started!
UMN President Lotus Coffman and
Dean Lyon (pictured) resurrect hospital
and medical school building programs
1909 move
1892 – Medical Hall
First Medical School building
on campus
Dr. Perry Millard
1st Dean 1888-1898
1915-1917
Mayo-UMN Graduate
School founded
1892 Medical Hall
North UMN
East bank campus
1923 –
North Central Section of
AUA founded in
St. Paul, MN
Drs. Fred EB Foley and
Gilbert Thomas, at NCS-AUA circa 1930s
1925
The Medical Campus
circa 1930s
The Pioneers of the Gleason Grading and Scoring
System
1932-1967
The Creevy Era
1930 - Dr. Owen Harding Wangensteen,
Chief of Surgery. 1932 appoints Dr. C.
Donald Creevy Chief of the Division of
Urology.
1947-1963 - TURP
using isotonic irrigation
 mortality rate decreased
to 0.9%
from 3-5% in 1930s)
1946 - Veterans
Administration
Medical Center UMN
Affiliation
• Donald F. Gleason, M.D., Ph.D.
• George T. Mellinger, M.D. (circa 1969), Director.
1966 Gleason’s
Prostate CA grading, scoring,
and category system
Veteran’s Affairs Cooperative Research Group
Director,
1959-1970.
• John C. Bailar III, M.D., Ph.D.,
NCI
statistician
Academic Urologists Trained by Dr. Creevy (Drs. Dan Merrill and
Milton Reiser deceased)
Dr. C. Donald Creevy, 1927
Professor C. D. Creevy, MD 1950
Dr. Julian S. Ansell
Prof. and Chair
Dept. of Urology
U of Washington,
Seattle
1958-1986
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Dr. Paul Gonick, 2010
Prof. and Director
of Urology
Hahnemann Hospital,
Philadelphia
1969-1980
Dr. Donald F. Gleason,
Pathologist extraordinaire
A History of Urology at the University of Minnesota: 1932-2012
Academic Urologists trained by, or associated with, Dr. Fraley
Clayman
DeWolf
Gonzalez
Hakala
Kaye
Arthur Smith
UC Irvine
Harvard
Thomas Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Perth
New York
Kurt Amplatz
premier
Endourology
magic tool
maker
2009
Beginning
The Konety Era
2010
Amplatz Children’s Hospital,
Riverside Dr., Mpls, 2010
(Courtesy of Mr. Paul Crosby. ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY)
Professor Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA
2009
Lange
Narayan
Reddy
Sheldon
Williams
Univ. Washington
Seattle
Florida
Minnesota
Cincinnati
Iowa
Dr. Badrinath Konety and Faculty 2010
1993 – 2009 The Valiant Four:
a battle with economic externalities
1969-1993 – the Fraley Era
“The “Magic Moment”
Department Chiefs of Service 1993-2009
VA Hospital dedicated 1988 Aerial view
from South West
Back row: Aseem Shukla, Sean Elliott, Joel Slaton, Joe Lee, Eduardo
Fernandes, Manoj Monga, Paul Gleich, Christopher Warlick
Front row: Joshua Bodie, Jane Lewis, Steven Schwartz, Badrinath
Konety, Nissrine Nakib, Robert Sweet, William R. Fleischmann
Pratap Reddy
1993-1997
1969
Elwin E. Fraley
appointed Chief of
the Department of
Urology
John Hulbert
1996-2001
Jon Pryor
2001-2006
Eduardo Fernandes
2006-2009
1969-1993 Landmarks
Professor Elwin E. Fraley, MD
1979-1982
Development of the
field of Endourology
Drs. Ralph V. Clayman, Arthur Smith
First-ever Endourology course-1982
Clinical
•Endourology  minimal invasive surgery
•Flexible nephroscopy/cystoscopy
•Neo-bladders from Sigmoid colon
•Skin bridge radical groin surgery
•En-bloc surgery Ca of the urachus
•PSA upstaging  Post RRP radiation
•Nerve sparing RPLND
Laboratory
•Monoclonal Antibodies for renal Ca
•Initial concept bladder Ca antigens for Dx
•Serum bank  In vitro germ cell tumor
cultivation, AFP assay developed.
Academic training
•Sub-specialization within Urology and post-residency
training grants for academic pursuit. Led to a national
trend.
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2012
University of Minnesota Medical
Campus