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BackgroundDr. Wild was born in Sydenham, Kent, England on August 11, 1914. the son of Ellen Louisa Cuttance Wild and Ovid Frederick Wild. He grew up in Bedford Park, Chiswick (London). Dr. Wild received his B.A. in Natural Science (Honors, 1936), his M.A. in Natural Science (1940), his M.B.B.Chir. in Medicine (1942), which is equivalent to M.D. in the US, and his Ph.D. (1971) from Cambridge University, England. Dr. Wild served as an intern at University College Hospital in London and then in served as a staff surgeon at Miller General, St. Charles and North Middlesex hospitals during the period of 1938 - 1942. Dr. Wild joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1944 at the rank of Captain serving as a venereologist until 1945, treating hundreds of British and American soldiers for venereal disease. In 1946, Dr. Wild left London to pursue a research fellowship at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) where he served as a research fellow in the Department of Surgery from 1946-1950. From 1951-1953 he was a research associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering were he conducted interdisciplinary research funded by National Cancer Institute grants. In 1953, Dr. Wild established the Medico Technological Research Department at St. Barnabas Hospital (Minneapolis), and continued his interdisciplinary clinical research under grants from the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart Institute until 1960. From 1960 to 1963, he served as the Director of the Medico Technological Research Unit at the Minnesota Foundation, St. Paul, MN. After his research lab was closed, he served as the Director of the Medico-Technological Research Institute in Minneapolis until it closed in 1999. Dr. Wild also worked as a doctor in private practice from 1966 until recently. Dr. Wild is currently married and has two sons from a former marriage and one daughter from his current marriage. |
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