John Wagner, M.D.

(June 2, 2008) John Wagner, M.D., co-leader of the Masonic Cancer Center's Transplant Biology and Therapy Research Program, has been named by Twin Cities Business magazine and Medica as a "Health Care Hero" in the category of innovation in health care.

Wagner is being recognized for his pioneering use of umbilical cord-blood transplants to treat cancer and his completion of the world's first bone marrow transplant for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a deadly childhood disease. (See 'U of M sets course for cure of fatal childhood skin disease.') Wagner is one of eight awardees who will be honored at a ceremony June 12, 2008 in Minneapolis. Visit the Twin Cities Business Web site to learn more.