Dr.
Myron Wentz, internationally recognized microbiologist, immunologist,
and pioneer in the development of human cell culture technology and
infectious disease diagnoses, holds a bachelor's degree in biology from
North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, a master's degree in
microbiology from the University of North Dakota, and a Ph.D. in
microbiology and immunology from the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City.
Dr. Wentz launched Gull
Laboratories as a one-man operation in 1974. By June of 1977, several of
his viral diagnostic assays were FDA-approved and ready for marketing
to hospitals and clinical laboratories. He developed the first
commercially available test for diagnosing infection with the
Epstein-Barr virus. Dr. Wentz sold his controlling interests in Gull
Laboratories in 1992 and founded USANA Health Sciences, a
state-of-the-art manufacturer of nutritional supplements, foods, and
personal-care products.
In addition to Gull
Laboratories and USANA Health Sciences, Dr. Wentz created Sanoviv
Medical Institute, a holistic medical facility with full hospital
accreditation located in Baja California. In recent years Dr. Wentz has
turned his attention to charitable and humanitarian concerns, founding
the Wentz Medical Centre and Laboratory in Uganda and the Wentz Medical
Centre in Cambodia to serve children in those countries orphaned by
diseases such as malaria and HIV.