Los Angeles, CA -- When Dr. Mombi Thairu makes up her mind to go after something, she doesn’t stop until she masters it, and then she’s on to the next level. When you first encounter this petite, beautiful woman you think, “That’s Dr. Mombi?” You speedily read her credentials again, and chastise yourself for thinking like a man.

Gunther von Hagens has literally and figuratively turned the science of anatomy inside out. Prior to the creation of the plastination process by the German doctor and anatomist, the public primarily saw the human body encased in plastic.