Lucky Meisenheimer

Lucky Meisenheimer (born 1957) is an American physician, athlete, author, and actor. He is best known for his novel, The Immune, his Guinness world record collection of yo-yos, and his guides, Lucky's Collectors Guide to 20th Century Yo-Yos and The Zombie Cause Dictionary. Born John L. Meisenheimer, Jr at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, the son of John Meisenheimer Sr. and Alice Meisenheimer. He grew up in Richmond, Kentucky, where he attended Model Laboratory School and Eastern Kentucky University. At age 12 he was the southeastern junior muzzleloader rifle champion and record holder. He presented his first scientific paper at the Kentucky Academy of Science “Temperature Dependent Learning in Rana catesbeiana larvae" at age 16. At Eastern Kentucky he was Phi Kappa Phi, Mortar Board, Phi Sigma, and the school record holder in swimming and a Kentucky Intercollegiate swimming champion. He also received national publicity and was listed in Ripley's Believe It or Not! for a swimming stunt, in which he swam a half-mile with his foot in his mouth.Meisenheimer completed his medical internship at Tucson Medical Center and residency training in dermatology at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has been in a private dermatology and Mohs surgery practice in Orlando Florida since 1987. He has served as the Chief of the Dermatology Division at Orlando Regional Medical Center since 2003 where he has been an assistant clinical professor since 1988.