HISTORY OF A LIFE OF GOOD LUCK

Frederic Mohs is to skin cancer what Jonas Salk is to infection. And while many people have heard his last name, Dr. Mohs has been largely ignored in history, until now. History of A Life of Good Luck is the story of the Wisconsin man who invented the cure for skin cancer. With access to both his personal and professional writings, this film uses his own words to reveal how his upbringing and personality formed the physician who would make medical history. 2026 is the 90th anniversary of the first Mohs Surgery and 100-years since Fred Mohs wrote a daily journal at the age of fifteen and sixteen. That journal, a short autobiography and notes he wrote about his own health struggles late in life are among the treasures opened in this film. In addition, members of his family and former colleagues share their stories and memories of Dr. Mohs, adding a profound personal dimension to his world-renowned work. History of A Life of Good Luck documents the life and legacies of the doctor who lost half of his family to disease as a boy and went on to devote his life to saving people from one of the most common diseases of our time.