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The Reassuring Voice of Optimism Across the San Francisco Bay

Haile T. Debas, MD

Arch Surg. 2005;140:1037-1038.

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INTRODUCTION

One of the great privileges of my academic life has been to have Claude as a close and inspiring friend and colleague. I know others will write about his enormous contributions to American and world surgery. I have, therefore, decided to write more personally and speak to what his presence in Oakland, Calif, meant to me—the reassuring voice of optimism across the San Francisco Bay.

I will miss the frequent telephone calls we exchanged across the San Francisco Bay, sharing our successes and our challenges. We confided in each other problems of the moment, and from my dealings with him, I learned that nothing is more important than having a trusted friend with whom you can share your happy and sad moments. Almost always, I got off the telephone with Claude with a smile on my face and with the belief in my heart that everything . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Author Affiliations: Global Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.