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I Promise to Be the Best Surgeon
Remembering Claude H. Organ, Jr
Nikole A. Neidlinger, MD;
Rose B. Ganim, MD;
Jessica E. Gosnell, MD
Arch Surg. 2005;140:1042-1044.
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INTRODUCTION
Ironically, Dr Claude Organ passed away only hours prior to our 18th annual department dinner, a tradition started by Dr Organ to celebrate the graduation of his chief residents and to welcome the incoming residents. It was with laughter and tears that we as his trainees remembered him that night. Those of us who were fortunate to train in his program knew from the start that the man was a legend; after all, he was the reason most of us chose the residency program. Dr Organ had been an icon for generations of young surgeons, with countless editorial positions and invited lectureships around the world. Many of us had sat in his office in silent amazement as he casually answered phone call after phone call from world leaders of surgery (many of whom we knew of only from . . . [Full Text of this Article]
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Author Affiliations: San Francisco-East Bay Department of Surgery Residency Program, University of California, Oakland (Dr Neidlinger); Department of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass (Dr Ganim); and the San Francisco Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (Dr Gosnell).
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