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Global Surgeon

Tom Reeve, MB, FRACS, FACS(Hon)

Arch Surg. 2005;140:1049-1050.

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INTRODUCTION

When I first met Dr Claude Organ at a Pan Pacific Surgical meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, our interests and discussion centered on primary hyperparathyroidism. I did not expect this larger-than-life man to become such a good, but not unquestioning friend.

Serendipity played a part in subsequent events and led to Dr Organ being involved in and having a significant effect in the Australian region of the Antipodes and the Equator.

A few months after I met Dr Organ, I received a phone call from Dr Barry Edwards, a surgeon in Hobart, Tasmania, who was seeking a visitor outside the standard mold. He gave me a tall order. He required 1 dynamic person who could inspire residents and interact easily with surgical staff for a week and follow this assignment with a speaking engagement at the 1981 Annual Scientific Congress of The Royal Australasian College of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Author Affiliations: Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Sydney.