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Michael J. Hart, MD

Arch Surg. 2007;142(8):704-707.

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INTRODUCTION

I want to thank the members of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association for bestowing on me the honor and privilege of serving as your president. I have been a member of this esteemed association for more than 20 years. I recognized at my first meeting that it was the finest surgical organization that I could hope to join, and that its combination of collegiality, scientific inquiry, and social interaction was unparalleled. Serving as your president is a high point in my surgical career, and I hope that this meeting will live up to the long tradition of education and enjoyment that is the hallmark of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association.

Let me begin by describing a scene that is routine and familiar to all of you as surgeons, and perhaps familiar to many in the audience as patients. You enter a small, usually windowless, room and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Author Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.