Abstract
I would like to express to the membership of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) how deeply honored I have been to serve as your 65th president. This was an undeserved and unexpected privilege. Our specialty is at an inflection point in history occasioned by the unanimous approval of subspecialty board certification by the American Board of Surgery. The 21st century is an exciting time to be a surgical oncologist, with our deeper understanding of cancer biology and a continuous pipeline of molecules that target oncogenes and signaling pathways, and enhance antitumor immunity.
Highlights
I would like to express to the membership of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) how deeply honored I have been to serve as your 65th president
I want to begin my presidential address by thanking two remarkable surgical leaders: Monica Morrow, who will succeed me as president, and Mitch Posner, my immediate predecessor
It has been a privilege to have my term flanked by these two fine surgical leaders (Fig. 1)
Summary
I would like to express to the membership of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) how deeply honored I have been to serve as your 65th president. At UCSF, where I completed my surgical training, I had the privilege of being trained by Orlo Clark, Cliff and Karen Deveney, Paul Ebert (who was chair), Nick Feduska, Maurice Galante, David Hohn (who was trained by my father and who later trained me), Frank Lewis, Robert Lim, Carlos Pellegrini, Oscar Salvatierra, Bill Schecter, Don Trunkey, and Larry Way. This was a Pantheon of American Academic Surgery.
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