Issues in the Acquisition, Development, and Use of Technology in Health Care

I am deeply honored and humbled to follow in the footsteps of true giants in minimally invasive surgery and to work with a group of extremely talented people. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Janice and Paul Wetter for their tireless support, their innovativeness, and for being the true force behind SLS. These sentiments are not solely my own. They echo the sentiments of the entire board of directors who presented Janice and Paul with a Steuben glass apple as a small token of our appreciation at our recent strategic planning meeting in Boulder, Colorado. An organization is only as good as its leadership, and SLS is blessed to have an extremely capable and forward-thinking board of directors who have provided guidance and leadership as well as friendship over the many years of my association with this organization.