

I have always tremendously enjoyed and look forward to the opinion columns by Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD, in General Surgery News. He is always so insightful and hits the nail right on the head, column after column. His column in the December issue [“Toilers in the Vineyard and Leadership From Behind the Curtain,” page 1] is so correct and so important for the readers to appreciate.

I am 65 years of age and have been in practice for 30 years. While I have been in an