2020 will go down in the books as a year filled with many firsts, not only at home, but around the world and here in the Department of Surgery. Yet I am proud to report, and to demonstrate in the pages that follow, that our team continued to flourish even through the chaos. Despite the pandemic’s many challenges for academic medicine, we delivered a higher volume of surgical care by harnessing — and helping to inform — best practices for protecting our patients and care teams. All the while, we continued training the next generation of skilled surgeons and driving advancements in practice through research.
Sincerely,
Diana Farmer, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.
