A Note from the New Editor in Chief

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It is an honor and a privilege to assume the role of Editor in Chief of World Journal of Surgery, following in the (large) footsteps of my mentor, colleague, and friend, Dr. John Hunter. There have been only four other EICs—Drs. Marshall Orloff, James Hardy, Samuel Wells, and Ronald Tompkins, all international leaders in surgery and surgical science. Together, they have helped to mold WJS into the journal uniquely positioned to serve as the premiere international forum for original research, guidelines, and perspectives around major clinical problems in the fields of clinical and experimental surgery, surgical education, and socioeconomic aspects of surgical care. …