Care of the surgical patient is complex and involves surgeons and anesthesiologists, nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team. Patients are ageing and the procedures we can deliver are more and more challenging. Successful surgical outcomes depend not only on expert clinicians, but on all the components of the system working together to deliver safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, and equitable care. I wanted to share my learnings, and those of my co-editors, Lee Fleisher and Michael Englesbe, on how to study, optimize, and deliver great care across the surgical continuum. MORE

Dr. Sadda: I am especially excited about the new chapter on Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is poised to create sweeping changes to the field of retina. Every retina practitioner has to have solid foundational understanding of AI and its potential applications and this chapter provides a great overview. Dr. Wilkinson: I’m most excited about all of our authors’ efforts to provide the very best updates that we have within our profession. The progress that has occurred is well documented in new and improved illustrations and expanded bibliographies.  It’s apparent to all readers that advances in “medical retina” are currently enjoying the most exciting chapters that are resulting in dramatic therapeutic outcomes. In the volume devoted to surgery that I co-edited with Peter Wiedemann, the major improvements include the new illustrations (including videos), improved equipment and techniques, and up-to-date bibliographies. MORE

It is important to write definitive chapters in our field, get young people excited about Rheumatology, and parade our specialty to others. We need to have the “last word” in print, avoiding drug company bias and social media garbage. When our Rheumatologists see our names on this volume they can know, with certainty, that the information is up to date, thoughtful, definitive, and carefully crafted. Unlike exhaustive systematic reviews in journal publications, our book uses the experience of the authors critically analyze the relevant work in the field. MORE

We have improved the book greatly by ensuring that we cover the latest concepts, surgical diseases and high-yield factoids that are tested on the in-service exam each year. We have added a summary in the beginning of the chapter going over the key concepts to help surgical residents achieve top scores on the ABSITE. MORE