To the McGovern Medical School class of 2020, who have continued to challenge and inspire me to be the very best teacher possible. You are the first class of our new curriculum, and you trusted that the theoretical dreams and abstract fancies weaving the basic and clinical sciences with the art of medicine in the Doctoring Courses would work. Four years later, we know it worked, primarily because each of you believed and worked diligently to fill in the gaps that we missed. You are each what is most special about medicine and are the reason I teach. May you have a wonderfully fulfilling and rewarding career, and continue to learn and heal.

– ECT

To my beloved wife, Cynthia, and my children, Lucas, Tomas, and Carola, whose support, love, and understanding fill me with hope, with energy, and with passion. To Dr. Herbert L. Fred, a mentor and a friend. He may not be around, but his light will shine forever.

– GA