My journey with the AAGL.

摘要

In preparing for today's address, I have been spending quite some time reflecting on the unusual trials and triumphs that have characterized our discipline. Through these ruminations, it was with profound gratitude that I reflected on AAGL, recalling how, even when the role of operative lapa-roscopy had yet to be clearly defined, let alone fully accepted, AAGL stood as an unwavering beacon, guiding us through and beyond unchartered shores. Indeed, even when I was just starting out, AAGL members were the ones who believed in me when no one else did; they were there for me when it seemed all the world had cast me aside. To all of you, then, I salute you, I honor you, and I thank each and every one of you. And to that singular man who started it all; Dr. Jordon Philips, may God bless his soul. Surely he is smiling down on us, knowing that his dream lives on within all of us here today.