title: Why SAGES? Why organized surgery?
authors.affiliation: Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, C6-GSURG, Post Office Box 900, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. gtslwt@vmmc.org
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Traverso
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*