title: Surgical Infection Society presidential address: is the glass half full or half empty? Thoughts on the SIS and American surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07102-2714, USA. edeitch@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Edwin A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Deitch
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010819:Physician's Role; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection; D014481:United States