RT Book, Section A1 Sugarbaker, David J. A1 Bueno, Raphael A1 Burt, Bryan M. A1 Groth, Shawn S. A1 Loor, Gabriel A1 Wolf, Andrea S. A1 Williams, Marcia A1 Adams, Ann SR Print(0) ID 1170399664 T1 Foreword T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260026931 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170399664 RD 2024/10/03 AB The honor and pride I felt when first invited to write the foreword to this textbook is tempered only by my feelings of profound sorrow and loss for the editor and creator, my dear friend and colleague, David J. Sugarbaker. When David passed in August of 2018, he had just turned 65 years old, far too young for such a monumental and energetic force in thoracic surgery to leave his profession. Larger than life, he was one of the most prominent surgeons in our field. Enter his name in any web browser and you will encounter superlatives such as outstanding, iconic, greatest, master, mentor, role model, pioneer, innovator and scientist. His prescription for life was embodied in the phrase “clarity of purpose and focused attention,” the leitmotif of his career.