RT Journal
A1 PellegriniJr., Vincent D.
T1 Mentoring: Our Obligation … Our Heritage*
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD October 1
VO 91
IS 10
SP 2511
OP 2519
DO 10.2106/JBJS.I.00954
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.00954
AB 
I feel compelled to offer an immediate confession. Never before have I thought so long and so deliberately about anything I was going to say in my entire life. It has been twenty-five years since I first presented a paper to this organization in 1984, and, through that most auspicious association with this group, I am conscious, nearly to the point of complete distraction, of two things as I stand here this morning. I am absolutely humbled by the notion of serving as president of this esteemed organization, and I am acutely aware that you will more likely remember what we have for lunch today than anything of what I say in the next several minutes.