Dr. Nealon remained throughout his life committed to medical education, surgical research and patient care.

He then spent a number of years in surgical research.

I hope the discussion of the face-lift study will encourage more thoughtful evaluation of the ethical obligations to patients in surgical research.

The Association for Academic Surgery is the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively to the promotion of surgical research.

Such surgical research is typically paid for by the patients and their insurance companies, rather than by Federal funds.

Dr. Rothenberg retired in 1998 as director of surgical research at Cabrini.

He asked a poignant question: "Does surgical research have a future?"

This work is regarded by many as one of the finest pieces of surgical research ever done.

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where her father was an associate professor of surgical research.

Her father, who is retired, was a professor of surgical research at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.