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Our careers as surgeons are some of the busiest and perhaps most sought after in existence. We have all put in countless years of tenacious effort, at times blood, frequent sweat, and occasional tears, to have the privilege to care for others and correct their ailments. Many of us are like freight trains rolling down the tracks indefinitely. But all too often we finish our training and head down those tracks without considering what stops we should make along the way, which forks in the tracks we should consider taking, and perhaps most often, we do not consider how we are going to eventually stop the train. Most of us have been witness to colleagues who keep working beyond their prime, be it for lack of alternative opportunities, lack of hobbies to retire to, or for lack of insight into their own decline. From these observations was born this presidential panel. As you can see, it is a collection of past presidents of So Cal ACS …