During the past year I was asked to serve as interim Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery when the Chair, a close friend and colleague, suddenly died. At Northwestern I continue to pursue and develop my interests in the following areas: pushing the frontiers of peripheral nerve surgery by pioneering new imaging and surgical techniques; teaching residents and medical students; collaborating with clinical and research colleagues; and continuing my ongoing interest in biotechnology by taking ideas from their inception into the clinical arena. I am currently working part-time in the Dept of Neurosurgery at Stanford. I remain very interested in finding ways to use the internet as a platform to educate patients and improve their care. I also am dedicated to improving the overall patient experience.