Welcome and thank you. It is an honor to have the opportunity to serve you as the president of our chapter. I would like to introduce you to our inaugural newsletter. We will be providing this newsletter quarterly to keep our membership informed as to important events and issues that affect our chapter and the field of surgery in general. Please feel free to participate in this important effort to engage our members. It is my goal as our Chapter’s President to continue the reestablishment of our Council and maintain consistency in our offerings to our membership. We are excited to announce that Dr. Katherine Sahm has been named the 2010 Delaware’s Young Surgeon Representative. Dr. Sahm is a native Delawarean who completed her surgical training at Christiana Care and practices at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Sahm is also a veteran of the Iraq conflict and we are thankful to her service to our country. Dr. Sahm attended the Joint Surgical Advocacy Conference with me and Ms. Walters in July. Furthermore, we will be sponsoring a dinner at the ACS Clinical Congress in October and plan to continue with the Delaware Day of Surgery and annual business meeting in January 2011. Finally, I would like to thank our Past-President, Dr. Abdel-Misih for his selfless service to our chapter, leading it into its second 50 years and reestablishing it as a relevant organization within our medical community. Please do not hesitate to provide your thoughts, feedback and recommendations by contacting us at DEFACS@ymail.com. Emily Penman, MD, FACS Chapter President