On the origin and prevention of PAIDS (Paralyzed Academic Investigator's Disease Syndrome).

In my Presidential address, I will depart from the traditional philosophical discourse. Instead, I will take this occasion to de- scribe a newly recognized clinical syndrome. This devastating disease afflicts our brightest and most promising physician-scientists, crippling them just when they should be maturing into major investigators. The syndrome is called PAIDS-Paralyzed Academic Investigator's Disease Syndrome. The recognition of PAIDS, with its characteristic signs and symptoms, has come about as a result of my five years of service on the Council of this Society.