The Archives of Surgery, New England Surgical Society, and JAMA

The April issue of theArchives of Surgeryfeatures publication of the annual program of the New England Surgical Society (NESS). This initiates a formal relationship of the society and the journal that will bring the new and exciting developments in surgery from medical centers in the six New England states to our readers. Also, in April, theJournal of the American Medical Associationis calling attention to theArchives of Surgery, one of the nine specialty journals in the American Medical Associations' (AMA) family of publications. This emphasizes the collegiality and strengths that emanate from these relationships and the continuing dedication of the AMA to education. The addition of the NESS to the organizations associated with theArchivesprovides representation from the breadth of the country, from New England to the West—the Western Surgical Association and Southern California. The March issue of theArchives of Surgeryincluded the best