On July 29th, our colleague and dear friend Andrea Segalin died in a mountaineering accident on Mont Blanc. Andrea was an exceptionally gifted surgeon who performed a wide variety of abdominal, thoracic and transplant operation and who was willing and able to share his knowledge and expertise with students and fellows.
He had a very warm personality and was able to establish open and friendly relationship with patients.
Andrea loved his job and the mountains. He was an expert alpinist who climbed some of the most challenging mountains of the world. When he was 19 he climbed solo the north face of the Matterhorn.
We will always remember and miss him.
This CD ROM, to which he contributed greatly, is dedicated to Dr. Andrea Segalin.