Figure 2: The Author (VKK) with Prof Leslie H Blumgart at the MSKCC, New York USA in 2008. Note that both of us are sporting the IHPBA tie - his (one of the founders of IHPBA) obviously being an older and faded one than mine (a mere member). The Blumgart 'hand' on my shoulder has definitely played a role in my achieving whatever little I have been able to in the field of HPB Surgery. MSKCC: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, HPB: Hepato-pancreato-biliary, IHPBA: International HPB Association