A Heartfelt Goodbye and a Continuing Mission

I begin this introduction to SMR 2018 by announcing a major change for the Journal. My long-term editorial partner, Dr. Jean Krieger, SMR's founding Co-Editor and Editor-in-Chief for Europe and the Rest of the World for the last twenty years, decided to give up his incisive editorial pen and retire from SMR at the end of 2017. It is very safe to say that without Jean's myriad of contributions to the Journal, SMR would not be the great and continuing success that it has become. Jean's scientific acumen, editorial insight, remarkable work ethic and exquisite attention to detail all can be felt in every page of the Journal.

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