David E. Beck, MD, FACS, FASCRSOchsner Clinic Foundation, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, New Orleans, LA, USASteven D. Wexner, MD, PhD(Hon), FACS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed)Cleveland Clinic Florida, Director, Digestive Disease Center, Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Emeritus Chief of StaffFlorida Atlantic University College of Medicine, Affiliate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Florida International University College of Medicine, Clinical Professor and Affiliate Dean for Clinical Education, Weston, FL, USATracy L. Hull, MDThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Digestive Disease Institute, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland, OH, USAPatricia L. Roberts, MD, FACS, FASCRSLahey Clinic, Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Burlington, MA, USATheodore J. Saclarides, MDLoyola University Medical Center, Professor of Surgery, Head, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Maywood, IL, USAAnthony J. Senagore, MD, FACS, FASCRSCentral Michigan University School of Medicine, Chairman, Surgical Disciplines, Mount Pleasant, MI, USAMichael J. Stamos, MD, FACS, FASCRSUniversity of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, John E. Connolly Chair, Professor of Surgery, Irvine, CA, USAScott R. Steele, M.D., FACS, FASCRS Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fort Lewis, WA, USA