The current sociopolitical landscape continues to infiltrate our house of surgery, leaving faculty, staff, and learners challenged by uncertainty while introducing downstream interference to cohesive health care delivery for our patients. National surgical associations must cultivate an ethos of unity and intellectual solidarity within the surgical community, thereby reinforcing a foundation for productive and respectful discourse. This is not a call for uniformity in thought but for unity in purpose, action, and mutual respect.
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