by Uncle Merlin Anderson, MD It was always a pleasure to spend time with my niece, Gina… In recent years we often met at one or another restaurant in the Dallas – Fort Worth area where we coould enjoy some good food while catching up to date on our activities as well as the latest family news. Sooner or later we would get into "shop talk" sharing patient care concerns as well as the challenge it was to be part of a training program, with its responsibility for bringing along younger physicians not only in diagnostic and surgical skills but also with respect for ethical values. In both Dallas and Jersey City, part of Gina's practice included women of African or Middle Eastern heritage who suffered from culture-based health care, or lack of it. Some were genitally scarred and others had urinary incontinence from traumatic events when giving birth to a child. There are few OB/GYN specialists with the expertise, and willingness to spend their time to help improve the welfare of those who are greatly disadvantaged, but Gina did it with deep concern and compassion. Our family's loss is also cause for mourning in the global village. With my love, Uncle Merlin