One decade ago I was honored to be invited to compose an editorial for the inaugural issue of the Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery. I was made aware of the high quality and innovative Orthopedic and Trauma surgery in Iran initially through the current editor Mohammad H. Ebrahimzadeh M.D. who spent an extended visiting Fellowship within our Hand and Upper Extremity Service within the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
