Treatment of surgical disease requires not only technical skill and extensive training by the surgeon in the basic sciences of medical diagnostics and treatment, but also sincere sympathy and love for the patient. A surgeon is a physician in the classical sense of the term, a practical scientist, an engineer, an artist, and an essential social worker. 

Modern surgery follows all technological developments and has become a daily practice that requires handling of tools with increasingly complexity and knowledge of new techniques, suggesting that young surgeons should all maintain a life-long training ..

Savvas C.Hirides MD,MSc,PhD,FACS, General Surgeon, Clinical Assistant Professor Medical School University of Nicosia