The 2020 APSA Robert E. Gross Lecture Pediatric surgery, COVID 19, and the moral compass

What an incredible honor to open our annual meeting with a chance to think with you about where we are, where we are going, and the moral tools we need to guide us on this important journey. Last fall, as I started planning for this talk, I was thinking in terms of metaphorical voyages and dream destinations. But it's not metaphorical anymore. We are on a crazy, previously untraveled, and frankly treacherous journey together. We know where we started… “Before COVID19” and we know where we are heading…“after COVID19”…but the unknowns we are facing are frightening and at times almost overwhelming.