James Warden and the Global Alliance Partnership: A Pediatric Surgery Giant and His Enduring PAPS Landmark

The discipline of pediatric surgery has honored many of the early giants through programs that bear their names. One of those programs is the M. James Warden Global Alliance Partnership, a landmark program celebrated at each annual meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons since 1989. This article describes James Warden and his legacy as a surgeon and humanitarian and provides an update on the past, present, and future of the Global Alliance Partnership that bears his name.