We thank Dr. Carrier for his complimentary remarks regarding our guidelines on late career transitioning for academic surgeons. We agree that proper mentoring of new faculty recruits, increasing teaching and administrative activities, and jobsharing are important aspects of a graceful transition.
We fully appreciate that regional circumstances may dictate additional approaches to late career transition planning. In this way, we hope our guidelines will serve as a starting point for important discussions among surgeons in academic centres across all provinces.