Dear XXXXXXXXX:

During these waning days of 2002 we are reminded of this years progress and those to whom we owe a debt of gratitude.

A special thanks to Warren Snow of ICHS for his good work in having doctorfungus be the online provider of the great CME materials he has developed in conjunction with Dr. David Greenberg and Becky Zukowski of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for CE in the Health Sciences.

Yes, for those of you who have been waiting the "few weeks" we previously stated it would take to have these courses available, we restate here, with certainty, that they will available before year end. Please forgive us for the delay.

We cannot forget to mention Lisa Naylor for her generous contribution of Penicillium sp. images to the drfungus image bank. These are really some wonderful images!

Did we mention Russell Lewis's contribution of his analyses of the monetary costs and clinical costs of antifungal therapy? These are well worth reading!

And to you, our readers, we cannot thank you enough for your continued support and positive feedback.

Finally, we wave farewell to John Rex as he moves to AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and broadens his scope of drug development activities. Along with Mike McGinnis, John Rex started the DoctorFungus ball rolling forward. He'll be around in an emeritus role, with Tom Patterson stepping into a more active editorial role for the site.

From all of us here at doctorfungus.org, we wish you and your relations all the best for the coming year.

Happy Holidays!

John Rex, Mike McGinnis, Tom Patterson &
the entire doctorfungus team