简介:IrecentlyreadaneditorialbyChrisO’ConnorinJACCheartfailureonthetopicofinstitutionalmemory[1].Thisstimulatedmetothinkaboutthecurrentstateofinstitutionalmemoryvsthatwhichweperceivedindaysgoneby.Inmycase,IamreferringtotheinstitutionalmemoryofJohnsHopkinsSchoolofMedicine(whereIwenttomedicalschool)andcomparingittotheinstitutionalmemoryattheUniversityofFlorida,CollegeofMedicine,(whereIhavebeenforthepast43years.)WhatfollowsaresomeofmymemoriesofmytimeatHopkins.