On behalf of the Board of Surgical Neurology International and its readers world wide, I offer our sincere concern for the people of Japan in its recent natural devastation. If there are specific things or people that are needed or that we can supply as a neurosurgical community, please use the comment section after this note to ask the world wide community for your needs. We will do our best to fulfill them. James I. Ausman, MD, Phd Editor-in-Chief