In Memoriam … J. Timothy Harrington, MD, MACR: July 6, 1940–June 23, 2020

If, indeed, there is a heaven or a place we all go to after life ends, two things are certain. First, we will meet again, my friend. And second, I give it about a week to a week-and-a-half before you have completely redesigned the afterlife to improve efficiency and effectiveness, and streamline eternal happiness.

You have instilled in us—your friends and family—a yearning to challenge the status quo, to be passionate about not just talking but actually doing, to make a difference and to tilt at those windmills until one day you hit one.

I will forever be, humbly, Sancho to your Don.

Eric Newman, MD, is the director of innovation, Medicine Institute, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pa.