With this year’s theme being Joy and Privilege of a Surgical Career, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2018 was held in Boston, USA on October 21–25, 2018. Taking this opportunity, Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) is honored to interview Prof. Henri R. Ford from the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who will share with us his own story of becoming a pediatric surgeon, his experiences in Haiti, and his views on preparing research papers.