%0 Journal Article %T Author response %J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery". %D 2017 %R 10.1503/cjs.1760056 %X We thank Dr. Carrier for his complimentary remarks regarding our guidelines on late career transitioning for academic surgeons. We agree that proper mentoring of new faculty recruits, increasing teaching and administrative activities, and jobsharing are important aspects of a graceful transition %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608571/