Mr. Elem was strict, a perfectionist, appeared stern but actually quite gentle. The 6 weeks I worked with him during 6th year medical school vacation at University Teaching Hospital was a remarkable transformation in my ability to think things through and quickly adapt as necesssary to changing clinical status. He gave me a lot of hands on experience in urologic surgery; will always be thankful. He was an excellent clinician and thoughtful teacher. Wish I could emulate him. Time does move on though. My sincere condolences to the family. Rajiv Verma Rajiv.verma@rwjbh.org