"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." 

- Admiral Hyman George Rickover 

US Navy Admiral Hyman Rickover is rightly known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy," as he almost single-handedly drove the development of nuclear propulsion for naval uses in remarkably little time. Although he demanded top performance of himself and others ? and was often disappointed when others failed to match his high expectations ? he never lost sight of his goal. "Patience" for him did not mean passively waiting for events to happen, but constantly pushing ? from many directions -- against the limitations that prevented him from realizing his objectives. 

The incredible potential of MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery continues to amaze even those of us who work with it every day, and continues to drive the Focused Ultrasound Surgery (FUS) Foundation's mission to help pioneer research which will minimize the time between technology development and widespread patient treatment. However we know, as Rickover says, that good ideas are not adopted automatically. We have to bring our own "courageous patience" to bear on pushing this promising technology into regular clinical practice. 

To that end, the Foundation works hard to ensure that all the elements necessary are being addressed, helping both clinicians and scientists to work entrepreneurially towards further innovation. In this newsletter ? and in future installments ? you will find information about your colleagues and their research interests and progress using FUS, our efforts to pursue new promising avenues, a new patient support organization, and other facets of our work. All of these undertakings are woven together in a concerted effort to ensure that this astounding technology is "driven into practice" sooner rather than later. 

-Neal F. Kassell, MD