Caption: SCRAPPING HIS SCRUBS: Famed cancer surgeon LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., M.D., is greeted by physicians, residents and staff of the Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after he performed a marathon round of seven surgeries on his final day of surgery after more than 50 years. Leffall, also an author, lecturer, and educator, has taught more than 5,000 medical students who have graduated from the Howard University College of Medicine. He has also helped train more than 250 general surgery residents since 1962. A graduate of Howard’s College of Medicine, Leffall ranked first in his 1952 class and is currently the Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery, a designation he received in 1992, which is the first endowed chair in Howard’s surgery department. During his illustrious career, Leffall, a native of Tallahassee, FL, has received several accolades, including honorary degrees from 11 institutions, and was the first Black president of many organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Although the internationally-known physician is stepping down from his post, he will work in the hospital’s department of surgery along with his successor, Wayne Frederick, M.D., and will continue to teach at Howard. He and his wife, Ruthie, have one son.