professor Spencer Beasley is an academic paediatric surgeon employed by the University of Otago, Christchurch; Clinical Director, department of Paediatric Surgery, Christchurch Hospital Waipapa and; Clinical Lead, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Wellington Hospital, He has been the reviewer of countless papers, chapters and books, He has himself written about 350 articles in peer reviewed journals and has 11 published books. A relative paucity of feedback on his performance as a journal reviewer means he has no idea of the value of his shared wisdom.