As one of the first surgeons to champion advanced laparoscopic surgery, he is a social and education entrepreneur and innovator. Dr. Wetter brought together multiple surgical specialties to start a new type of medical multi-specialty society, the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, which has become the largest of its kind in the world with over 6,000 active members. He established the AsianAmerican and EuroAmerican MIS Summits, through which he has put high-quality educational and resource materials into the hands of all surgeons and hospitals worldwide. He is the co-founder of Medical Journal, JSLS, which has had a meteoric rise to the top 100 journals of over 10,000 scientific publications online, and spearheaded the publication of the first of their kind open-access, online medical textbooks, which can be used at the bedside, in the office, library, and OR and have built-in language translation for worldwide utilization. He is also founder of ORRead, the world initiative to improve surgical outcomes..www.ORReady.org which has 21 organizations of Five continents participating. Dr. Wetter has received honors in many countries for his sharing of ideas about MIS around the world, which has influenced the rapid rise of MIS. The driving source for his work is the lofty goal of giving every budding and experienced practitioner in the world an opportunity to contribute and learn. Dr Wetter truly has master the art of collaboration and Open Access in medical education worldwide.