WISE-MD is a series of web-based modules for surgical education, jointly developed by the Department of Surgery and the Division of Educational Informatics at NYU in furtherance of NYU's mission to redesign medical education through the development of a new curriculum for the 21st Century that is patient-centered and disease-focused based on "spiraling" topics to enhance the intellectual link between the classroom and patient care. Jointly developed by the Department of Surgery and the Division of Educational Informatics at NYU in furtherance of this mission with the support of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Association for Surgical Education (ASE), WISE-MD currently has fifteen modules available to institutions by subscription with seven additional modules in development.  The WISE-MD Editorial Board has determined the scope and content of the modules, and WISE-MD cases are co-branded by the ACS and the ASE.