A comprehensive primer on telehealth has been developed by the Board of Governors Telehealth & Informatics Workgroup exclusively for surgeons, exploring telehealth's impact, benefits, and applications within the surgical domain. Telehealth has emerged as a transformative force, challenging traditional paradigms, and offering innovative solutions to common and difficult problems. Surgeons are at the forefront of this revolution, enabling the significant changes that telehealth has brought to the delivery of surgical care.