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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Gastroenterology Editorial Board Members are composed of 366 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 46 countries/regions, include Italy (67), Japan (53), United States (31), China (30), South Korea (16), Spain (15), Australia (13), Brazil (13), Greece (12), United Kingdom (9), Romania (8), Germany (7), India (7), Taiwan (7), Türkiye (7), Hungary (5), Russia (5), Thailand (5), Mexico (4), Sweden (4), Austria (3), Belgium (3), Canada (3), Croatia (3), Egypt (3), France (3), Israel (3), New Zealand (3), Poland (3), Argentina (2), Ireland (2), Netherlands (2), Pakistan (2), Albania (1), Estonia (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), Norway (1), Portugal (1), Singapore (1), Slovenia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), and United Arab Emirates (1).
Editor-in-Chief (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Andrzej S Tarnawski, MD, PhD, Professor, (Email: atarnawski@yahoo.com) Department of Gastroenterology Research, University of California Irvine and The Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, United States
Executive Associate Editor-in-Chief (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Jian-Gao Fan, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Digestion and Nutrition, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
Hou-Bao Liu, PhD, Chief Physician, Professor, Department of General Surgery, Biliary Tract Disease Center of Zhongshan Hospital Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Xian-Jun Yu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Associate Editor (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Antonio Facciorusso, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia 71122, Italy
Maria Gazouli, PhD, Professor, Professor, Basice Medical Sciences, Athens Medical School, Athens 11527, Greece
Zhen-Dong Jin, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Director, Professor, Chief Doctor, Director, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
Peter Laszlo Lakatos, DSc, FEBG, MD, PhD, Professor, Professor, Division of Gastroenteorlogy, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
Takeshi Suda, MD, PhD, Professor, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Minami Uonuma, Niigata 949-7302, Japan
Editorial Board (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Zaigham Abbas, Professor, Hepatogastroenterology and Liver transplantation, Dr. Ziauddin University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh 75600, Pakistan
Sherief Abd-Elsalam, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta 35127, Egypt
Shahab Abid, MD, PhD, Professor, Section of Gastroenterology at Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Yasushi Adachi, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan
Samir Ahboucha, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Khouribga, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Khouribga, Settat 25000, Morocco
Yoshio Aizawa, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 1258506, Japan
Amedeo Amedei, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Tuscany 50135, Italy
Pietro Andreone, MD, Associate Professor, Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, University of Bologna, Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna 40138, Italy
Francesco Angelico, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00161, Italy
Vito Annese, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Valiant Clinici, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Bruno Annibale, MD, Professor, Medical-Surgical Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy
Minoti V Apte, PhD, Professor, Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia
Makoto Arai, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo 276-8524, Japan
Takaaki Arigami, MD, PhD, Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
Naoki Asano, MD, PhD, Professor, Professor, Division of Carcinogenesis and Senescence Biology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 47-1 Nodayama, Natori 981-1293, Miyagi, Japan
Paolo Aurello, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze Medico-Chirurgiche e di Medicina Traslazionale, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome 00189, Italy
Gian Luca Baiocchi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia 25127, Italy
Yasemin Hatice Balaban, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey
Giorgos Bamias, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, GI Unit, 3rd Academic Dpt. of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens 11526, Greece
Yung‐Jue Bang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
Donatella Barisani, MD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza 20900, Italy
Michele Barone, MD, PhD, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari 70124, Italy
Gabrio Bassotti, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, University of Perugia Medical School, San Sisto 06156, Italy
Ian Beales, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UY, United Kingdom
Trond Berg, PhD, Professor, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo N316, Norway
Madhav Bhatia, PhD, Professor, Professor, Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Josep M Bordas, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona 08022, Spain
Dmitry S Bordin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pancreatic, Biliary and Upper GI Tract Diseases, A.S. Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow 111123, Russia
Lisardo Boscá, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Metabolism and Physiopathology of Inflammatory Diseases, Instituto de investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols”, Madrid 28029, Spain
Barbara Braden, PhD, Professor, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
Luis Bujanda, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, San Sebastian 33490, Spain
Octavio Caba, PhD, Professor, Department of Human Anatomy and Embriology, University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain
José Liberato Ferreira Caboclo, N/A, MD, Doctor, Emeritus Professor, Professor, Doctor, Emeritus Professor, Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical School of Sao Jose do Rio Preto (FAMERP), São José do Rio Preto, SP 15025000, Brazil
Giuseppe Maurizio Campo, PhD, Professor, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina 98125, Italy
Guray Can, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu TR-14280, Turkey
Claudia Cardoso, PhD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22750240, Brazil
Andres F Carrion, MD, Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
Lucia Carulli, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Geriatrics, Univerity of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy 41124, Italy
Roberto J Carvalho-Filho, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology Section, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 04023-060, Brazil
Fernando J Castro, MD, Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL 33331, United States
Herwig Cerwenka, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz A-8036, Austria