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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Editorial Board Members are composed of 86 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 23 countries/regions, include Japan (15), United States (12), China (11), Italy (11), India (7), Spain (4), Brazil (3), Egypt (3), South Korea (3), Taiwan (3), Singapore (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), France (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Lithuania (1), Mexico (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Türkiye (1), and United Kingdom (1).
Editor-in-Chief (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
JooYoung Cho, MD, PhD, Chairman, Director, Director, Full Professor, Senior Editor, (E-mail: cjy6695@naver.com) Digestive Disease Center, Gangnam CHA University Hospital, Seoul 06135, South Korea
Bing Hu, MD, Professor, (E-mail: hubingnj@163.com,hubing@wchscu.edu.cn) Department of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Editorial Board (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Mesut Akarsu, MD, Full Professor, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir 35110, Türkiye
Ahmed Youssef Altonbary, Associate Professor, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mansoura Specialized Medical Hospital, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
L. Archibugi, MD, Doctor, Doctor, Research Fellow, Pancreato-Biliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan 00135, Italy
Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono, FASGE, MD, Adjunct Professor, Director, Director, Doctor, Doctor, Pancreato-Biliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano 20132, Italy
José Celso Ardengh, FASGE, MD, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Endoscopy Service, Hospital Moriah, São Paulo 04611-000, SP, Brazil
Umesha Boregowda, MD, Academic Research, Attending Doctor, Department of Medicine, Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY 13326, United States
Kai-Lin Cai, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hebei Province, China
Carlos Chavarría, Chief Physician, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid 28933, Spain
Saurabh Chawla, FACG, MD, Doctor, Doctor, Professor, Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
Ming-Jen Chen, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Chief Doctor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan
Jun-Qiang Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Chien-Huan Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
Tao Chen, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Professor, Endoscopy Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
Clement LK Chia, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Gen Surg), Assistant Professor, Doctor, Doctor, Department of General Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore 0000, Singapore, Singapore
Wai-Keung Chow, Associate Professor, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Tsu Chi Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan
Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Doctor, MD, MSc, PhD, Academic Editor, Associate Professor, Director, Director, Doctor, Doctor, Postdoc, Postdoctoral Fellow, President, President, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil
Murali Dharan, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CO 06030, United States
Alfredo Di Leo, MD, PhD, Professor, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari 70124, Italy
Mohamed Omar Elsayed, FRCP, MBChB, MD, MSc, Consultant Physician-Scientist, Professor, Gastroenterology, The James Cook University Hospital, UK, Middlesbrough TS7 8AE, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Mohamed H Emara, MD, Professor, Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, kafrelsheikh 33516, kafrelsheikh, Egypt
Hai-Ming Fang, Associate Professor, Chief Physician, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Center of Gut Microbiota, the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 230601, China
Enrico Fiori, Director, MD, Professor, Departement of Surgery Pietro Valdoni, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome 00191, Italy
Luciano Fogli, MD, Surgeon, Chirurgia B, Ospedale Maggiore C.A. Pizzardi, Bologna 40132, Italy
Yasser M Fouad, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Minia University, Minia 19111, Egypt
Yoshihiro Furuichi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical Laboratory and Endoscopy, Adachi Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo 123-8558, Japan
Giuseppe Galloro, MD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University "Federico II" of Naples - ItalySchool of Medicine and Surgery, Naples 80131, Italy
Girolamo Geraci, PhD, Associate Professor, General and Emergency Surgery, Endoscopy and Laparoscopy Unit, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo 90100, Italy
Mahesh Kumar Goenka, FACG, FASGE, MD, Adjunct Professor, Professor, Institute of Gastrosciences and Liver, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India
Jin-Tao Guo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chief Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China
Naoki Hosoe, FACG, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
José María Huguet, PhD, Assistant Professor, N/A, N/A, Digestive Disease Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia 46015, Spain
Katsuro Ichimasa, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama 2240032, Japan
Hazhir Javaherizadeh, MD, Associate Professor, Alimentary Tract Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 6135873391, Iran
Ashish Kumar Jha, Associate Professor, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna 800014, India
Laimas Virginijus Jonaitis, MD, PhD, Full Professor, Professor, Senior Scientist, Staff Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 50009, Lithuania
Kenya Kamimura, MD, PhD, Professor, Niigata University, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Niigata 9518510, Japan
tawfik khoury, MD, Doctor, Doctor, Senior Lecturer, Senior Researcher, Department of Gastroenterology, Galilee Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed,, Naharia 2210001, israel, Israel
Dong Hyun Kim, Associate Professor, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital and Medical School, Gwang Ju 61469, South Korea
Jae Hyun Kim, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Doctor, Doctor, Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 49267, South Korea
Koh Kitagawa, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara 634-8522, Nara, Japan
Nozomu Kobayashi, Director, MD, PhD, Cancer Screening Center, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 1040045, Japan
Diogo Libânio, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Attending Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Porto 4200-072, Portugal
Deliang Liu, MD, PhD, Doctor, Doctor, Professor, 1, Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Xiangya Hospital; 2, Research Center of Digestive Disease, Central South University, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan, China
Rashid N Lui, MBChB, MRCP, Doctor, Doctor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong , China
Marcello Maida, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, 'Kore' University of Enna, Enna 94100, Italy
Valerio Mais, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Cagliari, Monserrato 09042, Italy
Charles Maltz, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, United States
Mariko Man-i, MD, PhD, Doctor, Doctor, Surgeon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Fujimoto Hospital、Med, Corp. Ichiyukai, Neyagawa-city 571-0838, Osaka, Japan