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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery Editorial Board Members are composed of 111 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 28 countries/regions, include China (24), Italy (18), Japan (11), India (8), Türkiye (7), France (3), Greece (3), Romania (3), South Korea (3), Spain (3), Taiwan (3), Australia (2), Brazil (2), Croatia (2), Germany (2), Lithuania (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Singapore (2), Switzerland (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), Israel (1), Malaysia (1), Poland (1), Russia (1), Slovenia (1), United Kingdom (1), and United States (1).
Editor-in-Chief (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Eva Lieto, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, (E-mail: eva.lieto@unicampania.it) Traslazional Medicine, Vanvitelli University, Napoli, NA 80132, Italy
Senior Editorial Board (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Chen-Guo Ker, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan
Shu-You Peng, MD, Professor, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang Province, China
Peter Schemmer, MD, Professor, (Email: peter.schemmer@medunigraz.at) Bern Visceral Surgery & Pancreas Clinic Switzerland & Liver Clinic Switzerland, Hirslanden Hospital Beau-Site, Bern 3013, Switzerland
Associate Editor (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Vishal G Shelat, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433, Singapore
Editorial Board (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Anil Kumar Agarwal, FACS, FRCS (Hon), Director, Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplant, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research and Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, New Delhi 110002, India
Sami Akbulut, MD, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Ali Aktekin, MD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, Medical Faculty, Giresun University, Giresun 28200, Turkey
Ruslan Alikhanov, MD, PhD, Chairman, Professor, Division of Liver and Pancreatic Surgery, Moscow Clinical Research Center, Moscow 111123, Russia
Michele Ammendola, MD, Science of Health Department, Digestive Surgery Unit, University of "Magna Graecia" Medical School, Catanzaro 88100, Italy
Goran Augustin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
Fabio Ausania, MD, PhD, Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain
Sung Uk Bae, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu 42601, South Korea
Ahmet Ziya Balta, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Health Sciences University, Abdulhamid Han Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34668, Turkey
Giedrius Barauskas, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas LT-50009, Lithuania
Savio George Alberto Da Piedade Barreto, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Daw Park, South Australia 5041, Australia
Lapo Bencini, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Surgical Oncology, Careggi University and District Hospital, Careggi University and District Hospital, Careggi Main Florence University and Regional Hospital, Florence 50134, Italy
Vasile Virgil Bintintan, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Surgery, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca,, Cluj Napoca 400006, Romania
Dieter Clemens Broering, FACS, MD, PhD, Director, Full Professor, Senior Researcher, Organ Transplant Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
Ramón Cantero, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, La Paz Universitary Hospital, Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid 28223, Spain
Damiano Caputo, FACS, MD, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome 00128, Italy
Andrea Cavallaro, PhD, MD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 78, Catania 95123, Italy
Mustafa Cengiz, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital- University of Health Sciences, Ankara 06010, Turkey
Kun-Ming Chan, MD, Professor, Senior Researcher, Department of General Surgery and Chang Gung Transplantation Institute, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyun 33305, Taiwan
Nikolaos Chatzizacharias, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of HPB and liver transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Marcio Chedid, MD, PhD, Professor, Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil
Chong-Chi Chiu, MD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, E-Da Cancer Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
Ali Coskun, MD, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Izmir 35380, Turkey
Osman Nuri Dilek, FACS, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, Izmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, İzmir 35150, Turkey
Lei Ding, PhD, MD, Professor, Department of Colorectal Oncology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University Ninth School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing 100038, China
Ze-Yang Ding, MD, PhD, Professor, Hepatic Surgery Centre, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Diseases, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
Marcello Donati, FACS, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical specialties, University of Catania, Catania 95125, Italy
Alaa El-Hussuna, PhD, Department of Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg 9000, Denmark
Sameh Hany Emile, FACS, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura, Dakahlia 35516, Egypt
Shunji Endo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
Ying Fan, PhD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China
Marco Frascio, MD, Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, University of Genova (Italy) - School of Medicine, Genova, Genova 16131, Italy
Tao Fu, MD, Associate Professor, Chief Physician, Director, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery II, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
Shiki Fujino, FACS, MD, PhD, Innovative Oncology Research and Regenerative Medicine, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka 541-8567, Japan
Naotake Funamizu, FACS, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of HBP Surgery, Ehime University, Toon, Ehime 7910204, Japan
Gaetano Gallo, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Rome, Rome 00161, Italy
Andrew Gumbs, FACS, MD, Full Professor, Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Hopsitalier Intercommunal Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy 78300, France
Vishal Gupta, FACS, Additional Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal 462020, India
Jia-Gang Han, MD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
Eva Intagliata, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Augusta 96011, Italy
Orestis Ioannidis, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Fourth Surgical Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54640, Greece
Arda Isik, FACS, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of General Surgery, Pittsburgh University, Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
Martellucci Jacopo, MD, PhD, Emergency Surgery, Careggi University Hospital, Florence 50134, Italy
Yan Jiao, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130000, Jilin Province, China
Cheng Jin, PhD, Director, Department of General Surgery, The Hospital of Xidian Group, Xian 710077, Shaanxi Province, China