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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Gastroenterology Editorial Board Members are composed of 365 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 46 countries/regions, include Italy (67), Japan (53), United States (31), China (29), 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).
Editorial Board (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Serag M Esmat, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
Massimiliano Fabozzi, MD, PhD, Department of Oncological Surgery, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - IRCCS CORE (Oncological Centre of Reggio Emilia), Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna 42123, Italy
Daniel T Farkas, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, BronxCare Health System, Bronx, NY 10457, United States
Matteo Fassan, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine (DIMED), Surgical Pathology Unit, University of Padua, Padua 35121, Italy
Peter Ferenci, MD, Professor, Internal Medicine III, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Wien A-1090, Austria
Conrado M Fernandez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Alcorcon, Service of Gastroenterology, Alcorcon, Madrid 28922-Madrid, Spain
Giovanna Ferraioli, MD, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Medical School University of Pavia, Pavia 27100, Italy
Mirella Fraquelli, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano 20122, Italy
De-Liang Fu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreatic Disease Institute, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
Pietro Fusaroli, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna/Hospital of Imola, Bologna 40121, Italy
Alfred Gangl, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine 3, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna A-1090, Austria
Diego García-Compeán, MD, Professor, Gastroenterology Service and Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital "Dr. José E. González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León 64700, Mexico
Matteo Garcovich, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione IRCSS Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy
Pankaj Garg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Garg Fistula Research Institute, Panchkula, Haryana 134113, India
Nikolaus Gassler, MD, Professor, Institute of Pathology, RWTH Aachen University, Braunschweig 38114, Germany
Tom Johannes Gerardus Gevers, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, MUMC+, Maastricht, Limburg 6202 AZ, Netherlands
Paola Ghiorzo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa 16132, Italy
Luca Vittorio Gianotti, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza 20900, Italy
Wataru Gonoi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
Mark Gorrell, PhD, Professor, Liver Enzymes in Metabolism and Inflammation Program, Centenary Institute and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Alberto Grassi, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Infermi Hospital, Rimini 47921, Italy
Gabriele Grassi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, University Hospital of Cattinara, Trieste 34149, Italy
Michal Grąt, MD, PhD, Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-097, Poland
Antonietta Gerarda Gravina, PhD, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Precision Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples 80138, Italy
Antonio Grieco, MD, Associate Professor, Liver Transplant Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Institute of Internal Medicine, Rome 00168, Italy
Fabio Grizzi, PhD, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano 20089, Italy
Samir C Grover, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8, Canada
Sushovan Guha, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Chisato Hamashima, MD, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medical Tecnology, Teikyo University, Tokyo 1738605, Japan
Ken Haruma, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine 2, Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Hospital, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
Naoki Hashimoto, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Kindai University, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
Goran Hauser, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Clinical Hospital Centre, Medical Faculty, Faculty of health Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia, Rijeka 51000, Croatia
Koichi Hayano, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Frontier Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba-shi 260-8677, Japan
Paul Henderson, PhD, Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
Harald Peter Hoensch, MD, Professor, Marien Hospital Medical Department, Private Practice in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Darmstadt D-64285, Germany
Gordon Stanley Howarth, PhD, Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia 5371, Australia
Ping-I Hsu, MD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
Jun-Te Hsu, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County and Chang Gung Medicine Colledge, Tao Yuan 333, Taiwan
Bingsheng Huang, PhD, Associate Professor, Medical AI Lab, School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Science Centre, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China
Chang-Ming Huang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province 350001, China
Jia-Ling Huang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Geisinger Medical Center, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, 100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822, United States
Calogero Iacono, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Verona, Verona 37134, Italy
Mostafa Ibrahim, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme Hospital, Brussels B-1070, Belgium
Enzo Ierardi, MD, Associate Professor, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, BA 70124, Italy
Masahiro Iizuka, MD, PhD, Akita Health Care Center, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita City, Akita 010-0001, Japan
Yoshihiro Ikura, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology, Takatsuki General Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture 569-1192, Japan
Hiroyuki Imaeda, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
Kazuaki Inoue, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama 227-8501, Japan
Raffaele Iorio, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, University Federico II, Naples 80131, Italy
Paola Iovino, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno 84081, Italy