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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Hepatology Editorial Board Members are composed of 165 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 37 countries/regions, including China (40), United States (19), Egypt (13), Italy (13), Japan (8), India (6), Taiwan (6), Türkiye (6), South Korea (5), Germany (4), United Kingdom (4), Argentina (3), France (3), Mexico (3), Russia (3), Brazil (2), Croatia (2), Pakistan (2), Romania (2), Serbia (2), Spain (2), Ukraine (2), Armenia (1), Australia (1), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Israel (1), Malaysia (1), Nepal (1), Nigeria (1), Philippines (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), and Thailand (1).
Editor-in-Chief (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Ke-Qin Hu, MD, Professor, (E-mail: kqhu@uci.edu) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA 92617, United States
Joseph K Lim, MD, Professor, (E-mail: joseph.lim@yale.edu) Yale Viral Hepatitis Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
Nikolaos T Pyrsopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD, FRCP, Director, (E-mail: nikolaos.pyrsopoulos@nyulangone.org) Liver Disease in New Jersey, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Transplant Institutes, New York, NY 10016, United States
Associate Editor (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Shuang-Suo Dang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710004, Shaanxi Province, China
Dmitry Victorovich Garbuzenko, PhD, DM, Professor, Department of Faculty Surgery, South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk 454092, Russia
Shu-Kun Yao, MD, Chief Physician, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
Editorial Board (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Mosaad Attia Abdel-Wahhab, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Toxicology and Contaminants, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt
Juan G Acevedo, MD, PhD, South West Liver Unit, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, Devon PL68DH, United Kingdom
Muhammad Sohail Afzal, PhD, Academic Fellow, Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, University of Management and Technology, Lahore 54700, Pakistan
Shahinul Alam, MD, Professor, Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Samuel O Antwi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
Noha G Bader El Din, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Center, Cairo 12622, Egypt
Leonardo Baiocchi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, University of Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
Fernando Bessone, MD, Associate Professor, Full Professor, Department Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Provincial del Centenario, Facultad de Medicina, University of Rosario School of Medicine, Rosario 2000, Argentina
Mohamed Bouattour, MD, Full Professor, Department of Digestive Oncology and Hepatology, Beaujon University Hospital, Clichy F-92110, France
Hüseyin Sancar Bozkurt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Medical Faculty Internal Medicine, Maltepe University, İstanbul 34844, Türkiye
Rostyslav Bubnov, MD, PhD, Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics and Interventional Sonography, Clinical Hospital “Pheophania” of Administration of President of Ukraine, Kyiv 03157, Ukraine
Octavio Campollo, MD, PhD, Full Professor, Center of Studies on Alcohol and Addictions, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Department of Medical Clinics, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco 44280, Mexico
Gian Paolo Caviglia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10100, Italy
Jin Chai, MD, PhD, Chief Physician, Director, Professor, Cholestatic Liver Diseases Center and Department of Gastroenterology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
Jin-Jun Chen, MD, Chief Physician, Deputy Director, Full Professor, Hepatology Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China
Kostas John Dabos, MD, PhD, Department of Hepatology, St John's Hospital Gatroenterology Unit, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6PP, United Kingdom
Fabrizio De Ponti, MD, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Bologna 40126, Italy
Pietro Di Fazio, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
Hui-Guo Ding, MD, Director, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beijing You’an Hospital Affiliated With Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
Danijela Djonic, MD, PhD, Professor, Full Professor, Center of Bone Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
Levent Doganay, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34760, Türkiye
Nabil Eid, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Human Biology, Anatomy Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia
Hend M El Tayebi, PhD, Associate Professor, Senior Scientist, Genetic Pharmacology Research Group, Clinical Pharmacy Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Hatem Elalfy, MD, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Professor, Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Mohamed El-Kassas, Full Professor, PhD, MD, Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt
Alberto Ferrarese, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Verona University Hospital, Verona 37124, Italy
Kei Fujiwara, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Kawasumi Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi 4678601, Japan
Niccola Funel, PhD, Postdoc, Senior Research Fellow, Division of Surgical Pathology, University-Hospital of Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy
Murali Ganesan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, United States
Ying-Tang Gao, PhD, Professor, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Nankai University Affiliated Third Center Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China
Antonio Giorgio, MD, Liver Unit and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Athena Clinical Institute, Piedimonte Matese, Caserta 40128, Italy
Mohit Girotra, FACP, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
Angélique Gougelet, PhD, Inserm, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers-UMRS1138, Paris 75006, France
Omesh Goyal, MD, DM, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001, India
Iván Guerra, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Fuenlabrada, Madrid 28942, Spain
Tarana Gupta, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana 124001, India
Hie-Won Hann, MD, Professor, Liver Disease Prevention Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
Fátima Higuera-de la Tijera, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital General de México, Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Mexico City 06726, Mexico
Jin-Hua Hu, PhD, Chief Physician, Director, Professor, Department of Liver Disease, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
Chien-Hao Huang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan 330, Taiwan
Che-Lun Hung, Professor, Vice Director, Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, No. 155 Sec. 2, Linong St., Beitou District, Taipei City 112, Taiwan
Ahmed Hussien, MD, Clinical Research Management, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 44761, United States
Mohammad Irshad, PhD, Professor, Clinical Biochemistry Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India
Alexander Ivanov, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Biochemistry of Viral Infections, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow 119991, Russia
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