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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Monjur Ahmed, AGAF, FACG, FACP, FASGE, FRCP, MD, MRCP, Doctor, Editor-in-Chief, Full Professor, (E-mail: monjur.ahmed@jefferson.edu) Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
Florin Burada, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Research Scientist, (E-mail: buradaflorin@gmail.com) Department of Medical Genetics and Human Genomics Laboratory, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova 200349, Romania
Associate Editor (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Keun-Yeong Jeong, PhD, Chief Technician, Founder and CEO, Research Assistant Professor, The Research Center, Metimedi Pharmaceuticals, Incheon 22006, South Korea
Hanlin L Wang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Editorial Board (2021-01-01/2024-12-31)
Wael M Abdel-Rahman, MD, PhD, Full Professor, Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences and Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
Paolo Aurello, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Professor, Surgeon, Teacher, Department of General Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00162, Italy
Nuri Faruk Aykan, MD, Professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Istinye University Medical School, Bahcesehir Liv Hospital, Istanbul 34510, Türkiye
Samy Azer, FACG, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medical Education, King Saud University College of Medicine, Riyadh 11461, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Asfar Sohail Azmi, BSc, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
Simona Maria Bataga, AGAF, Doctor, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, GE Palade, Targu-Mures 540085, Romania
Rossana Berardi, MD, PhD, Director, Full Professor, Medical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60126, Italy
Zhi-Fei Cao, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
Gabriele Capurso, MD, PhD, Reader (Associate Professor), Pancreato-Biliary Endoscopy and EUS Division, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano 20132, Italy
Claudio Casella, PhD, Assistant Professor, Surgeon, Scientific Sector MED/18 (“General Surgery”), University of Brescia – School of Medicine, Brescia I-25123, Italy
Soo-Cheon Chae, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Chonbuk 54538, South Korea
Mihaela Chivu-Economescu, MS, PhD, Academic Research, Research Assistant Professor, Senior Scientist, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, Bucharest 030304, Romania
Wen‐Chi Chou, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Staff Physician, Department of Medical Oncology, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Linkou 333, Taiwan
Adriana Ciocalteu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Research Associate, Staff Physician, Teaching Assistant, Department of Gastroenterology, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova 200642, Romania
Zilvinas Dambrauskas, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery and Institute for Digestive System Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 50161, Lithuania
Jing-Yu Deng, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital, City Key Laboratory of Tianjin Cancer Center and National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, China
Hiroshi Doi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
Meysam Ebrahimifar, MSc, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Toxicology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan 1477893855, Iran
Renato Borges Fagundes, MD, PhD, Full Professor, Gastroenterology Department of Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Porto Alegre 90480200, RS, Brazil
Guido Giordano, MD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Unit of Medical Oncology and Biomolecular Therapy, University of Foggia, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia 71122, Italy
Travis Edward Grotz, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
Guo-Li Gu, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Associate Specialist, Director, Doctor, Department of General Surgery, Air Force Medical Center, PLA; Air Force Clinical College (Air Force Medical Center) of Anhui Medical University, Beijing 100142, China
Jing He, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong Province, China
Tomohide Hori, FACS, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Director, Doctor, Surgeon, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagai Hospital, Tsu 514-8508, Mie, Japan
Jun-Te Hsu, MD, Director, Professor, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Lei Jiang, PhD, Professor, Central Lab, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang Province, China
Rosa M Jimenez Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Surgeon, (E-mail: ros_j_r@hotmail.com) Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Unidad de Coloproctologia, Sevilla 41013, Sevilla, Spain
Freimut Dankwart Eberhard Juengling, MD, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton T6G 1Z2, AB, Canada
Hiroshi Kishikawa, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Ichikawa General Hospital, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba 272-8513, Japan
Sung-Hsin Kuo, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
Qiang Lin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology, North China Petroleum Bureau General Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Renqiu 062552, Hebei Province, China
Wey-Ran Lin, AGAF, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Filippo Lococo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University, Rome 00168, Italy
Claudio Luchini, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona 37134, Italy
Claudio Luchini, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University and Hospital Trust Verona, Verona 37134, Italy
Luigi Marano, MD, PhD, Professor, Medical Department, Academy of Applied Medical and Social Sciences - AMiSNS - Akademia Medycznych i Społecznych Nauk Stosowanych, Elbląg 82-300, Poland
Laura Mazilu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Chief Doctor, Oncology, Clinical Emergency Hospital, Ovidius University, Constanta 900591, Romania, Romania
Tamás Micsik, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary, Budapest h-1085, Hungary
Salem Youssef Mohamed, MD, Professor, Internal Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44516, Egypt
Yoshifumi Nakayama, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu 802-8517, Japan
Akihiko Oka, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
Colm A O'Morain, AGAF, DSc, FACG, FRCP, MBChB, MD, MSc, Full Professor, Health Sciences, RCPI, Dublin Dublin 18, Ireland
Ke Ren, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China
Sezer Saglam, MD, Full Professor, Medical Oncology, Demiroglu Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul 34349, Türkiye
Shaji Sebastian, FEBG, FRCP (C), MD, Professor, Hull York Medical School, Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Hull HU3 2JZ, United Kingdom
A. Seicean, FASGE, MD, PhD, Professor, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj- Napoca, Cluj-Napoca 400162, Romania