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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Transplantation Editorial Board Members are composed of 29 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 15 countries/regions, including Italy (5), United States (5), Brazil (3), India (3), Türkiye (2), United Kingdom (2), Belgium (1), Canada (1), Chile (1), China (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), Japan (1), Norway (1), and Spain (1).
Editor-in-Chief (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Sami Akbulut, PhD, MD, Professor, (E-mail: akbulutsami@gmail.com) Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Türkiye
Vassilios Papalois, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: vassilios.papalois@nhs.net) Directorate of Renal and Transplant Services, 4th Floor Hammersmith House, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 OHS, United Kingdom
Maurizio Salvadori, MD, Professor, (E-mail: maurizio.salvadori1@gmail.com) Department of Transplantation Renal Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence 50139, Italy
Associate Editor (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Daniel Casanova, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander 39008, Spain
Editorial Board (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Nobuhisa Akamatsu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Divsion of Artificial Organ and Transplantat Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
Roberta Angelico, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences, Hepato Pancreato Biliary and Transplant Unit, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00100, Italy
Yavuz Ayar, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Nephrology, University of Health and Science, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa 16110, Türkiye
Yuri L Boteon, MD, PhD, Professor, Transplant Centre, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil
Luis Cesar Bredt, PhD, MD, Professor, Department of Hepatobilary Surgery, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe 49100-000, Brazil
Francesco D'Amico, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione e Rigenerativa e Area Jonica, Bari University, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, Bari 70121, Italy
Tom Darius, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgery and Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Saint Luc, Brussels 1200, Belgium
Albino Eccher, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona 37136, Italy
Evaldo Favi, Associate Professor, PhD, MD, Associate Chief Physician, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via della Commenda 19, Milan 20122, Italy; General Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, Milan 20122, Italy
Fernando M Gonzalez, MD, Professor, Department of Nephrology, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7500922, Chile
Sergio Hoyos, MD, Professor, Hepato Pancreato Biliary and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe and Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin 050034, Antioquia, Colombia
Vijay Kher, MD, Professor, Nephrology and Transplant Medicine, Epitome Kidney and Urology Institute, New Friends Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110025, India
Vivek B Kute, MD, Professor, Department of Nephrology and Clinical Transplantation, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre-Dr. H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahemdabad 380016, India
Pål-Dag Line, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo 0424, Norway
Ravi Mohanka, Professor, Director, FACS, FRCS (Ed), Department of Liver Transplant and Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, Prarthana Samaj, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Girgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400004, India; Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 1211 Union Avenue, Suite 340, Memphis, TN 38104, United States
Lucas Nacif, MD, PhD, Professor, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplant Division, Department of Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo 05403-900, Brazil
Sandesh Parajuli, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, United States
Alessandro Parente, MD, PhD, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, London SE59RS, United Kingdom
Behnam Saberi, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215-5501, United States
Ahmed Shehta, MD, PhD, Liver Transplantation Unit, Gastrointestinal Surgery Center, Department of Surgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Kalathil K Sureshkumar, MD, Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, United States
Ankur Varma, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Guo-Ying Wang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China
Yucel Yankol, MD, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Center, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine - Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, United States
Zhu-Xu Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada
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