BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge
MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Gastroenterology Editorial Board Members are composed of 352 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 46 countries/regions, including Italy (66), Japan (54), China (29), United States (29), South Korea (16), Spain (15), Australia (13), Greece (12), Brazil (11), Germany (7), India (7), Romania (7), Taiwan (7), Türkiye (7), United Kingdom (7), Hungary (5), Russia (5), Mexico (4), Austria (3), Belgium (3), Canada (3), Croatia (3), Egypt (3), New Zealand (3), Poland (3), Sweden (3), Thailand (3), Argentina (2), France (2), Israel (2), Netherlands (2), Pakistan (2), Albania (1), Estonia (1), Ireland (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 (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Fernando J Castro, MD, Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL 33331, United States
Herwig Cerwenka, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz A-8036, Austria
Soo-Cheon Chae, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, South Korea
Antonios Chatzigeorgiou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
Júlio Maria Fonseca Chebli, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais 36036-247, Brazil
Adam S Cheifetz, MD, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Isabelle Andrée Chemin, Professor, Department of Hepatocarcinogenesis and Viral Infection, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon Inserm U1052, Lyon 69003, France
Xiaoxin Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, Cancer Research Program, Julius L Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, United States
Giuseppe Chiarioni, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Verona, Verona 37122, Italy
Hideyuki Chiba, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Omori Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo 143-8527, Japan
King-Wah Chiu, MD, Professor, Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83305, Taiwan
Byung-Ho Choe, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41404, South Korea
Kenneth Siu-Ho Chok, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Grigorios Christodoulidis, MD, PhD, Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa 41110, Greece
Wan-Long Chuang, MD, PhD, Professor, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
Halina Cichoż-Lach, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology with Endoscopy Unit, Medical Univeristy of Lublin, Lublin 20-954, Poland
Pilar Codoñer-Franch, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Peset University Hospital, Valencia 46017, Spain
Helen G Coleman, PhD, Professor, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT12 6BJ, United Kingdom
Sandro Contini, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Parma, Parma 43126, Italy
Elena Corradini, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena 41124, Italy
Fernando J Corrales, PhD, Professor, Functional Proteomics Laboratory, National Biotechnology Center (CNB-CSIC), Madrid 28049, Spain
Gaetano Corso, MD, PhD, Professor, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università di Foggia, Foggia I-71122, Italy
José Cotter, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães 4835-044, Portugal
Bo-Ta Cui, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiota Medicine and Medical Center for Digestive Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 121 Jiangjiayuan, Nanjing 210011, Jiangsu Province, China
Zhi-Jun Dai, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Breast Cancer, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Andrew S Day, MD, Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
Ângelo Zambam de Mattos, MD, PhD, Graduate Program in Medicine: Hepatology, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 90020-090, Brazil
Paola De Nardi, MD, Associate Professor, Colorectal Surgical Oncology, Department of Abdominal Oncology, Fondazione Giovanni Pascale IRCCS, Naples 34105, Italy
Cláudia P de Oliveira, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 04126000, Brazil
Giovanni Domenico De Palma, MD, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, “Federico II” University of Naples, Naples 80131, Italy
Emilio De Raffele, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dipartimento dell'Apparato Digerente, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna 40138, Italy
Heitor Siffert Pereira de Souza, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, Brazil
Benedicte Yvonne De Winter, MD, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp 2610, Belgium
Gian Luigi de'Angelis, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, University of Parma, University Hospital of Parma, Parma 43126, Italy
Giuliana Decorti, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste 34127, Italy
Francesco Di Mario, MD, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma 43126, Italy
Zhi Du, PhD, Professor, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Third Central Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin 300170, China
Dan Lucian Dumitrascu, MD, PhD, Professor, 2nd Medical Department Cluj County Emergency Clinical Hospital Romania, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj RO 400006, Romania
Nageshwar Reddy Duvvuru, MD, Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana 500082, India
Cumali Efe, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Harran University, Şanlıurfa 06100, Türkiye
Eli D Ehrenpreis, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60064, United States
Nikolas Eleftheriadis, MD, Euromedica Kyanous Stauros, Thessaloniki 50200, Greece
Gulsum Ozlem Elpek, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology, Akdeniz University Medical School, Dumlupinar Bulvari, Antalya 07070, Türkiye
Mortada H F El-Shabrawi, MD, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Kasr Alainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
Hirayuki Enomoto, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
Atilla Ertan, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Ertan Digestive Disease Center of Excellence, University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Guy D Eslick, PhD, Professor, Centre for Digestive Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia
Serag M Esmat, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
Massimiliano Fabozzi, MD, PhD, FACS, Department of Oncological Surgery, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - IRCCS, 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
Write to the Help Desk