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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorial Board (2023-11-06/2026-11-05)
Harindra Jayasekara, MBBS, MD, MSc, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Doctor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Victoria, Australia
Robert Thomas Jensen, MD, Chief Doctor, Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, CA 20892, United States
Guang Ji, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
Wei Jiang, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Miguel Jiménez Pérez, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chief Doctor, Doctor, UGC de Aparato Digestivo. Unidad de Hepatología-Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga 29010, Please enter the state or province, Spain
Young Do Jung, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Chonnam National Universtiy Medical School, Jeonnam 58138, South Korea
Satoru Kakizaki, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Lecturer, ​Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 3718511, Japan
Hiroteru Kamimura, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku 951-8510, Niigata, Japan
Tatsuo Kanda, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Uonuma Kikan Hospital, Minmiuonuma 949-7302, Niigata, Japan
Ki Mun Kang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju 52727, South Korea
Georgios Karamanolis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
Rashmi Kaul, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK 74107, United States
Kazumichi Kawakubo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 0608638, (State), Japan
Chen-Guo Ker, FACS, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan
Sahil Khanna, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
Yasir Mohammed Khayyat, FACG, FACP, FRCP (C), MBChB, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21451, MD, Saudi Arabia
Masataka Kikuyama, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Disease Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku 113-8677, Tokyo, Japan
Donghee Kim, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Doctor, Research Scientist, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, United States
Hong Joo Kim, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul 03181, South Korea
In Hee Kim, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 561-712, Jeonbuk, South Korea
Dong Joon Kim, FAASLD, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of MedicineInstitute for Liver and Digestive Diseases, Hallym University, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Gangwon-do 24253, South Korea
Gwang Ha Kim, MD, PhD, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, South Korea
Byung Joo Kim, DVM, PhD, Professor, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, South Korea
Hideaki Kinugasa, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinugasa, H (reprint author), Okayama Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Dent & Pharmaceut Sci,Kita Ku, 2-5-1 Shikata Cho, Okayama 7008558, Japan., 700-8558, Japan
Yasuhiro Koga, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara 259-1193, Kanagawa, Japan
Bledar Kraja, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Physiology Section, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Center Mother Teresa, University Clinic of Gastrohepatology, Tirana 1001, Albania
Wolfgang Kreisel, MD, MD, Professor, Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, Department of Medicine II, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases,, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
Somashekar G Krishna, MD, Associate Professor, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Dublin, OH 43017, United States
Veerapol Kukongviriyapan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology , Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Muang 40002, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Vincenzo La Mura, MD, PhD, Academic Research, Associate Professor, Doctor, Research Scientist, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico-University of Milan, ITALY, Milan 20122, Italy
Quirino Lai, MD, PhD, Academic Fellow, Academic Research, Doctor, Senior Lecturer, Transplant Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00161, Italy
Andrea Lauterio, MD, Assistant Professor, Attending Doctor, Surgeon, Department of Medicine and Surgery, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda; Department of Transplantation; Division of General Surgery & Abdominal Transplantation, Milan 20162, Italy
Daniela Cornelia Lazăr, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine I, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, Timisoara 300041, Romania
Vijittra Leardkamolkarn, PhD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Kyu Taek Lee, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Lee, KT (reprint author), Sungkyunkwan Univ, Sch Med, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, 50 Irwon Dong, Seoul 135710, South Korea., Seoul 135-710, South Korea
Yan-Chang Lei, PhD, Chief Physician, Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Liuzhou People’s Hospital,Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou 545006, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Sung-Chul Lim, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju 501-717, South Korea
Alexander Link, MD, PhD, Academic Research, Associate Professor, Doctor, Lecturer, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg 39120, Germany
Andrea Lisotti, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Doctor, Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital of Imola, University of Bologna, Imola 40026, Italy
Zheng-Wen Liu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi Province, China
Ana Lleo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele 20090, Milan, Italy
Johannes-Matthias Löhr, MD, Professor, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm 14186, Sweden
Xi‐Dai Long, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise 533000, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Misha D P Luyer, MD, PhD, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven 5623 EJ, Netherlands
Ming-Zhe Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastric Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
Tomasz Hubert Mach, DSc, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, University Hospital, Cracow 31-531, Poland
Emanuel K Manesis, MD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Intenal Medicine, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens 104 34, Greece
Francesco Manguso, MD, PhD, Doctor, Medical Assistant, Gastroenterology, AORN A Cardarelli, Napoli 80131, Italy
Lorenzo Mannelli, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, SDN, Naples 80143, Italy
Ivana Maric, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia