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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Gastroenterology Editorial Board Members are composed of 365 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 46 countries/regions, include Italy (67), Japan (53), United States (31), China (29), South Korea (16), Spain (15), Australia (13), Brazil (13), Greece (12), United Kingdom (9), Romania (8), Germany (7), India (7), Taiwan (7), Türkiye (7), Hungary (5), Russia (5), Thailand (5), Mexico (4), Sweden (4), Austria (3), Belgium (3), Canada (3), Croatia (3), Egypt (3), France (3), Israel (3), New Zealand (3), Poland (3), Argentina (2), Ireland (2), Netherlands (2), Pakistan (2), Albania (1), Estonia (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 (2022-01-01/2025-12-31)
Dimitri Poddighe, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
Piero Portincasa, MD, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari 70124, Italy
Bogdan Procopet, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, 3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Institute for Gastroenterology and Hepatology “Prof. Dr. O. Fodor”, Cluj-Napoca 400126, Romania
Chun-Feng Qu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Immunology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
Zoltán Rakonczay Jr, MD, PhD, Professor, First Department of Medicine, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged 6701, Hungary
José M Ramia, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University General Hospital of Alicante, Alicante 03010, Spain
Timo Rath, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine 1, Division of Gastroenterology, Ludwig Demling Endoscopy Center of Excellence, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen Nuernberg, Erlangen 91054, Germany
Pradip Raychaudhuri, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (M/C 669), University of Illinois, College of Medicine, 900S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60607, United States; Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820S. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Zhi-Gang Ren, MD, PhD, Associate Chief Physician, Chief Physician, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
Vasiliy Ivanovich Reshetnyak, DSc, MD, Full Professor, Full Professor, Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases and Gastroenterology, Russian University of Medicine, 127473 Moscow, Russian Federation
Jon Rhoads, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Luciana Rigoli, MD, Professor, Department of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina 98125, Italy
Seungil Ro, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, United States
Ricardo Robles, PhD, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia 30120, Spain
Raquel Rocha, PhD, Professor, Department of Sciences of Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Federal University of Bahia, a, Rua Basílio da Gama, 200 - Canela, Salvador - BA, 40110-040, Brazil
Francisco Rodriguez-Frias, PhD, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Liver Pathology Unit, Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona 08035, Spain
Udo Rolle, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt/M, Frankfurt 60590, Germany
Luca Roncucci, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine, and Public Health, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico, Modena 41125, Italy
Joan Rosello-Catafau, PhD, Professor, Department rof Experimental Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya 08036, Spain
Kamran Rostami, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, MidCentral DHB Palmerston Hospital, Palmerston North 4472, New Zealand
Takao Sakai, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 4701192, Japan
Madhusudana Girija Sanal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Liver and Biliary Scieneces, New Delhi, Delhi 110070, India
Hiroki Sato, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
Ken Sato, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Healthcare Informatics, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, No. 37-1 Nakaorui-machi, Takasaki, Gunma 370-0033, Japan
Leonardo Lucca Schiavon, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88040001, Brazil
Hildegard M Schuller, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
Annalucia Serafino, PhD, Senior Researcher, Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy, Rome 00133 , Italy
Neal Shahidi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, St Paul's Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1Y6, Canada
Ala I Sharara, MD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
Vishal Sharma, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Sunil G Sheth, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Rui-Hua Shi, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Southeast University, Zhongda Hospital, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China
Qiang Shi, PhD, Associate Professor, Endoscopy Center, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Yukihiro Shimizu, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology Center, Nanto Municipal Hospital, Nanto, Toyama 932-0211, Japan
Noam Shussman, MD, Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Giuseppe Sica, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome 00133, Italy
Predrag Sikiric, MD, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
Aytan Sipahi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine - LIM 07, São Paulo, SP 01246-903, Brazil
Ferenc Sipos, MD, PhD, Department of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1088, Hungary
Stanislav Sitkin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Department of Internal Diseases, Gastroenterology and Dietetics, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
Sinead M Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin D24, Ireland
Ross Cyril Smith, MD, Professor, Division of Surgery, Head of the Cancer Surgery Research Laboratory, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, StLeonards, NSW 2065, Australia
Rosa Leonôra Salerno Soares, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro 24030210, Brazil
Myeong Jun Song, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Daejeon 301-723, South Korea
Maurizio Soresi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo 90127, Italy
Cosimo Sperti, MD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, 1st General Surgery, University of Padua, Padua 35128, Italy
Ioan Sporea, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Timis 300736, Romania
Giovanni Squadrito, MD, Professor, Clinical and Molecular Hepatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Messina, Messina 98124, Italy
Carol Stanciu, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “St. Spiridon” University Hospital, Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Iasi 700111, Romania
Adrian John Stanley, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, United Kingdom