Clara Balsano, PhD, Professor, (E-mail:clara.balsano@cnr.it)Departement of Biomedicine, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, Rome 00161, Italy

Wan-Long Chuang, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, (E-mail:waloch@kmu.edu.tw)Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Lucia Pacifico, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00161, Italy

Claus-Thomas Bock, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin D-13353, Germany

Silvia Fargion, MD, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, IRCCS Ca'Granda Foundation Policlinico Hospital, University of Milan, Milan 20122, Italy

Ze-Guang Han, MD, Director, Head, Professor, Senior Scientist, Distinguished Professor, Executive Associate Dean, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Lionel Hebbard, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Storr Liver Centre, Univerity of Sydney, Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Millennium Inst, Darcy Rd, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia

Pietro Invernizzi, MD, PhD, Head, Liver Unit and Center for Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano 20089, Italy

Yeong Yeh Lee, FACP, FRCP(C), MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kota Bahru, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia

Valerio Nobili, MD, Associate Professor, Hepatometabolic Unit and Liver Research Laboratory, Liver Unit, Research Institute, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome 00197, Italy

Ivan G Marina, MD, Doctor, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid 28942, Spain

Zaigham Abbas, FACG, FCPS, FRCP (Hon), Professor, Gastroenterology, Dr. Ziauddin University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh 75600, Pakistan

Osman Abbasoglu, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey

Edson Abdala, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Doctor, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP 01246-903, Brazil

Ihab T Abdel-Raheem, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour 71511, Egypt

Sayed F Abdelwahab, PhD, Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Minia University, Minia 61511, Egypt

Mohamed Ali Wahab, MD, Professor, Liver Transplantation Unit, Gastroenterology Surgical Center, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

Juan G Acevedo, MD, PhD, Attending Doctor, Doctor, Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Hospital Sant Jaume de Calella, Barcelona 08370, Spain

Nobuhisa Akamatsu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Divsion of Artificial Organ and Transplantat Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 1138655, Japan

Mesut Akarsu, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 35340, Turkey

Umit Akyuz, N/A, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Yeditepe University , Istanbul 81090, Turkey

Reem Al Olaby, BSc, MSc, PhD, Pharmacist, Research Associate, Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, The American University in Cairo, Doha 22188, Qatar

Hakan Alagozlu, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Cumhuriyet University Hospital, Sivas 58040, Turkey

Shahinul Alam, FCPS, MD, Associate Professor, Doctor, Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Abdulrahman A Aljumah, MD, MRCP, Assistant Professor, Hepatology Division, Department of Hepatobiliary Sciences and Liver Transplantation, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11324, Saudi Arabia

Laurent Alric, MD, PhD, Academic Research, Head, Professor, Teacher, Digestive and Hepatology Department Purpan University Hospital, University Hospital, Toulouse 31059, France

Safa Al-Shamma, BM BCh, MRCP, Doctor, Department of Gastroneterology and Hepatology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth BH6 4AB, United Kingdom

Deepak N Amarapurkar, FACG, MD, Doctor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Center, Jagjivanram Western Railway Hospital, Mumbai 400025, India

Javier Ampuero, MD, MSc, Senior Research Fellow, Unit for the Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases, Valme University Hospital, Sevilla 41014, Spain

Robert A Anders, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, United States

Francesco Angelico, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Rome 00161, Italy

Mohammed S Anwer, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536, United States

Jaime Arias, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Complutense University of Mdrid, Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain

Jayantha Arnold, FRCP (Hon), Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Ealing Hospital , University of Buckingham (Postgraduate Dean), Southall, London UB1 3HW, United Kingdom

Yasuhiro Asahina, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Liver Disease Control, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 1138519, Japan

Alfonso W Avolio, MD, Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences, A Gemelli Hospital, Rome 00135, Italy

Francesco Azzaroli, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna 40138, Italy

Noha G Bader El Din, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbial Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Center, Cairo 12622, Egypt

Yasemin H Balaban, MD, Doctor, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey

Gabor Banhegyi, DSc, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1094, Hungary

Kamal E Bani-Hani, BM BCh, FRCS (Gen Surg), MD, Professor, Department of Surgery , Hashemite Univercity, Zarqa, Zarqa 13133, Jordan

Zhi-Jun Bao, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Geriatrics, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China

Bulent Baran, FEBG, MD, Academic Research, Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Van Training and Research Hospital, Van 65300, Turkey

Edouard Bardou-Jacquet, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Liver disease Departement, University Hospital Pontchaillou, Rennes 35000, France

Harald Hofer, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Univversity of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria

Francesco Bellanti, MD, PhD, Doctor, Research Fellow, Teaching Assistant, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, C.U.R.E. Centre for Research and Treatment of Liver Diseases, University of Foggia, Foggia 71122, Italy

Nabil Ben Chaabane, MD, PhD, Professor, Hepatogastroenterology, CHU Monastir, Serv Gastroenterol, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Doha 2352, Qatar

Fernando O Bessone, MD, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, University of Rosario School of Medicine, Rosario 2000, Argentina

Alex P Betrosian, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Critical Care Clinic, University Athens, Evgenidion Hospital, Athens 11528, Greece

Kalyan Ram Bhamidimarri, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Hepatology/Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, United States