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MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery Editorial Board Members are composed of 118 distinguished experts active in the relevant field, distributed in 29 countries/regions, including China (25), Italy (20), Japan (13), India (8), Türkiye (7), France (3), Greece (3), Romania (3), South Korea (3), Spain (3), Taiwan (3), Australia (2), Brazil (2), Croatia (2), Germany (2), Lithuania (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Singapore (2), Switzerland (2), United States (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), Israel (1), Malaysia (1), Poland (1), Russia (1), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), and United Kingdom (1).
Editorial Board (2026-01-01/2029-12-31)
Nobuyuki Takemura, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Pediatric Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8550, Japan
Yan-Tao Tian, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pancreatic and Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
Blaž Trotovšek, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
Dirk Uhlmann, FACS, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Klinikum Döbeln, Döbeln 04720, Germany
Ketan Vagholkar, FACS, FRCS (Gen Surg), Full Professor, Department of Surgery, D.Y.Patil University School of Medicine, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400706, India
Daniel Reis Waisberg, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Abdominal Organs Transplantation Division, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (HC-FMUSP), Sao Paulo, SP 05403-000, Brazil
Qiang Wang, PhD, Professor, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Immunotherapy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China
Yu Wen, MD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China
Bo-Lin Yang, FASCRS, MD, Director, Professor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
Shozo Yokoyama, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Minami Wakayama Medical Center, Tanabe 646-8558, Japan
Kazuhiko Yoshimatsu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 7010192, Japan
Christopher John Young, Associate Professor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Newtown, NSW 2042, Australia
Peng-Fei Yu, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, Zhejiang Province, China
Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences and USM Specialist Hospital, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia
Yong-Yi Zeng, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350025, Fujian Province, China
Lei Zhao, PhD, MD, Professor, Chief Physician, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Huaiyin District, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China; Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Huaiyin District, Jinan 250000, Shandong Province, China
Giuseppe Zimmitti, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of General Surgery, Istituto Ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Lombardia 25124, Italy
Liang Zong, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Changzhi People’s Hospital, Changzhi 046000, Shanxi Province, China; Department of Surgical Oncology, Brigram and Wemens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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