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	Sami Akbulut, FACS, FICS, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgeon, Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Turkey
	Muhammad Ashar Ali, MBBS, MD, Research Fellow, Research Scientist, Department of Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
	Roberto Anaya-Prado, FACS, MD, MSc, PhD, Academic Research, Associate Professor, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, Research Scientist, Surgeon, Clinical Sciences and Division of Research, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara 45110, Mexico
	Samuel O Antwi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
	Deriba Abera Bedane, BSc, MSc, Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Science, Jimma University, Jimma 378, Oromia, Ethiopia
	Davide Bizzoca, MD, PhD, Surgeon, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro and AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Bari 70124, Italy
	Yuri L Boteon, MD, PhD, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, Surgeon, Liver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil
	Zhao-Lun Cai, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
	Kun-Ming Chan, MD, Doctor, Professor, Senior Researcher, Surgeon, Department of General Surgery and Chang Gung Transplantation Institute, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyun 33305, Taiwan