Former Editorial Board

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Takashi Akiyoshi, MD, PhD

Colorectal Division, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Matthew R. Albert, MD, FASCRS, FACS

Center for Colon & Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA
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Stavros A. Antoniou, MD, PhD, MPH, FEBS

Department of Surgery, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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Alberto Arezzo, MD

Department of Surgical Science, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti, Turin, Italy
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Marc Besselink, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Antonio Biondi

Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Luigi Boni, MD, FACS

Department of Surgery, IRCCS - Ca' Granda - Policlinico Hospital of Milan, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Michael Bouvet, MD

Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Qiang Cai, MD, PhD

Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Sami A Chadi, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Tan To Cheung, MBBS, MS, FRCS(Ed), FCSHK, FHKAM

Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Pan Chi

The Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Seung-Ho Choi

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ming Chou

Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Pradeep Chowbey, MS, MNAMS, FRCS (Lond), FIMSA, FAIS, FICS, FACS, FALS, FIAGES

Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Max Super-Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Marvin L. Corman, MD

Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Giovanni Domenico De Palma, MD, FASGE

University of Naples Federico II, School of Medicine, Naples, Italy
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Conor P. Delaney, MD, MCh, PhD, FRCSI, FACS, FASCRS (Hon)

Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Salomone Di Saverio, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Eng)

Cambridge Colorectal Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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Adam J. Dziki, MD, PhD

Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Aslam Ejaz, MD, MPH

Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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Steve Eubanks, MD

Institute for Surgical Advancement, Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, FL, USA
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Robert D Fanelli, MD, MHA, FACS, FASGE

Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy, The Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA, USA
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Daniel L. Feingold, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Section of Colorectal Surgery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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James W. Fleshman, MD

Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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David A. Geller, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Tamas Gonda, MD

Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Emre Gorgun, MD

Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Ho-Seong Han, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hosptial, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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Sang-Uk Han, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
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Naoki Hiki, MD, PhD

Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Sanyuan Hu

Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Chih-Kun Huang, MD

Body Science and Metabolic Disorder International (BMI) Medical Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City
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Satoshi Ieiri, MD, PhD, FACS

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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Masafumi Inomata

Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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Angelo Iossa

Division of General Surgery & Bariatric Center of Excellence, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
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Masaaki Ito, MD

Department of Colorectal Surgery and Surgical Technology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
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Ammar A. Javed, MD

Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MA, USA
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Long R Jiao, MD, FRCS

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK
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Igor E. Khatkov, MD, PhD

Department of Liver and Pancreatic Surgery, Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia
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Hong-Jin Kim

Department of HBP Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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Jong-Han Kim, MD

Division of Gastro-enterologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Medical Center-Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Hyung-Ho Kim, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Seoul National Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Jun-Gi Kim, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Hoon Yub Kim, MD, PhD

Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Ki-Hun Kim, MD, PhD

Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University, Seoul, Korea
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Seon-Hahn Kim, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Young-Wan Kim, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju, Korea
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Young-Woo Kim, MD, PhD, FRCS

Center for Gastric Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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Takahiro Kinoshita, MD, PhD, FACS

Division of Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa-Chiba, Japan
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Yusuke Kinugasa, MD, PhD

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Department of Surgery, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsuyoshi Konishi, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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David A. Kooby, MD, FACS

Division of Surgical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Somashekar Krishna, MD, MPHFACS

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Chikara Kunisaki, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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Nam Kyu Kim, MD, PhD

Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Ser Yee Lee, MBBS, M.Med(Surgery), M.Sc, FAMS, FRCS(Ed)

Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Duke - NUS Medical School Singapore, Singapore
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Hyuk-Joon Lee, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery & Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Wei-Jei Lee, MD, PhD

Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei
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Yoon-Suk Lee, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Michael Ka Wah Li, MBBS (London), MRCS, LRCP, FRCS, FCSHK, FHKAM (Surgery)

Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, China
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David Liska, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS

Department of General Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive and Metabolic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA
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Antonio M. Lacy, MD, PhD, FASCRS (Hon)

Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS, Hon. FRCS, Hon. FJSES, Hon. FASA

Department of General Digestive & Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Evangelos Messaris, MD, PhD

Division of Colorectal Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Go Miyano

Department of Pediatric General & Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Toru Mizuguchi, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Alberto Montori, MD, FACS (Hon), FASGE, FRSM

Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Masahiko Murakami, MD, PhD

Division of Gastroenterological & General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
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Simon Ng, MBChB (Hons), MD (CUHK), FRCS, FRCSEd (Gen), FHKAM (Surgery), FACS, FASCRS

Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Takeshi Ogura, MD

Department of Internal Medicine 2, Osaka Medical College, Daigakuchou, Osaka, Japan
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Dmitry Oleynikov, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Koji Otsuka, MD, PhD

Department of Esophageal Surgery, Showa University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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M Mahir Ozmen, MD, MS, FACS, FRCS, FEBS

Istinye University, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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Corrado Pedrazzani, MD

Department of Surgery and Oncology, Unit of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
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Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, FACS

Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
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Philippe Rouanet, MD, PhD

Department of Oncologic and reconstructive surgery, University of Montpellier, Montpellier cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
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Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD

University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD, FASGE, FACG

Endoscopy Division, the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS

Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Pierpaolo Sileri, MD, MS, PhD

Department of General Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata di Roma UOC B, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Fion Siu-Yin CHAN, MBBS, MRCS, FRCS(Ed), FCSHK, FHKAM (Surgery)

Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong) & The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital (Shenzhen), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Leonardo Solaini

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
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Andrew Stevenson

Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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Steven M. Strasberg, MD

Section of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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Koichi Suda, MD, PhD, FACS

Cancer Center, Deparment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjyuku, Tokyo, Japan

Yueming Sun

Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, Nanjing, China
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Eduardo M Targarona, FACS

Service of Surgery, Hospital de Sant Pau, University Autonomous of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Masanori Terashima, MD, PhD, FACS

Division of Gastric Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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William Tzu-Liang Chen, MD

Department of Colorectal Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Andrea Vignali, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS

Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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Masahiko Watanabe, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS

Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Po-Li Wei, MD, PhD

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei
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Kenneth Wong, MD, PhD, FRCSEd

Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Qiyuan Yao

Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Rasa Zarnegar, MD

Division of Endocrine & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Former International Advisory Board

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Gerald Fried, MD, CM, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS

Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Mario Morino

Chirurgia Generale II e Centro di Chirurgia Mini Invasiva, Department of Surgery, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Andrew Wang, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE

Section of Interventional Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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David Watson, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRACS, FAHMS

Department of Surgery, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia