Editorial Team
Editors-in-Chief
Minhua Zheng, MD, PhD
Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Minimal Invasive Surgery Center, Shanghai, China
Abe Fingerhut, MD, FACS (hon), FRCPS (g), FRCS (Ed) (hon), FASCRS (hon)
Section for Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria;
Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Shanghai, China;
Editorial Board
Takashi Akiyoshi, MD, PhD
Colorectal Division, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Matthew R. Albert, MD, FASCRS, FACS
Center for Colon & Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA
Stavros A. Antoniou, MD, PhD, MPH, FEBS
Department of Surgery, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
Alberto Arezzo, MD
Department of Surgical Science, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti, Turin, Italy
Roberto C.M. Bergamaschi, MD, PhD, FRCS (Engl), FASCRS, FACS
New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Antonio Biondi
Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Luigi Bonavina, MD, FACS
Division of General and Foregut Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
Luigi Boni, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery, IRCCS - Ca' Granda - Policlinico Hospital of Milan, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Michael Bouvet, MD
Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Carl J. Brown, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Division of Colorectal Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Qiang Cai, MD, PhD
Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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
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
Andrea Costanzi, MD
General and Emergency Surgery Unit, San Leopoldo Mandic Hospital, Merate, ASST Lecco, Italy
Giovanni Dapri, MD, PhD
Digestive Clinic, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Conor P. Delaney, MD, MCh, PhD, FRCSI, FACS, FASCRS (Hon)
Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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
Adam J. Dziki, MD, PhD
Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Aslam Ejaz, MD, MPH
Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
Steve Eubanks, MD
Institute for Surgical Advancement, Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, FL, USA
Robert D Fanelli, MD, MHA, FACS, FASGE
Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy, The Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA, USA
Daniel L. Feingold, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Section of Colorectal Surgery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
George S. Ferzli, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery, NYU Langone, New York, NY, USA
James W. Fleshman, MD
Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
David A. Geller, MD
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Tamas Gonda, MD
Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Emre Gorgun, MD
Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Ho-Seong Han, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Naoki Hiki, MD, PhD
Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Chih-Kun Huang, MD
Body Science and Metabolic Disorder International (BMI) Medical Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City
Joo Ha Hwang, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Satoshi Ieiri, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Angelo Iossa
Division of General Surgery & Bariatric Center of Excellence, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
Masaaki Ito, MD
Department of Colorectal Surgery and Surgical Technology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
Ammar A. Javed, MD
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MA, USA
Shahzeer Karmali, MD
Centre for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery (CAMIS), Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Canada
Cuneyt Kayaalp, MD
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Airazat M. Kazaryan, MD, PhD
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway
Hoon Yub Kim, MD, PhD
Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Jun-Gi Kim, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Nam Kyu Kim, MD, PhD
Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Young-Wan Kim, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju, Korea
Young-Woo Kim, MD, PhD, FRCS (Gastric Surgery)
Department of Cancer Control and Policy, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy & Chief Surgeon, Center for Gastric Cancer, Research Institute & Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Yusuke Kinugasa, MD, PhD
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Tsuyoshi Konishi, MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
David A. Kooby, MD, FACS
Division of Surgical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
Somashekar Krishna, MD, MPHFACS
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, MS
Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Chikara Kunisaki, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
Antonio M. Lacy, MD, PhD, FASCRS (Hon)
Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Lawrence Lee, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Wei-Jei Lee, MD, PhD
Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei
Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Sant'Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
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
Philipp Lingohr, MD, FEBS
Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Germany
David Liska, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Davide Lomanto, MD, PhD FAMS (Surg), FJSES (hon), FPCS (hon), FPALES (hon); FIAGES (hon); FISES (hon)
National University Health System, Minimally Invasive Center, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS
Department of General Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive and Metabolic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA
Kamal K. Mahawar
Bariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK
Marco Milone, MD, PhD
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Go Miyano
Department of Pediatric General & Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Toru Mizuguchi, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Luca Morelli, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Division of General Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy
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
Takeshi Ogura, MD
Department of Internal Medicine 2, Osaka Medical College, Daigakuchou, Osaka, Japan
Dmitry Oleynikov, MD
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
M Mahir Ozmen, MD, MS, FACS, FRCS, FEBS
Istinye University, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
Corrado Pedrazzani, MD
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Unit of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
Stefano Rausei, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, ASST Valle Olona, Gallarate, Varese, Italy
Philippe Rouanet, MD, PhD
Department of Oncologic and reconstructive surgery, University of Montpellier, Montpellier cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD
University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Gianfranco Silecchia, MD, PhD, ASMBSF
Division of General Surgery & Bariatric Center of Excellence, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
Pierpaolo Sileri, MD, MS, PhD
Department of General Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata di Roma UOC B, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Leonardo Solaini
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD
Division of General Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Andrew Stevenson
Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
Steven M. Strasberg, MD
Section of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Hock Lim Tan, MBBS (Adelaide), MD (Doctorate in Medicine) Adelaide, FRACS (Paediatric Surgery), FRCS (Eng)
Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eduardo M Targarona, FACS
Service of Surgery, Hospital de Sant Pau, University Autonomous of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Masanori Terashima, MD, PhD, FACS
Division of Gastric Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
Selman Uranues, MD, Dr. h.c., FACS, FEBS
Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Section for Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Satish Kumar Warrier, MBBS, MS, FRACS
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Epworth Healthcare and Alfred Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia
Masahiko Watanabe, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS
Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Irving Waxman, MD
Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics (CERT), The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA
Po-Li Wei, MD, PhD
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei
Steven D. Wexner, PhD, MD
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Kenneth Wong, MD, PhD, FRCSEd
Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Lee Ser Yee, MBBS, M.Med(Surgery), M.Sc, FAMS, FRCS(Ed)
Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Duke - NUS Medical School Singapore, Singapore
International Advisory Board
Muhammed Ashraf Ashraf Memon, MBBS, MA, DCH, FRACS, FACS, FRCSI, FRCSEd, FRCSEng
Sunnybank Obesity Centre and South East Queensland Surgery (SEQS), McCullough Centre, Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia
Gerald Fried, MD, CM, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS
Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Mario Morino
Chirurgia Generale II e Centro di Chirurgia Mini Invasiva, Department of Surgery, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Alberto Montori, MD, FACS (Hon), FASGE, FRSM
Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Managing Editor
Junjun Ma, MD
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Minimal Invasive Surgery Center, Shanghai, China
Language Editors
Jeremy Dean Chapnick
Chief Language Editor, AME Hong Kong office; United States University Carthage College, Wisconsin, USA (Sept. 2012 to May 2016)
John Ayric Gray
Chief Language Editor, AME Hong Kong office; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Sept. 2004-June 2009)
Science Editors
Skylar F. Gao
Editorial Office, Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery
Brad Li
Editorial Office, Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery
Darren Yu
Editorial Office, Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery
Academic Editors
ALES appreciates the support from a strong team of academic editors who help to identify newly published research articles which have great clinical significance and as well as recommend international experts in the field to comment on the new publications. The list of the academic editors is available here: http://www.theaber.com/academicEditorList.
