Former 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

Marc Besselink, MD, PhD

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

Antonio Biondi

Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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

William Tzu-Liang Chen, MD

Department of Colorectal Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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

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

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

Marvin L. Corman, MD

Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA

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

Steve Eubanks, MD

Institute for Surgical Advancement, Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, FL, USA

Ho-Seong Han, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hosptial, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea

Sang-Uk Han, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Sanyuan Hu

Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Satoshi Ieiri, MD, PhD, FACS

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Masafumi Inomata

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

Ammar A. Javed, MD

Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MA, USA

Long R Jiao, MD, FRCS

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK

Takahiro Kinoshita, MD, PhD, FACS

Division of Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa-Chiba, Japan

Hyung-Ho Kim, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Seoul National Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

Jong-Han Kim, MD

Division of Gastro-enterologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Medical Center-Ansan 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

Young-Woo Kim, MD, PhD, FRCS

Center for Gastric Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea

Hong-Jin Kim

Department of HBP Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Korea

Hoon Yub Kim, MD, PhD

Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Ki-Hun Kim, MD, PhD

Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University, Seoul, Korea

Nam Kyu Kim, MD, PhD

Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Seon-Hahn Kim, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Young-Wan Kim, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju, 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

Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Department of Surgery, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Igor E. Khatkov, MD, PhD

Department of Liver and Pancreatic Surgery, Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia

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

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

Hyuk-Joon Lee, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery & Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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

Wei-Jei Lee, MD, PhD

Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei

Yoon-Suk Lee, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

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

David Liska, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS

Department of General Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive and Metabolic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA

Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS, Hon. FRCS, Hon. FJSES, Hon. FASA

Department of General Digestive & Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Go Miyano

Department of Pediatric General & Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Alberto Montori, MD, FACS (Hon), FASGE, FRSM

Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

Masahiko Murakami, MD, PhD

Division of Gastroenterological & General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

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

Koji Otsuka, MD, PhD

Department of Esophageal Surgery, Showa University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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

Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD

University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD, FASGE, FACG

Endoscopy Division, the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS

Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

Pierpaolo Sileri, MD, MS, PhD

Department of General Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata di Roma UOC B, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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

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

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

Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Section for Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS

Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Masahiko Watanabe, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS

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

Po-Li Wei, MD, PhD

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei

Qiyuan Yao

Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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 Editorial Board

Former International Advisory Board