Editorial Board

Senior Editorial Board Members

Marco Allaix, University of Torino, Italy

René Fahrner, University Hospital Jena, Germany

Sebastian Fischer, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Germany

Marco Petrillo, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy

Pasqualino Sirignano, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

Ai-Min Wu, Wenzhou Medical University Second Affiliated Hospital, China

Editorial Board Members

Eirik Kjus Aahlin, University hospital of Northern Norway, Norway

Ziad Abbassi, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland

Emad Abdallah, Mansoura University, Egypt

Shalimar Abdullah, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Gian Luigi Adani, University Hospital Udine, Italy

Faiz Ahmad, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Sami Akbulut, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Ilker Akcam, Ege University School of Medicine, Turkey

Pier Francesco Alesina, Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Germany

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia

Hagen Andruszkow, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

Luca Ansaloni, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy

Amedeo Anselmi, University of Rennes, France

Theerachai Apivatthakakul, Dept of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Francesco Ardito, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Andreas Bakoyiannis, Bioclinic, City Clinic, Greece

Carlo Banfi, Hopitaux Universitaire Genève, Switzerland

Omar Barakat, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Dirk Bausch, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Franck Billmann, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany

Arianna Birindelli, ASST Valcamonica, Italy

Marco Borghesi, University of Bologna, Italy

Giuseppe Borzellino, University Hospital of Verona, Italy

Florin Botea, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Romania

Ismail Bouhout, Institut De Cardiologie de Montreal, Canada

Umberto Bracale, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Stefan Breitenstein, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland

Paolo Bruzzone, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

Ufuk Çagirici, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Pietro Giorgio Calo, University of Cagliari, Italy

Giovanni Cammaroto, Morgagni Pierantoni-Hospital, Italy

Fabio Cesare Campanile, Ospedale Civita Castellana, Italy

Giuseppe Cavallaro, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Facolta di Medicina e Odontoiatria, Italy

Marco Ceresoli, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Kao-Ping Chang, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

Marco Chiappetta, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Giovanni Conzo, Second University of Naples, Italy

Daniele Crocetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Derly Cuellar, Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA

Giacomo Cusumano, University Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Italy

Adrien Daigeler, BG-University Hospital, Germany

Salomone Di Saverio, Maggiore History of Bologna, Italy

Gianluca Donatini, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers

Traian Dumitrascu, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Romania

Aslam Ejaz, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, USA

Hossam Elfeki, Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt

Sameh H Emile, Mansoura University, Egypt

Oliver Eng, University of Chicago, USA

Johannes Fakler, University of Leipzig, Germany

Mariano Fernandez-Fairen, Instituto de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología de Barcelona, Spain

Francesco Ferrara, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Italy

Michael Flierl, University of Colorado, USA

Lisa Flynn, Wayne State University, USA

Giampaolo Formisano, Misericordia Hospital, Italy

Elisa Francone, The University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy

Marco Frascio, Universita degli Studi di Genova Scuola di Scienze Mediche e Farmaceutiche, Italy

Michael Froehner, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Gaetano Gallo, University of Catanzarp, Italy

Giuseppe Galzerano, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy

Claudio Gambardella, Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

Clemens Gerstenkorn, German Healthcare, EU, Germany

Ali Guner, Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey

Ali Can Hatemi, Istanbul University, Institute of Cardiology, Turkey

Boris Michael Holzapfel, Julius-Maximilians-University of Wuerzburg, Germany

Yingqi Hua, Shanghai First People's Hospital, China

Hiroyuki Inose, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Harsh Kanhere, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia

Önder Kavurmacı, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Turkey

Kostiantyn Kopchak, National Institute of Surgery and Transplantation, Ukraine

Irmgard Kronberger, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Austria

Sven Arke Lang, University of Freiburg, Germany

Augusto Lauro, St.Orsola University Hospital, Italy

Marzia Leacche, Vanderbilt Medical Center, USA

Krzysztof Letachowicz, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

Guang-Xun Lin, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, China

Kerstin Lorenz, University Hospital Halle, Germany

Francesco Saverio Lucido, University of Campania of Naples, Italy

Wassim Mansour, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Facolta di Medicina e Psicologia, Italy

Malek Massad, University of Illinois, USA

Amine Mazine, Montreal Heart Institute, Canada

Michele Marconi, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Italy

Goran Marjanovic, University of Freiburg, Germany

Cyril Mauffrey, Denver Health Medical Centre, USA

Giovanni Merola, AOUP Federico II Napoli, Italy

Islam Metwally, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS trust, UK

Petros Mirilas, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Shahin Mohseni, Orebro University Hospital, Sweden

Mario Musella, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Giuseppe Nigri, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Xiaohui Niu, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, Peking University, China

Patrick Olivier, Myers Children's Hospital Boston, USA

Ali Fahir Özer, Koc University School of Medicine, Turkey

Ik Seong Park, Catholic University of Korea Bucheon Saint Mary's Hospital, South Korea

Gianluca Pellino, Second University of Naples, Italy

Davide Pertile, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy

Alberto Polimeni, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy

Andrea Polistena, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria di Terni, Italy

Marco Raffaelli, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Falk Rauchfuß, University Hospital Jena, Germany

Ottavio Rena, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy

Beate Richter, Hufeland Klinikum GmbH, Germany

Camiel Rosman, Radboudumc, Netherlands

Taimur Saleem, The Rane Center for Venous and Lymphatic Diseases at St Dominic Hospital, USA

Giuseppe Sammarco, University of Catanzaro University of Catanzaro, Italy

Gabriel Sandblom, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Gregorio Santori, University of Genoa, Italy

Stefano Scabini, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy

Miren A Schinco, Univerity of Florida, USA

Kevin Schuster, Yale School of Medicine, USA

Alberto Settembrini, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’Granda Policlinico, Italy

Mostafa Shalaby, Mansoura University, Egypt

Lizong Shen, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China

Dongquan Shi, Drum Tower Hospital affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, China

Maurizio Sodo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Cesare Stabilini, Universita degli Studi di Genova Scuola di Scienze Mediche e Farmaceutiche, Italy

Davor Stamenovic, Medical Faculty of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Felix Strübing, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Germany

Mikhail Tavobilov, Botkin's Municipal Hospital, Russian

Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Valeria Tonini, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Italy

Akif Turna, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Italy

Antonio C Valezi, State University of Londrina, Brazil

Massimiliano Veroux, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele Catania, Italy

Nereo Vettoretto, M.Mellini Hospital, Italy

Ernst von Dobschuetz, University of Freiburg, Germany

Ulrich Friedrich Wellner, UKSH Campus LübecK, Germany

Clement M.L. Werner, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Uwe A Wittel, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Germany

Janus Wong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China

Kai Pun Wong, The University of Hong Kong, China

Jincai Yang, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China

Peng Yin, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China

Naoyuki Yokoyama, Niigata City General Hospital, Japan

Joel Zindel, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Canada

Tobias Zingg, Yale University, USA

Carmine Zoccali, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Italy

Jun Zou, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China

Editorial Advisors

Markus Buchler, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Nigel Bundred, South Manchester University Hospital, UK

Michael Diamond, Wayne State University, USA

Jonathan Friedman, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, USA

Karsten Junge, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

Carlos A Muro-Cacho, University of South Florida, USA

Robert Sawyer, University of Virginia, USA

Francis Seow-Choen, Seow-Choen Colorectal Centre, Singapore