Editorial Board
78 editors and editorial board members in 10 countries/regions
- Italy (7)
- China (13)
- United Kingdom (UK) (46)
- Greece (3)
- Germany (1)
- Australia (1)
- Bolivia (1)
- United States (USA) (4)
- Iran (1)
- Israel (1)
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Editor-in-Chief

John Alcolado DM, BM, PGCert (Med Ed), RCPathME, FRCP
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby and Burton, UK; University of Bolton Medical School, Bolton, UK; Black Country Medical School, Wolverhampton, UK
Interests: endocrinology; diabetes mellitus; acute internal medicine; medical education; healthcare system governance
Associate Editor

Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; Department of Gastroenterology, The People's Hospital of Xizang Autonomous Region, Lhasa, Xizang Autonomous Region, China
Interests: gastrointestinal endoscopy; pancreatology; gut microbiota
Editorial Board Members

University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
Interests: gastroenterology; hepatology; nutrition; food

Nadia Ahmed MB BS, BSc, MRCP, UK Dip GUM, DFSRH, Dip HIV
Mortimer Market Centre, Central North West London NHS Trust, London, UK
Interests: HIV; COVID-19; HIV infection; viral shedding

Ian Anderson MB ChB, BSc, PGCert (Med Ed), PGCert (Health Research), FRCS(SN), FFST(Ed)
Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
Interests: cranial neurosurgery; spinal neurosurgery; neurosurgical research; medical education & training

Public Health and Therapies, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
Interests: health equity; healthcare management; health policy; health economics; cost-effectiveness; outcomes research; health technology assessment; health services research; pharmacoeconomics

Arian Arjomandi Rad MB BS, BSc
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Interests: cardiothoracic surgery; cardiac surgery; heart failure; heart valve disease; artificial intelligence; medical technology; medical simulation

Stergios Boussios MD, MSc, PhD, FRCP
Department of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Interests: ovarian cancer; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; cancer of unknown primary site; PARP inhibitors; homologous recombination of DNA; biomarkers; liquid biopsies

John R Bradley CBE, BMedSci, BM BS, MA, DM, FRCP
Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Interests: kidney and cardiovascular diseases; tumour necrosis factor (TNF) signalling in the microvasculature
Mun Cheang MD(Res), MRCP, MB BS, BMedSci
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Interests: pediatric hypertension; cardiovascular MRI; chronic kidney disease; cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Rolando Claure-Del Granado MD, FASN, FISN
Department of Division of Nephrology, Hospital Obrero No 2-Caja Nacional de Salud, La Paz, Bolivia; IIBISMED, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Interests: acute kidney injury; critical care nephrology; continuous renal replacement therapies; biomarkers for AKI; social media in medical education; fluid balance

Furio Colivicchi MD, FESC, FACC, FANMCO
"Tor Vergata" University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Catholic University of the Holy Heart, Milan, Italy; Division of Clinical Cardiology and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, "San Filippo Neri" Hospital, Rome, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular prevention; heart failure; clinical lipidology; cardiovascular rehabilitation; chronic coronary syndromes

David Connell MA, BM BCh, PhD, MRCP (UK)
Department of Acute and Respiratory Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
Interests: lung infections; chronic and acute respiratory infections

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Interests: hypertension; hemodialysis; diabetes; medical education; critical care medicine; evidence based medicine

Department of Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Interests: systemic sclerosis; Raynaud’s; scleroderma mimickers

Alaa El-Ghobashy MB BCh, MSc, MD, MRCOG, PGCert (Health Research), PGCert (Med Ed)
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK
Interests: benign gynecology; colposcopy; gynecologic oncology; ovarian cysts; robotic surgery in gynecology

Robin Fox BSc, DCH, FRCGP, FRCP
NIHR Research Champion, Bicester, UK
Interests: research trials in primary care settings; diabetes; weight management COPD; diagnosis & management in Primary Care

Health Economics, Istituto Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
Interests: comparative analysis; health economics; health care management; pharmaceutical policy

Roshina Gnanadurai MB ChB, MRCP, MRCGP, DTM&H, DFSRH, MSc Microbiology, FRCPath
Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
Interests: infectious diseases; antimicrobial agents and resistance; haematological malignancy; infectious diseases and vaccine safety
University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Interests: blood pressure; cardiovascular; heart failure; hypertension; cardiovascular physiology; autonomic nervous system; clinical research

Christopher EM Griffiths MD, FRCP, OBE
King's College Hospital, London, UK; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Interests: global psoriasis atlas; stratified medicine; advanced therapeutics; global health research and policy

Independent Research Consultant, Shiraz, Iran
Interests: diagnostic tests; ROC curve analysis; epidemiology; medical journalism; research methodology; biostatistics; innate immunity and non-specific protections conferred by live attenuated vaccines; general medicine

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Interests: thyroid disease; metabolic disorder; autoimmune

Department of Gastroenterology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Interests: gut microbiota; digestive endoscopy; inflammatory bowel disease

Mike Hershman DHMSA, MSc, MS, FRCS(Eng,Ed,Glas&I), FICS
Royal Wolverhampton Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK
Interests: minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery; surgical oncology; abdominal and colorectal surgery; gastrointestinal surgical diseases

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Interests: palliative care; care management; health technology
University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Interests: type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; thyroid disorders; weight issues

Edwin C Jesudason BA, MB Bchir, MA, MD, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Paed)
Cunningham Unit, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh, UK; Home Ventilation Service, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK; School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK
Interests: complex disability and rehabilitation; medical ethics and professionalism; patient safety and whistleblowing; philosophy of medicine and medical humanities

Mike Jones MD, FRCPE, FRCP, FRCPSG
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Interests: acute medicine; acute kidney injury

Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, UK
Interests: musculoskeletal imaging and interventional procedures; sports injuries; neuroradiology

Department of Palliative Medicine, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
Interests: palliative medicine; medical ethics; end-of-life care; palliative care

Department of Urology and Andrology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Interests: male infertility; sperm; IVF; reproductive medicine; miRNAs

Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China
Interests: body imaging; MRI/CT; digestive disease; acute pancreatitis; pancreatic cancer; liver cancer; kidney disease

Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Interests: perinatal medicine; gestational diabetes mellitus; gestational weight gain; gestational complications

Jimmy K. Limdi MB BS, DNM, FRCPE, FEBG, AGAF, FACG
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
Interests: clinical and translational research in inflammatory bowel diseases; ulcerative colitis; gastrointestinal motility

Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
Interests: emergency medicine; intubation; pre-hospital care; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; anaesthetics; emergency management

Sebastian Lucas BM BCh, FRCP, FRCPath
King’s College London School of Medicine, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
Interests: pathology; tuberculosis; HIV; pathology of sickle cell disease and maternal mortality

Raimundas Lunevicius MD, PhD, DSc, FRCS
Aintree University Hospital, NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, UK
Interests: benign biliary diseases; safe cholecystectomy; abdominal emergencies; complications of gastric and duodenal ulcer disease; acute abdominal pain; hernia; bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract; trauma; global health

Alexander G. Mathioudakis MD, PhD, FRCP, FERS
Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Interests: COPD; asthma; bronchiectasis; clinical trial methods; meta-analyses

Fraser Russell Millar MB ChB, BMedSci, MRCP (London)
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Interests: respiratory medicine; lung cancer; bronchoscopy

University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Intermediate Care Hospital Misericordia, Navacchio, Italy
Interests: geriatric neurology; osteoporotic fractures; acute geriatric medicine; thyroid disorders

Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Eastern Achaia-Unit of Aigio, Aigio, Greece
Interests: colorectal cancer; surgical surgery; thyroid carcinoma; sepsis; postoperative complications

Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
Interests: kidney transplantation; hemodialysis and home hemodialysis; vascular access and ultrasound diagnostics; acute kidney injury biomarkers and risk stratification; renal functional reserve and kidney hemodynamics

School of Public Health, Medical Data Processing Center, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China; Management Office of Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui, China
Interests: epidemiology of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases; epidemiology of infectious diseases

Dimitrios Patoulias MD, MSc, PhD, FRCP (Lond), FEFIM
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: cardiometabolic medicine; obesity; diabetes

Carol Peden MB ChB, MD, FRCA, FFICM, FFMLM, MPH
Centre for Health System Innovation, University of Southern California, LA, USA
Interests: anaesthetics; perioperative medicine; patient safety; quality improvement; healthcare innovation

Infectious Diseases, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy
Interests: chronic viral infections; hospital infections; tuberculosis; surveillance and infection sontrol, antibiotics

Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (formerly General Hospital of Shenyang Military Area), Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Interests: liver cirrhosis; portal hypertension; portal vein thrombosis

Ganesh Radhakrishna MB ChB, MRCP, FRCR, MEd (Clin Ed)
The Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
Interests: upper GI cancers; hepatobiliary pancreatic cancers; precision radiotherapy; proton beam therapy; clinical education

Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Interests: pleural disease; pulmonary intervention; lung cancer; bronchoscopy; clinical trials

Sudarshan Ramachandran PhD, FRCP (Lond), FRCPath
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
Interests: dyslipidaemia; cardiovascular prevention; type 2 diabetes and adult-onset hypogonadism

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, Coventry, UK
Interests: psychiatry of intellectual disability; autism; ADHD

Anita Sainsbury MB ChB, MRCP, MD, SCE
Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK
Interests: gastric ulcers; gastrointestinal malignancy; irritable bowel syndrome; inflammatory bowel disease

John Sandars MB ChB, MSc, MD, MRCP, MRCGP, FAcadMEd, FHEA
Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
Interests: medical education

Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Medicine, Laniado Hospital, Sanz Medical Centre, Netanya, Israel
Interests: cytokines in autoimmunity; viral-induced autoimmunity; autoimmune diseases; quality of care; patient-physician relationship

Peninsula School of Medicine, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Interests: psychopathology; intellectual disability; epilepsy; psychoeducation; clinical assessment

Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Interests: gastroenterology; endoscopy; inflammatory bowel disease

The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Interests: hypertension; diabetes; metabolic disorder

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, UK
Interests: geriatric medicine; ethnic health; medical regulation; patient safety

Deepak Singh-Ranger BSc, MB BS, MD, FRCS(Ed, Eng, Gen Surg)
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
Interests: colorectal cancer; IBD; laparoscopic coloproctology; TEMS; abdominal wall reconstruction

UCL Queen Square Neurology, London, UK; Link Campus University, Rome, Italy
Interests: sensory disorders and neuroinflammation; autoimmunity in neurological diseases; neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

Andrew C Swift ChM, FRCS, FRCSEd
University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
Interests: endoscopic sinus surgery; inverted papilloma; CSF rhinorrhoea; hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)

University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
Interests: cataract surgery; retinal diseases; glaucoma surgery; uveitis

David Veitch MB ChB, BSc, MRCP
Department of Dermatology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
Interests: dermatologic surgery; cutaneous oncology

Martin Veysey MD, MClinEd, MBA, FRACP, FRCP
Canberra Clinical School, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Canberra Health Service, NT Health, Darwin, Australia
Interests: medical education; luminal gastroenterology; nutrition

Raghavan Vidya MS, MD, FRCSI, FRCS
Department of Breast, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
Interests: clinical trials; new technology; advances in breast oncoplasty and reconstructive surgery; clinical application of genomics

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; University College London, London, UK
Interests: anaesthetics; intensive care; perioperative medicine

Jessie Welbourne MB ChB, FRCA, FFICM
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK; University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Interests: intensive care medicine; neuro-anesthesia; medical education; peri-operative medicine
James Williamson MB ChB, MSc, FRCS, PGCert (TLHP), PGCert (Leadership & Management), FHEA
The Great Western Hospital, Swindon, UK
Interests: gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery; trauma and emergency abdominal care; gastrointestinal tumor pathology; endoscopy-related patient safety

Chris Wincup BSc, MB BS, MRCP (Rheum)
King’s College Hospital, London, UK
Interests: systemic lupus erythematosus; autoimmune disorders; rheumatic diseases; clinical rheumatology; inflammation; innate immunity; vasculitis
Wojtek Wojcik MB ChB, BSc, MRCPsych
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Interests: pre-hospital mental health emergency care; self-harm and suicide epidemiology

Kai Yuen Wong MA, MB BChir, MSc, FHEA, FRCS (Plast)
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Interests: breast and chest wall reconstruction, microsurgery; lymphoedema surgery; skin cancer; healthcare innovation and psychological safety

Centre of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Interests: sarcopenia; sarcopenic obesity; malnutrition; muscle aging; adipose aging; frailty; dysphagia; evidence-based medicine

School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Interests: positive psychology; social psychology; health behavioral; active ageing

Mahinda Yogarajah BSc, MB BS, PhD, MRCP (Neurology)
Department of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
Interests: epilepsy; neurology; functional neurological disorders

Department of Allergy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Interests: respiratory allergies; food allergy; allergen immunotherapy
Biostatistics Editors

Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Interests: medical statistics; women's health throughout the entire life cycle; evidence-based medicine; clinical prediction model

Faculty of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbüttel, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
Interests: statistics in medicine; machine learning; exploratory data analysis; laboratory medicine
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