Editorial Board

73 editors and editorial board members in 10 countries/regions

  • Italy (7)
  • China (12)
  • United Kingdom (UK) (44)
  • Greece (1)
  • Germany (1)
  • Australia (1)
  • Bolivia (1)
  • United States (USA) (4)
  • Iran (1)
  • Israel (1)

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Editor-in-Chief

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member John Alcolado

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Dong Wu

    Dong Wu MD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ludovico Abenavoli

    Ludovico Abenavoli MD, PhD

    University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy

    Interests: gastroenterology; hepatology; nutrition; food

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Nadia Ahmed

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ian Anderson

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Arian Arjomandi Rad

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member John R Bradley

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Rolando Claure-Del Granado

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Furio Colivicchi

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member David Connell

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Jacob F de Wolff

    Jacob F de Wolff MRCP

    London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK

    Interests: hypertension; hemodialysis; diabetes; medical education; critical care medicine; evidence based medicine

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Chris T Derk

    Chris T Derk MD, MS

    Department of Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Interests: systemic sclerosis; Raynaud’s; scleroderma mimickers

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Alaa El-Ghobashy

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Robin Fox

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Livio Garattini

    Livio Garattini DBA

    Health Economics, Istituto Mario Negri, Milan, Italy

    Interests: comparative analysis; health economics; health care management; pharmaceutical policy

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Roshina Gnanadurai

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Guido Grassi

    Guido Grassi MD

    University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Interests: blood pressure; cardiovascular; heart failure; hypertension; cardiovascular physiology; autonomic nervous system; clinical research

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Christopher EM Griffiths

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Farrokh Habibzadeh

    Farrokh Habibzadeh MD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Bing Han

    Bing Han MD

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Interests: thyroid disease; metabolic disorder; autoimmune

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Mike Hershman

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member William W. Hung

    William W. Hung MD, MPH

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Interests: palliative care; care management; health technology

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Steven Hurel

    Steven Hurel PhD, FRCP

    University College London Hospitals, London, UK

    Interests: type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; thyroid disorders; weight issues

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Edwin C Jesudason

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Mike Jones

    Mike Jones MD, FRCPE, FRCP, FRCPSG

    Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Interests: acute medicine; acute kidney injury

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Shah HM Khan

    Shah HM Khan FRCR

    Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, UK

    Interests: musculoskeletal imaging and interventional procedures; sports injuries; neuroradiology

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Suzanne Kite

    Suzanne Kite MA, FRCP

    Department of Palliative Medicine, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

    Interests: palliative medicine; medical ethics; end-of-life care; palliative care

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Lejun Li

    Lejun Li MD

    Department of Urology and Andrology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Interests: male infertility; sperm; IVF; reproductive medicine; miRNAs

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Xinghui Li

    Xinghui Li MD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Zhaoxia Liang

    Zhaoxia Liang MD, PhD

    Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Interests: perinatal medicine; gestational diabetes mellitus; gestational weight gain; gestational complications

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Jimmy K. Limdi

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Gavin Lloyd

    Gavin Lloyd FRCS, FRCEM

    Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK

    Interests: emergency medicine; intubation; pre-hospital care; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; anaesthetics; emergency management

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Sebastian Lucas

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Raimundas Lunevicius

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Fraser Russell Millar

    Fraser Russell Millar MB ChB, BMedSci, MRCP (London)

    Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Interests: respiratory medicine; lung cancer; bronchoscopy

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Fabio Monzani

    Fabio Monzani MD

    University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Intermediate Care Hospital Misericordia, Navacchio, Italy

    Interests: geriatric neurology; osteoporotic fractures; acute geriatric medicine; thyroid disorders

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Francesk Mulita

    Francesk Mulita MD, PhD

    Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Eastern Achaia-Unit of Aigio, Aigio, Greece

    Interests: colorectal cancer; surgical surgery; thyroid carcinoma; sepsis; postoperative complications

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Federico Nalesso

    Federico Nalesso MD, PhD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member HaiFeng Pan

    HaiFeng Pan MD, PhD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Carol Peden

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Emanuele Pontali

    Emanuele Pontali MD

    Infectious Diseases, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Interests: chronic viral infections; hospital infections; tuberculosis; surveillance and infection sontrol, antibiotics

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Xingshun Qi

    Xingshun Qi MD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ganesh Radhakrishna

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Najib Rahman

    Najib Rahman DPhil, MSc, FRCP

    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Interests: pleural disease; pulmonary intervention; lung cancer; bronchoscopy; clinical trials

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Sudarshan Ramachandran

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ashok Roy

    Ashok Roy MA, FRCPsych

    Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, Coventry, UK

    Interests: psychiatry of intellectual disability; autism; ADHD

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Anita Sainsbury

    Anita Sainsbury MB ChB, MRCP, MD, SCE

    Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK

    Interests: gastric ulcers; gastrointestinal malignancy; irritable bowel syndrome; inflammatory bowel disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member John Sandars

    John Sandars MB ChB, MSc, MD, MRCP, MRCGP, FAcadMEd, FHEA

    Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK

    Interests: medical education

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ami Schattner

    Ami Schattner MD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Rohit Shankar

    Rohit Shankar MBE, FRCPsych

    Peninsula School of Medicine, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

    Interests: psychopathology; intellectual disability; epilepsy; psychoeducation; clinical assessment

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Kassem Sharif

    Kassem Sharif MD, MBA, FESBGH

    Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Interests: gastroenterology; endoscopy; inflammatory bowel disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Changsheng Sheng

    Changsheng Sheng MD

    The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Interests: hypertension; diabetes; metabolic disorder

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Iqbal Singh

    Iqbal Singh FRCP

    Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, UK

    Interests: geriatric medicine; ethnic health; medical regulation; patient safety

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Deepak Singh-Ranger

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Arianna Di Stadio

    Arianna Di Stadio MD, PhD

    UCL Queen Square Neurology, London, UK; Link Campus University, Rome, Italy

    Interests: sensory disorders and neuroinflammation; autoimmunity in neurological diseases; neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Andrew C Swift

    Andrew C Swift ChM, FRCS, FRCSEd

    University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK

    Interests: endoscopic sinus surgery; inverted papilloma; CSF rhinorrhoea; hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Simon Taylor

    Simon Taylor MA, MRCOphth

    University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK

    Interests: cataract surgery; retinal diseases; glaucoma surgery; uveitis

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member David Veitch

    David Veitch MB ChB, BSc, MRCP

    Department of Dermatology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

    Interests: dermatologic surgery; cutaneous oncology

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Martin Veysey

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Raghavan Vidya

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member David Walker

    David Walker MRCP, FRCA

    University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; University College London, London, UK

    Interests: anaesthetics; intensive care; perioperative medicine

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Jessie Welbourne

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Chris Wincup

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Kai Yuen Wong

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Ming Yang

    Ming Yang MD, PhD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Qian Yang

    Qian Yang PhD

    School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Interests: positive psychology; social psychology; health behavioral; active ageing

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Mahinda Yogarajah

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Rongfei Zhu

    Rongfei Zhu MD, PhD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Xiang Hong

    Xiang Hong PhD

    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

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Frank Klawonn

    Frank Klawonn PhD

    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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