Former Editorial Board

Sami R. Achem, MD, MACG, AGAF, ASGEF, FACP
Departamento de Gastroenterología, Mayo College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Michael Bouvet, MD, FACS
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA

Marc P. Buise, MD PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Yin-Kai Chao, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Denis Collet
Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Maison du Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France

Miguel A. Cuesta, MD
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Peter W. Dettmar, PhD, CBiol, FSB, FRSPH (1944-2021)
Technostics Ltd & RD Biomed Ltd, Castle Hill Hospital, East Yorkshire, UK

Xavier Benoit D’Journo, MD, PhD, FEBTCS
Aix-Marseille University, Thoracic Surgery Department, North Hospital, Marseille, France

Ronnie Fass, MD
The Esophageal and Swallowing Center, Digestive Health Center, MetroHealth Medical System, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Tomasz Grodzki, MD, PhD, FETCS
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Regional Hospital for Lung Diseases, Szczecin-Zdunowo, Poland

Kishore Guda, DVM, PhD
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

Mark Hennon, MD, FACS
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Janusz Jankowski, MSc, MD, PhD, AGAF, FRCP, FACG, SFHEA, PGME
RCSI Office of Research & Innovation, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ardilaun House, Dublin, Ireland

Kazuo Koyanagi, MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

Chia-Chuan Liu, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Koo-Foundation Sun Yat-sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Lars Ragnar Lundell, MD, PhD
Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Ikenna C. Okereke, MD, FACS
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

Soji Ozawa, MD, DMSc, FACS
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

Alexander W Phillips, MD, MA, FRCSEd, FFSTEd, FHEA
Northern Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle University NHS Foundation Trust Hospitals, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Vignesh Raman, MD
Department of Surgery, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA

Jari V. Räsänen, MD, PhD
Department of Esophageal and Thoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Franco Stella, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Yuji Tachimori, MD
Department of Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan

Ming-Ho Wu, MD
Department of Surgery, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation, Tainan