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