Editorial Team

The management of our journal is a collaborative endeavor by the whole editorial team, featuring an active, widely respected, diverse, and representative Editorial Board. The editorial structure of the journal is listed as below and the roles and responsibilities of the editorial team are available at: https://www.amegroups.com/pages/journal-management#content-title.

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Hong-Hao Zhou, MD, PhD (Clinical Pharmacology)

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Editors-in-Chief

Jianzhong Hu, MD, PhD (Orthopaedics)

Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Paul Schoenhagen, MD (Cardiovascular imaging)

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

David W. Rattner, MD (General Surgery)

Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

Ya Cao, MD, PhD (Pathophysiology)

Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China

Hassan Malik, MD (Hepatobiliary Surgery)

Liverpool Hepatobiliary Centre, University Hospital Aintree, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, UK

Hong Wei Ouyang, MD, PhD (Tendon and cartilage regeneration)

School of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Beisha Tang, MD (Neurology and Medical Genetics)

Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Changsha, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Changsha, China

Editorial Board (Allergy and Immunology)

Peisong Gao, MD, PhD

Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Editorial Board (Cardiac Surgery)

Faisal Bakaeen, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

Andrea Salica, MD

European Hospital, Rome, Italy

Raffaele Scaffa, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, European Hospital, Rome, Italy

Editorial Board (Cardiology)

Mahboob Alam, MD, FACC, FSCAI

The Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Pier Paolo Bassareo, MD, PhD, MSc, FESC, FACC

Associate Professor in Cardiology, University College of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, MD, MStat

Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

Fabrizio D’Ascenzo

Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy

Won-Keun Kim, MD, PhD

Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Justus-Liebig University of Giessen/Marburg, Giessen, Germany

Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira, MD, MSc

Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil

Patrick W. Serruys

Department of Interventional Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ching-Hui Sia, MBBS, MMed, MCI, MRCP, FAMS

Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA

Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

Editorial Board (Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Raja M. Flores, MD

Ames Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, System Chairman, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA

Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Editorial Board (Cardiovascular Disease)

Joseph S. Alpert, MD

The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA

Gianluca Rigatelli

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Endoluminal Interventions, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy

Editorial Board (Cardiovascular Surgery)

Yoshiyuki Takami, MD, PhD

Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan

Editorial Board (Dermatology)

Dirk M. Elston, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Editorial Board (Diabetes and Endocrinology)

Solomon Tesfaye, MB ChB, MD, FRCP

Consultant Physician/Endocrinologist, Research Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Adjunct Professor at Xiangya Hospital Central Southern University, Changsha, China

Editorial Board (Electrophysiology)

Sotirios Nedios

Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany

Editorial Board (Epilepsy)

Kheng Seang Lim, MBBS (UM), FRCP, PhD (UM)

University of Malaya, University of Malaya Medical Centre and University Malaya Specialist Centre, Malaysia

Editorial Board (General Surgery)

Paul C. Kuo, MD, MS, MBA

Department of Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA

Editorial Board (Genetics)

Peng Jin, PhD

Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Editorial Board (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

Bo Shen, MD

Digestive Disease Institute, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

Editorial Board (Internal Medicine)

Tanveer Singh, MD

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Editorial Board (Minimally Invasive Surgery)

Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo, PhD

Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Cáceres, SPAIN

Editorial Board (Neurology)

Huaibin Cai, PhD

Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Thomas Klockgether, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany

Xiongwei Zhu, PhD

Department of Pathology and Neurology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Editorial Board (Neurosurgery)

Stefano Boriani, MD

GSpine4 Spine Surgery Division, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy

Boyle C. Cheng, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Andrei F. Joaquim, MD, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil

Editorial Board (Oncology)

Niki Karachaliou, MD, PhD

University Hospital Sagrat Cor, Instituto Oncólogico Rosell (IOR), Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Quiron Dexeus, Pangaea Oncology, Barcelona, Spain

Hyo Jin Lee, MD, PhD

Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Giulio Rossi, MD, PhD

Pathologic Anatomy Unit, Department of Oncology, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Leonida Bissolati Street, Brescia, Italy

Editorial Board (Ophthalmology)

Shikun He, MD

Departments of Ophthalmology, USC Roski Eye institute at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Editorial Board (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Edward Araujo Júnior

Department of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine - Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Editorial Board (Orthopaedics and Traumatology)

Xu Cao, PhD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Rodolfo Capanna, MD

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universal Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Edoardo Franceschetti, MD

Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy

Marc-Olivier Gauci, MD, PhD

University Institute of Locomotive and Sport (IULS), University Hospital of Nice, Nice, France

Giulio Maccauro, MD

Departmental Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universatario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Luigi Meccariello, MD

Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, AORN San Pio Hospital, Benevento, Italy

Francesco Oliva, MD, PhD

Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

Ming Pei, MD, PhD (Orthopaedics)

Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA

Federico Sacchetti

Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Mei Wang, PhD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, USA

Biagio Zampogna, MD PhD

Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Editorial Board (Paediatrics)

Chi-kong LI, MBBS, MD

Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital and Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Editorial Board (Pathology)

Paul Hofman, MD, PhD

Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology (LPCE), University Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Editorial Board (Plastic Surgery)

J. Grant Thomson, MD, MSc

Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Geoffrey G. Hallock, MD

Division of Plastic Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA, USA

Editorial Board (Pulmonary)

Masaki Okamoto, MD, PhD

Chief, Department of Respirology and Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine

Yoshinori Tanino

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan

Editorial Board (Radiation Oncology)

Charles B. Simone, II, MD, FASTRO, FACRO

New York Proton Center, New York, NY, USA; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Editorial Board (Radiology)

Giacomo Aringhieri, MD

University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Johan H.C. Reiber, PhD

Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Paolo Spinnato, MD

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

Zhonghua Sun, PhD, FSCCT

Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Liang Zhong, PHD

National Heart Centre Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Editorial Board (Rheumatology)

George C. Tsokos, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Editorial Board (Stem Cell)

Bruno Peault, PhD

Professor and Chair of Vascular Regeneration at the University of Edinburgh, UK Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles, USA