Editorial Board

Brice Gayet

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Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), University Paris Descartes, Paris, France.

Research Interests: Laparoscopic, Laparoscopic surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Advance laparoscopic surgery, Laparo-endoscopic surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, Esophageal diseases.

Andrew Gumbs

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Department of Surgery, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.

Research Interests: Robotic surgery, Visceral surgery, Hepatic-pancreatic and biliary surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, Minimally invasive surgery.

Michel Gagner

Department of Surgery, Westmount Square Surgical Center, Quebec, Westmount, Canada.

Research Interests: Bariatric surgery, Colon & Rectal, Pancreas, Endoscopy.

Takeaki Ishizawa

Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan.

Research Interests: Robot-assisted surgery, Intraoperative fluorescence imaging, Hepatobiliary surgery, Pancreatic surgery, Laparoscopic surgery.

Jacques F. Marescaux

IRCAD Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif, Strasbourg, France.

Research Interests: Image-guided surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Surgical robotics.

Mohammed Abu Hilal

Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, the University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Faculty of medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, University Rd SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.

Research Interests: Liver surgery (liver cancer and benign liver conditions), Pancreatic surgery (pancreatic cancer and benign Pancreatic conditions), Biliary and laparoscopic (keyhole), Surgery (laparoscopic cholecystectomy, gallstone, bile duct cancer and bile duct benign conditions).

Elie Chouillard

Department of Digestive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Poissy, France.

Research Interests: Liver surgery, Surgical oncology, Laparoscopic surgery, Colorectal surgery, Gastrointestinal diseases, General surgery, Abdominal surgery, Robotic surgery, Laparo-endoscopic surgery, Surgery.

Roland Croner

Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.

Research Interests: Organ transplant surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Robots assist in surgery.

Eyad Elyan

School of Computing, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.

Research Interests: Machine learning, Machine vision, Image classification and class-imbalance problem, Video content analysis.

Isabella Frigerio

Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy.

Research Interests: Surgical oncology, Laparoscopic surgery.

Gaya Spolverato

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences (DiSCOG), University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Research Interests: Surgery, General surgery, Surgical oncology, Abdominal surgery, Colorectal surgery, Gastrointestinal surgery, Cancer surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, Oncology.

Sagheer Abbas

Department of Computer Science, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Cloud Computing, Blockchain Technologies, and Data Analytics with Explainable Artificial Intelligence.

Gudrun Aspelund

Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Research Interests: Pediatric surgery, Public health, Infectious disease epidemiology, Child health.

Fabio Ausania

HPB and Transplant Surgery, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Research Interests: Robotic surgery, HPB surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Liver transplant surgery, Risk prediction, Pancreatic cancer.

Elena Giovanna Bignami

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Research Interests: Anesthesia, ICU, Critical care, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Telemedicine, Perioperative medicine, Surgery.

Madison Cuffy

Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Research Interests: Transplant surgery, Hepatobiliary surgery, Kidney transplant, Liver transplant.

Belinda De Simone

Département de Chirurgie Viscéral, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy, France.

Research Interests: Emergency surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, Trauma surgery, Colorectal surgery, Surgical oncology, Bariatric surgery, Hernia surgery, Proctology.

Michele Diana

Medical Faculty, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Research Interests: Image-guided surgery, Surgical robotics, Surgical applications of machine and deep learning.

Clarissa Ferrari

Unit of Statistics, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.

Research Interests: Richly parameterized statistical models (mixed, multilevel, structural equation models), Multivariate model-based and data-based classification methods (cluster analysis, mixture models), AI and machine learning techniques (random forest, KNN algorithm, support vector machine, neural network).

Antonella Ficorilli

Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Research Interests: Research ethics, Bioethics, Applied ethics, Biobanking in biomedical and epidemiological research.

Dennis L. Fowler

Chief Medical Officer, Sovato Health, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Research Interests: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Single-incision Laparoscopic Surgery, 3D Visualization, Configuration Space.

Michael Friebe

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.

Research Interests: Diagnostic imaging, Image guided therapies, Exponential medicine, Healthtec innovation generation.

Arnar Geirsson

Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Research Interests: Cardiac surgery, Heart failure, Heart transplant and left ventricular assist device, Robotic mitral valve repair, Surgery vascular biology and therapeutics.

Suzanne S. Gisbertz

Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Research Interests: Artificial intelligence in upper GI surgery, Lymph node metastases and extent of lymphadenectomy in Upper GI cancer surgery and minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques.

S. Vincent Grasso

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Research Interests: Conversational AI, ML, Intelligent RPA, NLP, Edge high performance computing.

Jianxing He

Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China.

Research Interests: Early diagnosis and treatment of lung tumours, Treatment of complex thoracic surgery, Treatment of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Microtrauma thoracic surgery, Thoracic organ transplantation.

Alfredo Illanes

INKA-Application Driven Research, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.

Research Interests: Signal processing, Spectral analysis, Time-variant modelling, Image and video processing.

Chrisina Jayne

School of Computing & Engineering and Digital Technologies Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.

Research Interests: Artificial neural networks, Machine learning, Artificial intelligence.

Long R Jiao

Department of Oncology and Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.

Research Interests: Robotic and laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Ulf Dietrich Kahlert

Department of General-, Visceral-, Vascular- and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.

Research Interests: Stem cells, Experimental surgery, Nanomedicine, Oncometabolism, EMT, Biosensors.

W. Konrad Karcz

Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.

Research Interests: Diseases, Surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Abdominal surgery, Gastrointestinal surgery.

Stephen Kavic

Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Research Interests: Surgical education, Natural language processing, Residency, ABSITE.

Zain Khalpey

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, HonorHealth, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.

Research Interests: Predictive healthcare algorithms, Digital ecosystems and data science, Clinical trial research, Complex arrhythmia surgery, Cardiogenic shock, Robotic cardiac surgery and complex and advanced heart failure surgery.

Michael Kreissl

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.

Research Interests: Thyroid, Theranostics, Radionuclide therapy, Neuroendocrine tumors, Computer aided diagnosis, Machine learning.

Marialuisa Lugaresi

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Research Interests: General surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, Thoracoscopic surgery, Surgical oncology, Esophageal diseases, Artificial intelligence, Robotic surgery, Machine learning, Statistics.

Michele Masetti

Department of Specialist Surgery, Division of General and Emergency Surgery, Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

Research Interests: Robotic surgery, Oncological surgery, Pancreatic cancer, Hepatobiliary surgery.

Luca Milone

Deaprtment of Surgery, Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.

Research Interests: Robotic surgery, Endoscopic surgery.

Beat P. Müller

Clarunis - Academic Center for Gastrointestinal Diseases, St. Clara and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Research Interests: Oncological upper GI, Laparoscopy, Gastric bypass, Bariatric surgery, Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, Assisted surgery.

Zbigniew Nawrat

Fundacja Rozwoju Kardiochirurgii, Zabrze, Zabrze, Poland.

Research Interests: BioMEMS, Finite element analysis, Force sensors, Medical robotics, Microsensors, Piezoresistive devices, Surgery, Analogue-digital conversion, Biological tissues, Biomechanics, Biomedical electronics, Biomedical optical imaging, Calibration, Diseases.

Derek O'Reilly

Department of General Surgery, Beijing United Family Hospital and Clinics (BJU), Beijing, China.

Research Interests: Pancreatitis, Gallstones, Pancreas pseudocyst, Acute cholecystitis, Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Gallbladder.

Mehmet Mahir Özmen

Sapienza University, Faculty of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Mahir OZMEN Clinic (MOC), Cankaya-Ankara, Turkey.

Research Interests: Bariatric/Metabolic surgery, Oncological surgery, Gastric surgery, Colorectal surgery, Robotic surgery, Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Surgical education.

Adrian Park

Department of Surgery, the Earl Simulation to Advance Innovation and Learning Center, Anne Arundel Health System, Annapolis, MD, USA.
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Research Interests: Laparoscopic techniques, Complex hernia repair, Foregut and spleen surgery.

Peter Passias

Division of Spinal Surgery Departments of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Duke University Hospital and Duke School of Medicine Durham, United States.

Research Interests: Spinal alignment, Biomechanics, Innovative surgical techniques, Outcomes of spinal surgery, Health economics.

Subroto Paul

Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

Research Interests: Robotic surgery, Lung cancer, Esophageal cancer, Mesothelioma, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Hiatal hernia.

Silvana Perretta

Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

Research Interests: Foregut and bariatric surgery, Interventional endoscopy surgical education and simulation.

Carla Pugh

Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

Research Interests: Surgical education, Surgical simulation.

Qahwaji Rami

School of CSAI&E, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK.

Research Interests: Visual computing, Machine learning, Image/Signal processing, Digital health.

Francesca Ratti

IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Research Interests: Hepatobiliary surgery, Liver surgery, Oncology, Laparoscopy.

Bettina M. Rau

Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic surgery, Hospital of Neumarkt, Neumarkt, Germany.

Research Interests: Surgical oncology, General surgery, Gastrointestinal surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, Surgery, Infectious diseases, Acute pancreatitis, Oncology, Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic surgery.

Sharona B Ross

Foregut & HPB Division, Digestive Health Institute, AdventHealth Tampa, Florida, USA.

Research Interests: Surgery, Robotics, Artificial intelligence, HPB, Pancreas, Foregut, Innovation, Technology, Cancer.

Thomas Schnelldorfer

Division of Surgical Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

Research Interests: Computer vision, Image processing, Device development, Surgical oncology.

Vivian Strong

Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

Research Interests: Minimally invasive expertise, Stomach cancer, Tumors of the adrenal gland, Splenectomy, Small intestine, Distal pancreas, Hernias.

Lee Swanström

IHU-Strasbourg, France.
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University Oregon, Portland, OR, USA.

Research Interests: Human factors, Technology assessment, Minimally invasive surgery, Interventional endoscopy.

Patricia Sylla

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

Research Interests: Colon and rectal surgery, Proctology surgery.

Amir Szold

Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Research Interests: Minimally invasive surgery, Medical devices, OR of the future, Robotics.

Martin Teraa

Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Research Interests: Endovascular interventions, Innovations in vascular surgery, Aortic pathology, Aortic aneurysms, Acute aortic syndromes, Peripheral artery disease (PAD), Chronic limb-threatening Ischemia (CLTI).

Yogesh K. Vashist

Organ Transplant Center of Excellence, Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Research Interests: Surgical oncology, HPB tumors, Peritoneal and pleural carcinomatosis, Thoracic oncology, Upper GI oncology (gastric and esophageus), Mediastinal tumors, Translational research, Biomarkers, Education.

Xin Wang

Department of Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China.

Research Interests: HPB surgery, Artificial intelligence, Pancreatic cancer, Minimally invasive surgery.

Zhewei Ye

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Research Interests: Orthopedic Trauma & Spine Surgery, Fracture Management, Bone Health, Soft Tissue & Joint Injuries, Artificial intelligence, Surgical robotics, Telemedicine and Metaverse.