Editorial Board
73 Editors in 17 Countries/Region
Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Michel Gagner 
gagner.michel@gmail.com Department of Surgery, Westmount Square Surgical Center, Quebec, Canada.
Research Interests: bariatric surgery; laparoscopy; gastric surgery; foregut surgery; HPB surgery; pancreas; endoscopy; magnetic surgery
Robotic surgery: is it really different from laparoscopy? a critical view from a robotic pioneer
White paper: definitions of artificial intelligence and autonomous actions in clinical surgery
Editor-in-Chief
Giulio Belli
giubelli@unina.itGeneral and HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery, Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Research Interests: liver surgery; gallbladder and biliary tract surgery; pancreatic surgery; large intestine surgery; laparoscopic surgery
Associate Editors
Ferdinando Agresta
Department of General Surgery, Vittorio Veneto Hospital, Vittorio Veneto, Italy.
Research Interests: laparoscopy surgery; colon surgery; endoscopic surgery; emergency surgery; thoracic surgery
Riccardo Autorino
Department of Surgery, VCU Health, Richmond, VA, USA.
Research Interests: robotic surgery; urologic oncology; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; urothelial cancer
Andrea Belli
Department of Abdominal Oncology-HPB Surgery Unit, National Cancer Institute-Fondazione G. Pascale IRCCS, Naples, Italy.
Research Interests: abdominal surgical oncology; laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery; laparoscopic and robotic HPB surgery
Davide Cavaliere
Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Research Interests: robotic surgery; minimally invasive surgery; general surgery; colorectum; colorectal surgery; rectal cancer; GIST; pancreatic surgery; pancreas; liver surgery; liver tumors
Yuman C. Fong
Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, California, CA, USA.
Research Interests: bile duct cancer; gallbladder cancer; gastrointestinal cancers; hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery; liver cancer; pancreatic cancer; robotic surgery
Farid Gharagozloo
Center for Advanced Thoracic Surgery, Global Robotics Institute, Advent Health Celebration, University of Central Florida, Celebration, FL, USA.
Research Interests: robotic thoracic surgery; surgery for benign and malignant esophageal disorders; surgery for advanced thoracic malignancies
Robotic lateral heller myotomy without fundoplication for achalasia
Robotic selective thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis
The technique of robotic lobectomy II: left sided lobes
Technique of robotic first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome
Minimally invasive surgical approaches to thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis
Fernando A. M. Herbella
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Research Interests: physiology and surgery of the foregut
Achalasia management: the South American viewpoint
How I teach it - a didactic approach to laparoscopic surgery at the esophagogastric junction
Yoshihisa Kotani
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
Research Interests: minimally invasive spine surgery; spinal deformity; computer-assisted spine surgery; robotic surgery; spinal reconstruction
Richard Naspro
Department of Urology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
Research Interests: partial nephrectomy; laparoscopy; robotic surgery; minimally invasive treatment of BPH
Itasu Ninomiya
Department of Surgery, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan.
Research Interests: esophageal endoscopic surgery; robotic surgery; malignancy diagnosis of esophageal cancer; inhibition of metastasis of gastrointestinal cancer
Igor F. Palacios
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Research Interests: interventional cardiology; percutaneous treatment of structural heart disease; coronary artery disease; valvular heart disease
Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty - state of the art
Jean‐François Rey
Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut Arnault Tzanck, St. Laurent du Var, France.
Research Interests: interventional endoscopy for bilio-pancreatic diseases; capsule endoscopy; enteroscopy
Noriyoshi Sawabata
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan.
Research Interests: thoracic surgery; lung cancer; mediatinal tumor; isolated tumor cells; circulating tumor cell
Wah Yang
Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: metabolic and bariatric surgery; obesity; metabolic disorders
Editorial Board Members
Ghulam Abbas
Division of Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University (WVU) Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Research Interests: robotic segmentectomy and lobectomy for lung tumors; CT guided radiofrequency ablation for lung tumors; robotic/laparoscopic surgery for reflux; hiatal hernias and achalasia; cyberknife/ stereotactic body radiosurgery for lung cancer; minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer
Alberto Aiolfi
Department of Biomedical Science for Health, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Research Interests: laparoscopic surgery; gastrointestinal surgery; abdominal surgery; gastrointestinal oncology and gastroenterology
Biondi Alberto
General Surgery Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Research Interests: surgical Incology; upper GI surgery; esophageal and gastric cancer; colorectal surgery; minimally Invasive surgery; robotic surgery
Fernando A. Alvarez
General Surgery Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research Interests: laparoscopic surgery; cancer diagnostics; surgical oncology; oncology; liver diseases; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatobiliary surgery; pancreatic diseases
Stefano Maria Massimiliano Basso
Department of General Surgery, S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital (ASFO), Pordenone, Italy.
Research Interests: surgical oncology; breast cancer; gastroenterological cancer; lung cancer; melanoma; emergency surgery
Charles F. Bellows
Department of General Surgery, Southwest Memorial Hospital, Cortez, CO, USA.
Research Interests: stem cells; tissue reconstruction; colon cancer
Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai
Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
Research Interests: aortic stenosis; coronary artery disease; heart failure; machine learning; myocardial infarction
Davide Bona
Department of Biomedical Science for Health, Istitituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Research Interests: minimally invasive upper GI surgery; gastrointestinal endoscopy; paraesophageal hernia repair; gastroesophageal reflux; inguinal hernia
Giovanni Cacciamani
Department of Urology, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Research Interests: prostate cancer; cystectomy; ileal orthotopic neobladder (IONB)
John Camilleri-Brennan
General and Colorectal Surgery, Forth Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, United Kingdom.
Research Interests: gall bladder surgery; hernia surgery; surgery and screening for colorectal cancer; inflammatory bowel disease; laparoscopic surgery; surgery for haemorrhoids and other anal and rectal conditions; surgery for rectal prolapse and rectocoele
Christopher Cao
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
Research Interests: lung cancer; thoracic surgery; cardiac surgery; robotic surgery; minimally invasive surgery
Tan To Cheung
Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Interests: minimally invasive HBP surgery; liver cancer research; pancreas cancer research; biliary cancer research; liver transplant research
Mario Costantini
Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Research Interests: esophageal achalasia; laparoscopic surgery; gastroesophageal reflux disease
Renato Costi
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Research Interests: surgical oncology; colorectal cancer; colectomy; diverticular disease; pancreatic cancer; mini-invasive surgery
Geert De Naeyer
Department of Urology, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Clinic, Aalst, Belgium.
Research Interests: robotic prostatectomy; robotic partial nephrectomy; holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; robotic reconstructive surgery
Aslam Ejaz
Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Research Interests: pancreatic cancer; liver resection; robotic surgery; health services research
Alaa El-Hussuna
Department of Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Research Interests: the effect of biological treatment on post-operative outcome in patients with IBD; surgical stress response; chronic stress and development of colorectal cancers; perianal fistula in Crohn’s disease; surgical wound healing
Felice Esposito
Department of Neurosurgery, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Research Interests: endoscopic endonasal surgery; endoscopic surgery of the cerebral ventricles and CSF circulation; neuro-oncology; molecular imaging; biomaterials; stereotactic and functional neurosurgery; surgery of pain
Simone Ferrero
Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Martino University Hospital IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Research Interests: endometriosis; fibroids (uterine myoma); cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; hysteroscopy
Mariano Giménez
Department of Surgery, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire-Strasbourg (IHU-Strasbourg), Strasbourg, France.
Research Interests: percutaneous image guided surgery; minimally invasive hepato-pancreato-biliary (hpb) surgery
Luca Gordini
Department of General Surgery, Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy.
Research Interests: hernia and abdominal wall surgery; digestive surgery; mini-invasive surgery; endocrine surgery
ANDREW GUMBS
Departement de Chirurgie Digestive, de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy, France.
Research Interests: hepatic-pancreatic-biliary surgery; robotic surgery
Searching for a better definition of robotic surgery: is it really different from laparoscopy?
Clostridium difficile infection secondary to ileostomy closure
White paper: definitions of artificial intelligence and autonomous actions in clinical surgery
Why Artificial Intelligence Surgery (AIS) is better than current Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS)
Ho-Seong Han
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Research Interests: minimal invasive HBP surgery; HCC; pancreas cancer; biliary tract cancer
Minimally invasive surgery for gallbladder cancer at an expert center
Minimally invasive surgery for HCC
The role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of HCC
Ehab Y. Hanna
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Research Interests: skull base tumors; robotic surgery of the skull base; endoscopic surgery of skull base; sinonasal cancers
Akihiko Hiyama
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Research Interests: minimally invasive spinal treatment; adult spinal deformity; computer-assisted spine surgery; cervical deformity; spinal trauma
Roel Hompes
Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centres - location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Research Interests: general and digestive; colorectal; transanal and proctological surgery
William Hope
Department of Surgery, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, USA.
Research Interests: minimally invasive surgery; robotic surgery; hernia surgery
Hisashi Koga
Department of Orthopaedics, Iwai Orthopaedic Medical Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Research Interests: endoscopic spinal surgery; minimally invasive spinal surgery
Preface of the special issue on "Percutaneous endoscopic system for spinal diseases"
Improved percutaneous endoscopic translaminar approach for lumbar foraminal stenosis at L5/S1
Minimal laminectomy using the interlaminar approach for percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy
Ioannis T. Konstantinidis
Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA.
Research Interests: liver cancer; biliary cancer; gallbladder cancer; robotic surgery; pancreas cancer; HIPEC
Shanu Kothari
Department of Surgery, USC School of Medicine, Greenville, SC, USA.
Research Interests: gastric bypass; sleeve gastrectomy; surgical education; antireflux surgery
Azeem Latib
Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Research Interests: transcatheter aortic; mitral and tricuspid interventions
Kit-fai Lee
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Interests: robotic hepatectomy; robotic pancreatectomy; robot for mirizzi syndrome
Zhuan Liao
Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: endoscopy; capsule endoscopy; chronic pancreatitis
Sey Kiat Terence Lim
Department of Urology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Research Interests: endourological and minimally invasive urological surgeries; laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgeries of kidneys and prostates
Marcello Migliore
Department of General and Medical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Research Interests: innovation; minimally invasiveness in thoracic surgery; uniportal VATS; mesothelioma; lung metastases; TNM staging sytem; surgery for stage IV lung cancer
Mario Morino
Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Research Interests: minimal invasive treatment of colorectal cancer; bariatric surgery; functional upper GI surgery
Zenichi Morise
Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Research Interests: gastroenterology; laparoscopic hepatectomy; hepatobiliary surgery; liver surgery; pancreatic surgery; hepatocellular carcinoma; surgical anatomy
Chi-Fai Ng
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Interests: prostate cancer; BPH and voiding dysfunction in men; management of stone disease; urological complications secondary to substance abuse
Simon Ng
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Interests: minimally invasive and robotic surgery for colorectal diseases; advanced endoscopic therapy for colorectal diseases; multimodality treatment for colorectal cancer; colorectal cancer screening; molecular biomarkers for colorectal cancer; integrative medicine
Yasar Ozgok
Department of Urology, Yuksek Ihtisas University, Ankara, Turkey.
Research Interests: robotic surgery; bladder cancer; prostat cancer; cystoscopy; endoscopy; cystectomy; small bowel neobladder surgery
Fabrizio Panaro
Department of Surgery, Montpellier University Hospital-School of Medicine, Montpellier, France.
Research Interests: liver; pancreas; bile duct; liver/pancreas transplantation; MIS; robotic surgery
Chetan Parmar
Department of Surgery, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Research Interests: bariatric surgery; gastric bypass; gastrectomy; reflux
Marco. G Patti
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, NC, USA.
Research Interests: esophagus; gastroesophageal reflux; hiatal hernia; paraesophageal hernia; esophageal motility disorders; achalasia; esophageal cancer
Andy Petroianu
Department of Surgery, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Research Interests: spleen anatomy and functions; conservative surgeries on spleen; portal hypertension; acute appendicopathies; etiopathogeny; acute appendicitis; etiopathogeny; wound healing; digestive motility; peptic ulcer; oncologic surgeries; ethics in medicine
Stefano Pontone
Department of Surgical Sciences "R. Paolucci", "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Research Interests: digestive endoscopy; surgical oncology; colorectal cancer; colon cancer; colonoscopy
Francisco Schlottmann
Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
Research Interests: minimally invasive surgery; esophagus; GERD; achalasia; obesity; esophageal cancer
Alan D.L. Sihoe
Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Interests: video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); uniportal; lung cancer; enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
Pierpaolo Sileri
Department of Surgery, Università Vita Salute, Milan, Italy.
Research Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; gastrointestinal cancer; colorectal surgery
Piergiorgio Solli
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore Largo Nigrisoli, Bologna, Italy.
Research Interests: thoracic oncology; innovation in thoracic surgery; minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Lee Swanström
Institute for Image Guided Surgery, Strasbourg, France; Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, OR, USA.
Research Interests: surgical endoscopy; minimally invasive foregut surgery
Fukunaga Tetsu
Department of Gastroenterology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Research Interests: gastricand esophageal cancer; laparoscopic(robotic) gastrectomy; thoracosopic esophagectomy; laparoscopic endoscopic collaboration surgery; repair of ventral hernia
Paolo Ubiali
Department of General Surgery, S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy.
Research Interests: oncological digestive surgery; robotics
Yogesh Vashist
Department of Surgery, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Goslar, Germany.
Research Interests: surgical oncology; esophageal cancer; gastric cancer; HPB cancer; lung cancer; mediastinal tumors; peritoneal neoplasy; HIPEC
Go Wakabayashi
Center for Advanced Treatment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.
Research Interests: hepato-pancreatic biliary surgery; liver transplantation; laparoscopic surgery
Rasa Zarnegar
Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Research Interests: gastric cancer; GERD; achalasia; endoflip
Ruoyu Zhang
Department of Surgery, Klinikum Herford, University Hospital of Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Research Interests: general thoracic surgery; VATS lobectomy and segmentectomy; robotic assisted thoracic surgery; risk assessment; treatment of advanced lung cancer
Yong Zhang
Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.
Research Interests: application of magnetic surgery techniques in thoracic surgery; innovation in thoracic surgery; minimally invasive thoracic surgery; uniportal VATS lobectomy and segmentectomy; robotic assisted thoracic surgery
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