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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Martijn van Griensven

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Maastricht University, Netherlands

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Specialisms: Regenerative medicine, Translational research, Musculoskeletal system

Edwin Bölke

New Content ItemHeinrich Heine University, Germany

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Specialisms: Oncology, Breast cancer
 

SECTION EDITORS

Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi

Section: Infectious Diseases

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Specialisms: Viral disease, Viruses and human cancer, HPV, SARS-CoV-2/ COVID-19, Infectious diseases

Jia Cheng

Section: Oncology

New Content ItemZhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, China

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Specialisms: Cancer, No-coding RNA, Epigenetic, Psychiatry
 

Carlo Colosimo

Section: Neurology

New Content ItemA.O. Santa Maria, Italy

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Specialisms: Parkinson's disease, Dystonia, Tremor, Clinical Neuropharmacology

Felice Crocetto

Section: Oncology

New Content ItemUniversity of Naples “Federico II”, Italy

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Specialisms: Oncology, Nephrology, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Reproductive health, Surgery, Oncologic surgery, Urology

Andrea De Vito

Section: Infectious Diseases

New Content ItemUniversity of Sassari, Italy

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Specialisms: HIV, STIs, Antiviral treatment, COVID-19, Antimicrobial therapy, Infectious diseases

Robert Ekart

Section:  Internal Medicine

New Content ItemUniversity Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia

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@RobertEkart

Specialisms: Chronic kidney disease, Dialysis, Hypertension, Pulse wave velocity,  Lung ultrasound, Kidney biopsy
 

Chengming Fan

Section: Cardiology

New Content ItemSecond Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Failure
 

Jochen Hinkelbein

Section: Intensive Care

New Content ItemUniversity of Cologne, Germany

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Specialisms: Emergency medicine, Intensive care medicine, Anaesthesiology

Radovan Hojs

Section: Internal Medicine

New Content ItemUniversity of Maribor, Slovenia

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Specialisms: Nephrology, Dialysis, Cardiovascular morbidity, GFR
 

Bo Huang

Section: Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medicine College, China

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Specialisms: Reproductive health, Embryobiology, Developmental biology
 

Gaetano Isola

Section: Dentistry

New Content Item (1)University of Catania, Italy

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Specialisms: 
Periodontology, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, Dentistry

Shrirang Kulkarni

Section: Surgery

New Content ItemArmy Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi, India

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Specialisms: Surgical Gastroenterology, Minimal access surgery, General Surgery, Bariatric surgery
 

Tzu-Pin Lu

Section: Public Health

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

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Specialisms: Oncology, Cardiology, Rhythmic disorders, Medical genetics, Public health and prevention
 

Prasenjit Mitra

Section: Pathology

New Content ItemPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
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Specialisms: Clinical Chemistry, Laboratory Management, Molecular Psychiatry, Biomarkers, Toxicology

Roman Pfeifer

Section: Orthopaedics

New Content ItemUniversity Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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Specialisms: Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, trauma surgery

Elizabeth Rosado Balmayor

Section: Orthopaedics

New Content ItemRWTH Aachen University Hospital, 
Germany

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Specialisms: Gene therapy, mRNA, Bone healing, Biomaterials
 

Christiane Matuschek, University of Düsseldorf, Germany

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CARDIOLOGY

Piotr Adamski

New Content ItemNicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

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Specialisms: Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Arrhytmia ablations, Cardiac implantable devices, Acute coronary syndromes, Antiplatelet treatment, Randomized clinical trials, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics

Lamiaa Ahmed

New Content ItemCairo University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egypt

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Specialisms: Pharmacology, Cardiovascular, nervous system, Stem cells

Hamed Akbari

New Content ItemUniversity of Alberta, Canada

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Specialisms: Clinical Biochemistry, Diabetes, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases
 

Derya Aydin Sahin

New Content Item (1)Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Türkey

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Specialisms: Pediatric cardiology, Invasive cardiology, Congenital heart disease, Asd, Vsd, Pda

Vikash Jaiswal

New Content ItemLarkin Community Hospital, USA

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Specialisms: Cardiology, Cardio-oncology, Internal medicine
 

Xiaoping Li

New Content Item (1)Hospital of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, China

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Specialisms: Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmia, Genetics
 

Jahanzeb Malik

Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/National Institute of Heart Diseases, Pakistan

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Specialisms: Heart failure, Ischemic heart disease, Rhythmic disorders, Valvular disease, Vascular disease

Giribabu Nelli

Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

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Specialisms: 
Cardiomyopathy, Heart failure, Bacterial infections, Drug therapy, Toxicology, Endocrinology and diabetes, Metabolism and metabolic disorders, Obesity, Reproductive endocrinology, Reproductive health

Valentina Nikolic

New Content ItemUniversity of Niš Faculty of Medicine, Serbia

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Specialisms: Heart failure; Coronary artery disease; Clinical research; Translational research; Pharmacological treatment; Prediction model

Marco Schiavone

New Content Item (1)Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Italy

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Specialisms: Electrophysiology, Cardiac arrhythmias, Catheter ablation, Cardiac pacing, Cardiac devices, Atrial fibrillation, Ventricular tachycardia, Heart failure
 

Yusuf Ziya Şener

New Content ItemBeypazarı State Hospital, Turkey

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Specialisms: 
Cardiology, Intensive Care, Internal Medicine, HIV, Hemato-oncology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology
 

Hugo Soyza

New Content ItemUniversity of São Paulo, Brazil

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Specialisms: Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, Hypertension, Exercise physiology, Cardiopulmonary function test, Echocardiography, Heart rate variability analysis, Langendorff technique

Jin-Yu Sun

New Content Item (1)Nanjing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Cardiovascular 
disease, Hypertension, Heart failure, Cardio-oncology, Obesity, Oncology, Biomarkers, Machine learning, Prediction model

 

Junnan Tang

New Content Item (1)The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China

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Specialisms: Ischemic heart disease, Heart failure, Vascular disease, Artificial intelligence, Biomaterials, Nano medicine, Cardiac repair, Extracellular vesicles
 

Takeshi Tsuda

New Content ItemNemours Children's Health Delaware, USA


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Specialisms: Congenital heart disease, Pediatric cardiology, Cardiomyopathy, Muscular dystrophy, Exercise physiology, Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, Heart failure, Cardiovascular development, Sudden cardiac death, Cardio-oncology, Extracellular matrix, Signal transduction

Chuan Wang

New Content ItemBeijing Anzhen Hospital, China

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Specialisms: Cardiac disease, Cardiac surgery, Coronary artery bypass grafting, Randomized controlled trial, Meta-analysis, review, Regression, Survival analysis
 

Yucong Zhang

New Content Item (1)Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, China 

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Specialisms: Urology, Andrology, Geriatrics, Cardiology, Epidemiology

Youfeng Zhu

New Content ItemGuangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, China

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Specialisms: Sepsis, Critical care medicine, Heart failure, Mechanical ventilation, Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy
 

Fares Alahdab, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Hüseyin Ince, Vivantes Klinikum Department Mitt-Ost Berlin, Germany
Virginie Joris, Maastricht University, Netherlands

DENTISTRY

Carlos M Ardila

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia 

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Specialisms: Mouth disorders, Oral public health and prevention, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Dentistry, Periodontology
 

Romeo Patini

New Content ItemUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

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Specialisms: Oral microbiota, Oral diseases, Systematic reviews
 

Alessandro Polizzi

New Content ItemUniversity of Catania, Italy

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Specialisms: Orthodontics, Oral surgery, Periodontology and on the clinical and molecular aspects of Oral Diseases

Keunbada Son

New Content ItemKyungpook National University, Republic of Korea

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Specialisms: Dentistry, Digital Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Dental CAD/CAM Systems, Learning Effect

GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Gopal Krishna Dhali

New Content ItemInstitute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, India

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Specialisms: Chronic pancreatitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, Irritable bowel syndrome
 

Pan Zhao

New Content ItemChinese PLA General Hospital, China

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Specialisms: 
Hepatology, Viral Hepatitis, Liver Injury, Genetic Liver Diseases
 

Andreia Albuquerque, Fernando Pessoa Teaching Hospital, Portugal
Arkadeep Dhali, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Javeed Ahmad

New Content ItemNational Institutes of Health, USA

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Specialisms: Infectious diseases, Virology, Nanobodies and structural immunology
 

Amin Nakhostin-Ansari

New Content Item (1)Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran

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Specialisms:  Public health and prevention; Ischemic heart disease; epidemiology; Respiratory infections; SARS-CoV-2; Viral diseases; General Internal medicine; Sleep disorders; tumours.

Yanfei Chen

New Content Item (1)Yanfei Chen

Zhejiang University, China

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Specialisms: Infectious disease, Intestinal microbiota, Liver diseases, Liver failure, Viral Autoimmune hepatitis, Primary biliary cholangitis

Wujun Jiang

New Content ItemChildren's Hospital of Soochow University, China

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Specialisms: Pediatrics, Pediatric pulmonology, Pediatric infectious diseases

Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy

ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Chennai, India

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Specialisms: Public health and prevention; Clinical research;  Artificial intelligence; Machine learning; Metaanalysis; Prediction model

Yi-Ping Li

New Content ItemZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, China

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Specialisms: Antibiotics; Antiviral treatment; Viral diseases; Drug resistance; Viral hepatitis; Vector-borne disease

Carsten Münk

New Content ItemUniversity Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany

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Specialisms: Virology, Innate Immunity
 

Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

New Content Item (1)Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Specialisms: Global burden of disease, Non-communicable diseases, Epidemiology, Oncology, Infectious diseases, COVID-19, Risk factors, Public health, Systematic review, Meta-analysis
 

Morteza Saki

New Content Item (1)Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Specialisms: Microbiology, Molecular techniques, Phenotypic methods of microbial diagnosis, ELISA, Cell culture

Mudit Tyagi

Thomas Jefferson University, USA

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Specialisms: Dementia; Neurodegenerative disease; Neuroinfection; Vascular disease; Antiviral treatment; HIV/AIDS; Viral diseases; Basic research; Experimental research;  

Shi Zhao

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Specialisms: Zoonotic and emerging 
infections, Vaccines, P
ublic health and prevention
 

Changtai Zhu

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, China

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Specialisms: 
Haematology, Bacterial infections, Drug resistance, Public health and prevention

Ramanarayana Boyapati, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, India
Philipp A Lang, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Mar Masiá, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Spain

INTENSIVE CARE

Paolo Formenti

New Content ItemASST Nord Milano- Ospedale Bassini, Cinisello Balsamo-Milano, Italy

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Specialisms: 
Anaesthesiology, Emergency medicine and critical care, Pulmonary medicine, Pharmacological treatment, Meta-analysis, Statistics, Systematic reviews

Zhanqi Zhao

New Content ItemFurtwangen University, Germany

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Specialisms: Medical imaging, Clinical application of novel medical devices, Mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit, Ventilator-induced lung injury, Thorax applications of electrical impedance tomography, Pulmonary function test
 

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Aqeel Alenazi

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

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Specialisms: Osteoarthritis, Diabetes, Physical functions, Walking speed, Mobility, Falls, Musculoskeletal disorders, Geriatrics, Prevalence
 

Fateen Ata

Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

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Specialisms: Endocrinology and diabetes, Internal medicine, Pulmonary Embolism 

 

Changchun Cao

New Content ItemSir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Acute kidney injury

Hao Chen

New Content Item (1)Yokohama City University, Japan

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Specialisms: Oncology, Pulmonary diseases, Infection, Clinical research, Meta-analysis
 

Hassan Choudry

University Hospital of Leicester, UK

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Specialisms: Rhythmic disorders, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Public health and prevention
 

Lin Fan

New Content Item (3)Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, China

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Specialisms: Diagnosis or treatment study on tuberculosis, Clinical immunology study on tuberculosis, Drug resistant TB, Novel diagnostic study concerning biomarkers distinguishing active TB from non-TB diseases and latent TB infection, Novel Clinical trial on TB treatment.

Alessandro Granito

University of Bologna, Italy

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Specialisms: 
Immunology and allergy, Oncology, Tumours, Liver cancer, Rheumatology and musculoskeletal disorders
 

Stefano Guarino

AOU Università Degli Studi Della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

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Specialisms: Nephrology; Chronic kidney disease; Hypertension; Renal calculi

Mümtaz Güran

New Content Item (1)Eastern Mediterranean University, Türkiye

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Specialisms: 
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, Antibiotic resistance, Antimicrobials, General microbiology
 

Wandong Hong

First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Acute pancreatitis, Peptic ulcer, Therapeutic endoscopy, Liver cirrhosis, GI bleeding

Mohammad-Salar Hosseini

New Content ItemTabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Specialisms: Internal medicine, Evidence-based medicine, Oncology, Immuno-oncology, Gastroenterology, Public health
 

Lakshmi Kannan

New Content ItemPikeville Medical Hospital, USA

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Specialisms: 
Nephrology

Aleksandra Klisic

University of Montenegro, Montenegro

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Specialisms: 
Endocrinology and diabetes, Metabolism and metabolic disorders, Obesity, Hypertension, Geriatrics and aged care, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Inflammation, Biomarkers, Medical biochemistry, Public health and prevention

Arunkumar Krishnan

Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, USA

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Specialisms: 
Endocrinology and diabetes, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Obesity, Hepatobiliary diseases, Liver disease
 

Panita Limpawattana

Khon Kaen University, 
Thailand

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Specialisms: Geriatrics and aged care, Dementia

Pierluigi Marzuillo

New Content ItemUniversità degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

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Specialisms: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Urology
 

Ramakanth Pata

New Content Item (1)University of Cincinnati Medical Center, USA

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Specialisms: ARDS, Septic Shock

Vivek Podder

New Content Item (1)BIRDEM, Bangladesh

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Specialisms: 
Cardiology, Diabetes, Neurology, Public health and Prevention, Rheumatology and musculoskeletal disorders
 

Jay Prakash

New Content ItemRajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, India

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Specialisms: 
Emergency medicine and Critical care; Cardiology; infectious diseases; Anaesthesiology; Endocrinology and diabetes; Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; GI bleeding; Inflammatory bowel disease; Liver cirrhosis; Pancreatitis; Peptic ulcer; General internal medicine; Haematology; 

Kaseem Sharif

Sheba Medical Centre, Israel

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Specialisms: 
Gastroenterology and hepatology, Rheumatology and musculoskeletal disorders
 

Venkata Suresh Patthipati

New Content ItemAdventHealth Palm Coast, USA

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Specialisms: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary critical care, Biostatistics
 

Jeffrey Pradeep Raj

New Content Item (1)Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, India

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Specialisms: General internal medicine, Family medicine, Biostatistics, Clinical trials, Clinical research, Research methodology, Clinical pharmacology, Pharmacology
 

Paolo Usai-Satta

New Content Item (1)ARNAS G. Brotzu, Italy

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Specialisms: Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Gastro-oesophageal Reflux disease; Clinical research; Pharmacological treatment; diagnosis; Prospective studies; Retrospective studies;

Yu Xiao

New Content ItemThe Fourth People’s Hospital of Chengdu, China

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Specialisms: General practice, Psychiatry, Family medicine, Public mental health, Occupational health, Medical education, Health service research
 

Dongshan Zhang

New Content ItemThe second xiangya hospital of central south university, China

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Specialisms: Acute kidney injury, Renal fibrosis


Chuyan Wu, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China

NEUROLOGY

Yimin Chen

Foshan Sanshui District People’s Hospital, China

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Specialisms: 
Neurology, Endovascular Thrombectomy, Cerebrovascular Disease, Neuroimmunity, Psychology


Alberto Domínguez-Vicent

Karolinska Institute, Sweden

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Specialisms: Multiple sclerosis, Ophthalmology
 

Yi Chao Foong

New Content ItemMonash University, Australia

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Specialisms: Multiple sclerosis, Digital biomarkers, Healthy ageing, Smartphone apps

Chaeyoung Lee

New Content ItemSoongsil University, South Korea

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Specialisms: Vascular dementia, Genomics, eQTL, Omics, Mixed model

Luca Marsili

New Content Item (1)University of Cincinnati, USA

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Specialisms: Movement disorders, Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonism, Genetics, Neurophysiology, Dystonia, Neurodegeneration, Wearable sensors

Hamza Maqsood

Nishtar Medical University, Pakistan

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Specialisms: Neurology

Mohammad Mofatteh

New Content ItemQueen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

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Specialisms: Neurosurgery, Awake craniotomy, Tumor, Glioma, Glioblastoma, Oncology, Deep brain stimulation, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer, Parkinson, Cerebrovascular, Neurology, Stroke, Traumatic brain injury, Spine, Spinal cord injury, Depression, Anxiety, Patient outcome, Artificial intelligence, Augmented reality, Virtual reality

Gaurav Nepal

New Content ItemMinistry of Health and Population, Nepal

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Specialisms: 
Neurology, stroke, Vascular neurology, Global neurology, Neuroinfection 
 

Zongshi Qin

Peking University, China

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Specialisms: Clinical trial methodology, Neurology, Neurodegenerative disease, Chronic pain management

Vrutangkumar Shah

New Content ItemOregon Health & Science University, USA

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Specialisms: Digital Medicine, Gait and Balance Disorders, Wearable Sensors, Machine Learning, Movement Disorders

Anwen Shao

Zhejiang University, China

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Specialisms: Stroke, Neurointensive care, Neurosurgery

Carlo Di Bonaventura, University of Rome, Italy

OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

Shima Alizadeh

New Content ItemIran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Xiang Hong

Southeast University, China

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Specialisms: Obstetrics and gynaecology, Endocrinology and diabetes, General practice and family medicine, Infectious diseases, Public health and prevention


ONCOLOGY

Mahdi Abdoli Shadbad

New Content ItemImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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Specialisms: Cancer, Immunotherapy, System biology

Asis Bala

Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), India

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Specialisms: Breast Cancer; Chemo-resistance; Chemotherapy; Tumor Biology; Endocrinology; Immunology; Molecular Pharmacology; Immune Therapy

ZhenCong Chen

Fudan University, China

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Specialisms: Sarcoma, Chemotherapy, Tumours, Myeloma, Oncologic surgery

Quan Cheng

Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Bioinformatics, Medical genetics, Neurosurgery, Chemotherapy, Tumors
 

Peixin Dong

New Content Item (1)Hokkaido University, Japan

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Specialisms: Oncology, Epigenetics, Chemoresistance, Gene, Non-coding RNA, EMT, Cancer stem cells, CRISPR genome editing, Tumor microenvironment, Cancer bioinformatics, Resistance to targeted therapies, Biomarkers, Cell biology, Clinical trials, Internal medicine, Drug discovery and drug development
 

Dechao Feng

West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 
China

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Specialisms: Geriatrics and aged care, Immunology and allergy, Medical genetics, Tumours, Urology
 

Mihnea-Alexandru Găman

'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

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Specialisms: Hematology

Lei Huang

Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

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Specialisms: Cancer epidemiology, Precision oncology, Translational oncology, Clinical oncology, Surgery
 

Zhengwei Huang

Jinan University, China

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Specialisms: Drug development, Chemotherapy

Qi Jia

New Content ItemShanghai Changzheng Hospital, China

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Specialisms: Sarcoma, Chordoma, Giant cell tumor, Bone tumor, Metastatic bone tumor, Spine, Spine surgery, Orthopedic, neurosurgery
 

Feng Jiang

New Content ItemFudan University, China

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Specialisms: Bioinformatics, Machine learning, Cancer biology, Data mining

Nobuyuki Koyama

New Content Item (1)Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Japan

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Specialisms: Pulmonology, Oncology

Sanjay Kumar

New Content ItemSharda University, India

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Specialisms: Extracellular vesicles, Exosomes, Multiple Myeloma, Breast Cancer, Kidney disease, Evaluation of differentially expressed genes, Molecular Docking MD Simulation, MMGBSA, PCA Analysis

Jitian Li

New Content Item (1)Henan Luoyang Orthopedic Hospital, China

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Specialisms: Oncology, Orthopedics, Proteomics
 

Kai Li

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

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Specialisms: Oncology, Chemotherapy, Tumours, Immunology and allergy
 

Chao Liu

New Content Item (1)Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, China

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Specialisms: Cancer radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Single cell sequencing, Immunology, Biomarker

Hongda Liu

The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Gastroenterology and hepatology, Medical genetics, Tumours, Oncologic Surgery
 

Jinhui Liu

Nanjing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Obstetrics and gynaecology, Oncology, Medical genetics, Bioinformatics, Machine learning

Liang Liu

Baoding No.1 Central Hospital, China

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Specialisms: Urologic Neoplasms, Kidney Neoplasms, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Prostatic Neoplasms, Prognosis, New Application of Therapies, Meta-analysis,Diagnosis, Outcomes, Retrospective Studies, Oncologic Surgery, Precision Oncology, Urological Surgery

Giuseppe Lucarelli

New Content ItemUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

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Specialisms: Renal cell carcinoma, Prostate cancer, Urology, Cancer metabolism

Jie Mei

Nanjing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Oncoimmunology, Biomarker, Tumor microenvironment, Prognostic analysis

Chunlin Ou

Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Gastroenterology and hepatology, Chemotherapy, Tumours​
 

Lin Qi

New Content ItemSecond Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Clinical oncology, Bioinformatics, Osteosarcoma, Soft-tissue sarcoma

Shuai Ren

New Content ItemAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China

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Specialisms: 
Gastroenterology and hepatology, Tumours, Radiology, Machine learning, Exosomes
 

Raheleh Roudi

New Content Item (1)Stanford University, USA

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Specialisms: Oncology, Immunotherapy, Molecular imaging, Targeted therapy

Suraj Shrestha

Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Nepal

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Specialisms: Sarcoma, Chemotherapy, Haematology-oncology, Tumours, Myeloma

Balint Tamaskovics

New Content ItemHeinrich Heine University, Germany

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Specialisms: Radiation therapy in combination with chemo-/ immunotherapy, Head and neck tumor, Proton beam therapy, Re-irradion
 

Yutao Wang

New Content Item (1)Peking union medical university, China

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Specialisms: Urology, Oncology, Bioinformatics, Immune therapy, Molecular docking

Yingkun Xu

New Content ItemChongqing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Precision oncology; Breast cancer; Chemoresistance; Pathology; Basic research; Gene therapy; Pharmacological treatment; Machine learning; Prediction model;  Diagnosis; Prognosis

Zhijie Xu

Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Clinical pathology and anatomy, Immunology and allergy, Medical genetics, Pharmacology, Molecular biology
 

Yuanliang Yan

Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Oncology, Molecular genetics, Anti-cancer drugs, Non-coding RNA
 

Guan-Jun Yang

New Content Item (1)Ningbo University, China

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Specialisms: 
Breast cancer, Chemoresistance, Chemotherapy, Hematology-Oncology, Asthma, Inflammatory bowel disease, Liver injury, Inflammation, Cell death, Cell migration

Bo Zhang

New Content Item (1)West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

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Specialisms: Gastric cancer, Surgery, Clinical trials, Systematic reviews
 

Jian-Guo Zhou

New Content ItemThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, China

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Specialisms: EBM, Precision oncology, Radiation oncology, Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, Bioinformatics
 

Muhammad Tarek Abdel Ghafar, Tanta University, Egypt
Gulzar Bhat, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Rifat Hamoudi, University of Sharjah, UAE
Yutao Wang, Peking union medical university, China
Li Yan, Fudan University, China

ORTHOPAEDICS

Taco Blokhuis

Maastricht University Medical Center, Netherlands

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Specialisms: 
Orthopaedic Trauma, Spinal Surgery & Trauma, Fractures


Rodolfo de la Vega

New Content ItemMayo Clinic, USA

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Specialisms: Gene therapy, Gene transfer, Bone healing, MRNA, Allograft
 

Xing Du

First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Spinal Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma, Bone Tumor, Biomaterials

Filippo Migliorini

New Content ItemRWTH University Aachen, Germany

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@FiloMiglio


Specialisms: 
Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, Sport Medicine
 

Melissa Premaor

New Content Item (1)Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Specialisms: Meta-analysis, Bone metabolism, Obesity, Osteoporosis

Giacomo Rossettini

University of Verona, Italy

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Specialisms: 
Rheumatology and musculoskeletal disorders, Pain conditions, Physiotherapy and rehabilitation, Placebo, nocebo and contextual effects, Exercise and manual therapy

Ammara Saleem

New Content ItemDepartment of Pharmacology, Government college university, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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Specialisms: Immunology, Arthritis, Hepatoprotective, Nephroprotective, Toxicology, Metabolic disorders, Ethanopharmacology, Real time PCR, Gel electrophoresis, PCR,ELISA, Oxidative stress, Extraction, Histopathology

Tzung-Yi Tsai

New Content ItemDalin Tzuchi Hospital, Taiwan

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Specialisms: Epidemiology, Effectiveness of complementary medicine, Psychometric evaluation of scales

Christian Zeckey

New Content ItemRoMed Klinikum Rosenheim, Germany

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Specialisms: Trauma

PATHOLOGY

Chien-Feng Li

New Content ItemNational Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

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Specialisms: Cancer, Sarcoma, Molecular Pathology, Experimental therapeutics

Laila Nomani

New Content ItemMedical College of Wisconsin, USA

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Specialisms: 
clinical pathology and anatomy, thyroid, hematological malignancy

Public Health

Md Anwarul Azim Majumder

New Content ItemThe University of the West Indies, Barbados

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Specialisms: Medical Education, Public Health

SURGERY

Claudio Andaloro

New Content ItemAzienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale - ASUFC, Italy

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Specialisms: Head and neck disorders, Sleep disorders, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Otolaryngology, Allergy
 

Giulia Angelini

New Content ItemUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

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Specialisms: Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, NAFLD, NASH, Bariatric Surgery, Molecular Biology
 

Lovenish Bains

Maulana Azad Medical College, India

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Specialisms: Urology, Global Surgery, Gastro-intestinal Surgery, Breast, Hernia and Endocrine Surgery, Minimal Access Surgery
 

Somprakas Basu

New Content ItemAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

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Specialisms: Wound healing, General surgery, Abdominal surgery, Coloproctology, Hernia, Rectal prolapse, Colorectal cancer
 

René Fortelny

New Content ItemSigmund Freud Private University, Austria

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Specialisms: Hernia, Abdominal Wall Hernia, Incisional Hernia, Inguinal Hernia

Kenji Fujiwara

Kimura Hospital, Japan

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Specialisms: 
Abdominal wall repair, Colorectal surgery, General surgery, Sepsis, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Cancer, Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, Clinical pathology and anatomy, Proteomics

Ping Han

West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 
China

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Specialisms: Geriatrics and aged care, Immunology and allergy, Medical genetics, Tumours, Urology


Mateusz Jagielski

New Content ItemNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

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Specialisms: Gastroenterological Surgery, Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Pancreatology

Ming Li

Fudan University, China

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Specialisms: Minimally Invasive surgery; Oncologic surgery; Clinical research; Biological therapy; Gene therapy; New Application of therapies; Artificial intelligence; Statistics;  longterm outcomes; Midterm outcomes; Prognosis; Prospective studies; Retrospective studies

Alberto Meyer

New Content ItemUniversity of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil

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Specialisms: Pancreas, GI Surgery, Surgical Oncology, HPB, Surgery, Medical Education, Abdominal Wall Repair


Durga Neupane

B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal

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Specialisms: Neurosurgery, Clinical research

João Carlos Ribeiro

Coimbra University Hospital and Medical School, Portugal

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Specialisms: Otolaryngology, Facial plastics, Olfaction and smell, Rhinology, Medical education

Guo-Wei Tu

New Content ItemFudan University, China

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Specialisms: Intensive care medicine, Critical care, Hemodynamic monitoring, Heart failure, Sepsis, Shock, ARDS
 

Lixin Wang

New Content Item (1)Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China

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Specialisms: Vascular disease, Aorta disease
 

Guangzhen Wu

New Content ItemThe First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Renal cancer, Tumor, Lipid metabolism
 

Sidong Yang

The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Orthopaedic surgery, Spine surgery, Intervertebral disc degeneration

Zhongbao Zhou

Capital Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Urinary oncology,  Bioinformatics, BPH, Sexual dysfunction, LUTS, Meta-analysis, Bladder cancer, RCC

Imtiaz Wani, Government Gousia Hospital, India
Mathias Wilhelmi, St Bernward Hospital, Germany
Zhaoqiang Zhang, Southern Medical University, China

Radoslaw Chaber

New Content ItemUniversity of Rzeszow, Poland

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Specialisms: Pediatric oncology, Pediatric haematology, Pediatrics

Giuseppe Cicero

New Content ItemUniversity of Messina, Italy

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Specialisms: Computed Tomography, Dual-Energy CT-scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MR-Enterography
 

Shafiul Haque

New Content ItemJazan University, Saudi Arabia

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Specialisms: Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics
 

Felicity Han

New Content Item (1)University of Queensland Australia

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Specialisms: Pain; complement; C5a; drug delivery; PLGA; animal model; pain drug discovery

Joana Mourão

New Content ItemSão João Universitary Hospital Center and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal

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Specialisms: Anaesthesiology; Perioperative Medicine, Geriatry

Valery Piacherski

New Content ItemMogilev Regional Clinical Hospital, 
Belarus

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Specialisms: 
Anesthesiology, Intensive care, Regional anesthesia, Peripheral nerve blocks
 

Yasin Sahin

New Content ItemGaziantep Islam Science and Technology University, Turkey

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Specialisms: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition, Celiac Disease
 

Rahman Shiri

New Content ItemFinnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

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Specialisms: Back pain, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Epidemiology, Meta-analysis, Musculoskeletal disorders, Obesity, Public health
 

Tobias Weismüller

New Content ItemVivantes Humboldt Hospital, Germany

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Specialisms: Hepatobiliary diseases, Autoimmune liver disease, Interventional endoscopy, Liver transplantation
 

Zijing Zhou

New Content ItemSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Pulmonary fibrosis, Stiffness, Extracellular matrix, COPD

Orestes Foresto-Neto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Askin Gülsen, UKSH-University of Lübeck, Germany
Bharat Gurnani, Aravind Eye Hospital, India
Priyanka Madaan, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
Nadia Roumans, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Ting Wu, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

Johannes Bogner, University of Munich, Germany
Markus Buechler, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Ali Canbay, Essen University Hospital, Germany
Christian Erbel, University of Heidelberg, Germany
M Gross, University of Munich, Germany
Osamah Hamouda, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
W Hofmann, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Hans Jäger, University of Munich, Germany
Berthold Koletzko, University of Munich Medical Centre, Germany
Tiziana Meschi, University of Parma, Italy
Mark Oette, University of Cologne, Germany
Ali Oto, Memorial Healthcare Group, Turkey
Hans Reinhard-Brodt, University of Frankfurt, Germany
Morten Ruhwald, Copenhagen University Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark
Rudolf Tauber, University of Berlin, Germany
Andrea Ticinesi, University of Parma, Italy
Jan van Lunzen, University of Hamburg, Germany
Stefan Zeuzem, University of Frankfurt, Germany

HONORARY EDITORS

Dieter Häussinger, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Johannes Waltenberger, University of Münster, Germany

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