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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Martijn van Griensven, MD PhD, Maastricht University, Netherlands

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Specialisms: Regenerative medicine, Translational research, Musculoskeletal system

Edwin Bölke, MD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

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Specialisms: Oncology, Breast cancer
 

SECTION EDITORS

Elizabeth Rosado Balmayor, PhD, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany

Section: Orthopaedics

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Specialisms: Gene therapy, mRNA, Bone healing, Biomaterials
 

Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Section: Infectious Diseases

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

Jia Cheng, MD PhD, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, China

Section: Oncology

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

Carlo Colosimo, MD, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Italy

Section: Neurology

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

Felice Crocetto, PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Section: Oncology

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

Andrea De Vito, PhD, University of Sassari, Italy

Section: Infectious Diseases

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

Robert Ekart, MD PhD, University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia

Section:  Internal Medicine

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

Chengming Fan, MD, Central South University, China

Section: Cardiology

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

Jochen Hinkelbein, MD DESA EDIC FASMA, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Section: Intensive Care

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Specialisms: Emergency medicine, Intensive care medicine, Anaesthesiology

Radovan Hojs, MD, University Clinical Centre Maribor, Slovenia

Section: Internal Medicine

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Specialisms: Nephrology, Dialysis, Cardiovascular morbidity, GFR
 

Bo Huang, PhD, Tongji Hospital, China

Section: Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

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Specialisms: Reproductive health, Embryobiology, Developmental biology
 

Gaetano Isola, DDS, University of Catania, Italy

Section: Dentistry

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Specialisms: 
Periodontology, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, Dentistry

Shrirang Kulkarni, DNB DOrtho, Army Hospital Research and Referral, India

Section: Surgery

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

Tzu-Pin Lu, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Section: Public Health

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

Prasenjit Mitra, PhD, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, India

Section: Pathology

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Specialisms: Clinical Chemistry, Laboratory Management, Molecular Psychiatry, Biomarkers, Toxicology

Gaurav Nepal, MD, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Section: Neurology

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

Roman Pfeifer, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Section: Orthopaedics

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Specialisms: Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, trauma surgery

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CARDIOLOGY

Piotr Adamskii, MD PhD, Nicolaus 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

Pankaj Ahluwalia, MSc, PhD, Augusta University, USA

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Specialisms: Oncology, Genomics, Molecular profiling, Diagnosis, Tumor profiling, Whole genome sequencing, RNA sequencing, Non-coding RNA, Gene signature, Cancer, prognostic, Predictive, Biomarker, Gene expression, Transcriptomics, RNA, solid tumors, Colorectal cancer, Immunotherapy, Artificial intelligence.

Lamiaa Ahmed, PhD, Cairo University, Egypt

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Specialisms: Pharmacology, Cardiovascular, nervous system, Stem cells

Hamed Akbari, MSc, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Specialisms: Clinical Biochemistry, Diabetes, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases
 

Derya Aydin Sahin, MD, Gaziantep University, Turkey

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

Gani Bajraktari, MD PhD FESC FACC, Umea University, Sweden

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Specialisms: Cardiology, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure

Emanuele Bobbio, MD, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

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Specialisms: Heart failure, Cardiomyopathies, Myocarditis, Endomyocardial biopsy, Heart transplantation, Echocardiography, Cardiorenal syndrome

Jien Jiun Chen, MD, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

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Specialisms: Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Sudden death, Catheter ablation

Hugo de Souza, PhD, Universidade de 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

Maciej DyrbuÅ›, MD PhD, Medical University of Silesia, Poland

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Specialisms: Heart failure, Atrial fibrillation, Catheter ablation, Pacemaker, Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, Cardiac resynchronization therapy, Bradycardia, Ventricular tachycardia

Vikash Jaiswal, MD, Larkin Community Hospital, USA

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Specialisms: Cardiology, Cardio-oncology, Internal medicine
 

Michal Laufer-Perl, MD MHA, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel

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Specialisms: Heart failure, Cardio-oncology, Echocardiography

Xiaoping Li, PhD, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

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Specialisms: Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmia, Genetics
 

Giribabu Nelli, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia

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

Valentina Nikolic, MD PhD, University of Nis, Serbia

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

Zach Rozenbaum, MD, Tulane University, USA

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Specialisms: Interventional Cardiology, Structural Heart disease, Pulmonary Embolism

Marco Schiavone, MD, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Italy

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

Yusuf Ziya Åžener, MD, Hacettepe University, Turkey

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

Jin-Yu Sun, MD, Nanjing Medical University, China

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

 

Takeshi Tsuda, MD, Nemours Children's Health System, 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, MD PhD, Beijing 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, PhD, Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, China

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Specialisms: Urology, Andrology, Geriatrics, Cardiology, Epidemiology

Lei Zhao, MD, Capital Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Cardiology, Heart failure, Myocardial infarction, ACS, Epicardial adipose tissue, Metabolic syndrome

Xiang Zhou, PhD, Soochow University, China

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Specialisms: Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular disease, Metabolic disease

Youfeng Zhu, MD PhD, Jinan University, China

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

DENTISTRY

Artak Heboyan, Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Armenia

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Specialisms: Dentistry, Dental biomaterials, Prosthodontics, Oral rehabilitation, Dental implantology, Clinical dentistry, Esthetic dentistry, Restorative dentistry, Prosthetics, Dentures, Periodontics, Dental restorations

Wenwen Liu, DDS PhD MS, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, USA

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Specialisms: Dentistry, Periodontology, Biomaterial, Tissue engineering, Stem cell, Bone regeneration, Microenvironment, Osteoimmunology

Romeo Patinii, DDS PhD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

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Specialisms: Oral microbiota, Oral diseases, Systematic reviews
 

Alessandro Polizzi, DDS, University of Catania, Italy

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

Vaibhav Sahni, BDS MDS, Research & Evidence (RF&E), India

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Specialisms: Maxillofacial injuries, Point of care diagnostics, Oral-systemic interactions, Host-microbial interactions, The resolution of inflammation, Dentoalveolar surgery, Implants

Keunbada Son, PhD, Kyungpook National University, South Korea

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

Hamid Tebyaniyan, PhD, Islamic Azad University, Iran

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Specialisms: Craniofacial and dental tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; Herbal drugs; Biomaterials and synthetic materials; Stem cell research; Cell therapy; Oral health; Oral microbiology

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Javeed Ahmad, PhD, National Institutes of Health, USA

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Specialisms: Infectious diseases, Virology, Nanobodies and structural immunology
 

Yanfei Chen, PhD, Zhejiang University, China

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

Mümtaz Güran, PhD, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey

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

Shafiul Haque, PhD, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

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

Yi-Ping Li, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China

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

Carsten Münk, PhD, University of Düsseldorf, Germany

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Specialisms: Virology, Innate Immunity
 

Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, MD, 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
 

Shi Zhao, PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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

Changtai Zhu, PhD, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, China

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

INTENSIVE CARE

Ahmed Hosny Hassan, MD PharmD, Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt

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Specialisms: Infectious diseases, Clinical nutrition, Pharmacotherapy, Clinical pharmacology, Therapeutics, Clinical pharmacy, Pharmacy practice, Clinical trials, Clinical research

Paolo Formenti, MD, Ospedale Bassini, Italy

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

Ramakanth Pata, MD, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, USA

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Specialisms: ARDS, Septic Shock

Valery Piacherski, PhD, Mogilev Regional Clinical Hospital, Belarus

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

Jay Prakash, MD PhD MBBS DNB FCCS, Rajendra 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; 

Guo-Wei Tu, MD, Fudan University, China

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

Zhanqi Zhao, MD PhD, Furtwangen 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

Giulia Angelini, MD PhD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

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

Fateen Ata, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

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Specialisms: Endocrinology and diabetes, Internal medicine, Pulmonary Embolism 

 

Changchun Cao, MD PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Acute kidney injury

Hao Chen, MD, Yokohama City University, Japan

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

Hassan Choudry, MBBS, University of Leicester, UK

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

Gopal Krishna Dhali, MBBS MPH, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom

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

Lin Fan, MD, Tongji University, 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.

Hirotaka Fukasawa, MD, Iwata City Hospital, Japan

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Specialisms: Nephrology and Hemodialysis

Alessandro Granito, PhD, University of Bologna, Italy

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

Stefano Guarino, MD PhD, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy

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

Timotius Ivan Hariyanto, MD, Pelita Harapan University, Indonesia

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Specialisms: Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolic disorders, Obesity, Thyroid, Viral infection, Antiviral treatment, Tropical disease, Hypertension, Systematic review, Meta-analysis, Clinical studies

Wandong Hong, PhD, 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,MD MPH, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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

Aleksandra Klisic, MD PhD, University of Montenegro, Montenegro

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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, MD, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, USA

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

Wei Leii, MD PhD, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China

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Specialisms: Asthma

Panita Limpawattana, MD, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

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Specialisms: Geriatrics and aged care, Dementia

Ahmet Murt, MD, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Turkey

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Specialisms: Nephrology, Kidney transplantation, Glomerulonephritis, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis, Immunology

Venkata Suresh Patthipati, MD, Sound Physicians, USA

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

Vivek Podder, MBBS, Baptist Health South Florida, Bangladesh

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

Hui-Qi Qu, MD PhD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

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Specialisms: Human genetics, Diabetes, Precision medicine, Infectious diseases

Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, MD MBBS, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, India

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

Kassem Sharif, MD, Sheba Medical Center, Israel

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Gastroenterology and hepatology, Rheumatology and musculoskeletal disorders
 

Paolo Usai-Satta, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu, Italy

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

Deguang Wang, MD, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Nephrology, Acute kidney injury, Chronic kidney disease, Epidemiology, Fibrosis, Inflammation, Machine learning, Mendelian randomization

Tobias Weismüller, MD, Vivantes Klinikum, Germany

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

Dongshan Zhang, MD, Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Acute kidney injury, Renal fibrosis

Pan Zhao, MD PhD, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China

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Hepatology, Viral Hepatitis, Liver Injury, Genetic Liver Diseases
 

Zijing Zhou, MD PhD, Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Pulmonary fibrosis, Stiffness, Extracellular matrix, COPD

NEUROLOGY

Ehsan Alimohammadi, MD, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Specialisms: Neurosurgery, Neurooncology, Spine, Traumatic brain injury, Skull base surgery

Yimin Chen, MD, Foshan Second People's Hospital, China

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Neurology, Endovascular Thrombectomy, Cerebrovascular Disease, Neuroimmunity, Psychology


Yi Chao Foong, MBBS, Monash University, Australia

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

Petr Kanovsky, MD PhD, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Specialisms: Neuroinflamation and neurodegeneration, Biomarkers of neurodegeneration, Central mechanism of dystonia, Botulinum toxin treatment

Chaeyoung Lee, PhD, Soongsil University, South Korea

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

Hamza Maqsood, MD, Nishtar Medical College and Hospital, Pakistan

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Specialisms: Neurology

Luca Marsili, MD PhD, University of Cincinnati, USA

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

Mohammad Mofatteh, PhD MPH, Queen'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

Vrutangkumar Shah, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University, USA

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

Anwen Shao, MD PhD, Zhejiang University, China

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Specialisms: Stroke, Neurointensive care, Neurosurgery

Mudit Tyagi, PhD, 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;  

Yuzhen Xuu, MD PhD, Shandong First Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Neurology, Neuroscience, Stroke, Rehabilitation, Dementia, Cognitive, Diabetes, Complementary and alternative medicine, Translational medicine

OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

Shima Alizadeh, MD, Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran

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Xiang Hong, PhD, 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, PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Specialisms: Cancer, Immunotherapy, System biology

Asis Bala, PhD, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, India

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

Honglei Chen, MD PhD, Wuhan University, China

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Specialisms: Lung Cancer, Immunotherapy, Chemo-resistance,  Tumor Biology, Immunology, Energy metabolism

ZhenCong Chen, MD, Fudan University, China

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

Quan Cheng, MD, Central South University, China

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

Peixin Dong, MD PhD, 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, PhD, 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, MD, Institutul Clinic Fundeni, Romania

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Ping Han, MD, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China

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


Lei Huang, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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

Zhengwei Huang, PhD,  Jinan University, China

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Specialisms: Drug development, Chemotherapy

Qi Jia, MD, Shanghai 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, MD, Fudan University, China

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

Ahmed Kabel, PhD, Tanta University, Egypt

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Specialisms: Oncology, Chemotherapy, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Inflammation

Xuefeng Kan, PhD, Tongji Hospital, China

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Nobuyuki Koyama, MD PhD, Saitama Medical University, Japan

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Specialisms: Pulmonology, Oncology

Sanjay Kumar, PhD, Sharda 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

Dongjun Lee, PhD, Pusan National University, South Korea

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Specialisms: Hematology-oncology, Stem cell, Vascular disease, Haematology, Hematological malignancy, Immunity, Inflammation, Cell death, Cell differentiation, Disease models

Jitian Li, PhD, Luoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital of Henan Province, China

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Specialisms: Oncology, Orthopedics, Proteomics
 

Kai Li, PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

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Specialisms: Oncology, Chemotherapy, Tumours, Immunology and allergy
 

Chao Liu, MD PhD, Shandong Tumor Hospital, China

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

Hongda Liu, MD PhD, Jiangsu Province Hospital, China

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

Jinhui Liu, MD PhD, Jiangsu Province Hospital, China

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

Liang Liu, MD, 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, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

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

Chunlin Ou, PhD, Central South University, China

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Specialisms: Gastroenterology and hepatology, Chemotherapy, Tumours​
 

Lin Qi, MD PhD, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China

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

Shuai Ren, MD PhD, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China

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

Raheleh Roudi, PhD, Stanford University, USA

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Specialisms: Oncology, Immunotherapy, Molecular imaging, Targeted therapy

Javad Sharifi Rad, PhD, University of Azuay, Ecuador

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Specialisms: Biomedical Sciences, Cancer drug discovery, Public health

Suraj Shrestha, MBBS, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

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

Balint Tamaskovics, MD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

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

Yutao Wang, PhD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China

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

Guangzhen Wu, MD, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Renal cancer, Tumor, Lipid metabolism
 

Yingkun Xu, MD, Shandong 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, MD PhD, Central South University, China

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

Yuanliang Yan, PhD, Central South University, China

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

Guan-Jun Yang, PhD, 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

Paola Zagami, MD, University of Milan, Italy

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Specialisms: Cancer, Immunology

Bo Zhang, MD, Sichuan University, China

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

Hao Zhang

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Specialisms: Tumor microenvironment, Cancer immunotherapy, Small molecule drug, Molecular mechanism, Bioinformatics, Target therapy, Signal transduction

Jian-Guo Zhou, PhD, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, China

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

Zhongbao Zhou, MD PhD, Beijing Hospital, China

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

ORTHOPAEDICS

Taco Blokhuis, MD PhD, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands

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Specialisms: 
Orthopaedic Trauma, Spinal Surgery & Trauma, Fractures


Guoqi Cai, PhD, Anhui Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Osteoarthritis, Low back pain, Clinical trials, Falls, Fractures

Rodolfo de la Vega, MD, Mayo Clinic, USA

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

Xing Du, MD, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China

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

Filippo Migliorini,MD PhD, MBA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

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Specialisms: 
Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, Sport Medicine
 

Melissa Premaor, MD PhD, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

Giacomo Rossettini, PhD, University of Verona, Italy

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

Ammara Saleem, PhD, 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

Ling-Feng Zeng, PhD, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China

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Specialisms: Ethnopharmacology, Natural products and herbal medicines, Phytochemicals, Metabolomics, Pharmacological research, Osteoporosis, Bone and cartilage diseases, Orthopedics, Complementary medicine, Evidence-based medicine

Weiyang Zhong, MD, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Spine, Spine surgery

PATHOLOGY

Chien-Feng Li, PhD, Chi Mei Medical Center, Taiwan

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Specialisms: Cancer, Sarcoma, Molecular Pathology, Experimental therapeutics

Laila Nomani, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

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clinical pathology and anatomy, thyroid, hematological malignancy

Somanath Padhi, MD MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

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Specialisms: Hematopathology, Leukemia, Myelodysplastic syndrome, HLH, leukemia cytogenetics, Bone marrow

Paola Parente, PhD, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Italy

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Specialisms: MMR, MSI, Colorectal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Cytology, Histopathology

Nicolas Piton, MD PhD, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, France

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Specialisms: Translational medicine, Lung cancer, Biomarkers, Immunohistochemistry, Genotyping

Asem Shalaby, MD PhD, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

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Specialisms: Histopathology, Oncology, GI, Soft tissue tumors, Molecular pathology

Public Health

Aqeel Alenazi, PhD, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

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

Gianpiero Greco, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

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Specialisms: Sports Medicine, Exercise prescription, Non-communicable diseases, Public Health, Body composition, Extracellular vesicles, Gut–brain axis, Neurodegeneration, Special populations.

Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, MD, ESI - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Research, India

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

Anwarul Azim Majumder, MBBS PhD FHEA, University of the West Indies, Barbados

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Specialisms: Medical Education, Public Health

Amin Nakhostin-Ansari, MD MPH, 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.

Zongshi Qin, PhD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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

Morteza Saki, PhD, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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

Rahman Shiri, MD PhD MPH, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

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

Yu Xiao, MD, The 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
 

SURGERY

Lovenish Bains, MD FNB FRCS FACS FICS, 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, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh, India

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

René Fortelny, MD FEBS, Wilhelminen Hospital, Austria

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

Kenji Fujiwara, MD PhD, 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

Borja Herrero de la Parte, PhD, University of The Basque Country, Spain

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Specialisms: Oncology, Ischemia-reperfusion injury, Antioxidant-based therapy, Liver regeneration, Liver metastases, Colorectal cancer, Magnetic nanoparticles, Hyperthermia, Experimental surgery, Animal models in vitro

Mateusz Jagielski, MD PhD, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

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

Kwangsoon Kim, MD, Catholic University of Korea, South Korea

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Specialisms: Thyroid, Adrenal gland, Surgery, Robot, Oncology

Ming Li, MD, 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, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

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


Durga Neupane, MBBS, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal

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Specialisms: Neurosurgery, Clinical research

João Carlos Ribeiro, MD PhD, University of Coimbra, Portugal

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

Lixin Wang, MD PhD, Fudan University, China

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Specialisms: Vascular disease, Aorta disease
 

Sidong Yang, MD, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China

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Specialisms: Orthopaedic surgery, Spine surgery, Intervertebral disc degeneration

Christian Zeckey, MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

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Specialisms: Trauma

Other

Claudio Andaloro, MD PhD, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Italy

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

Radoslaw Chaber, MD PhD, Rzeszów University, Poland

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Specialisms: Pediatric oncology, Pediatric haematology, Pediatrics

Giuseppe Cicero, MD PhD, University of Messina, Italy

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

Alberto Domínguez-Vicent, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

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Specialisms: Multiple sclerosis, Ophthalmology
 

Henrik Gudbergsen, MD PhD MPA, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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Specialisms: General practice, eHealth, Imaging, Musculoskeletal, Diabetes, Obesity, Osteoarthritis

Felicity Han, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia

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

Wujun Jiang, MD, Soochow University, China

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Specialisms: Pediatrics, Pediatric pulmonology, Pediatric infectious diseases

Pierluigi Marzuillo, MD PhD, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" Italy

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Specialisms: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Urology
 

Joana Mourão, MD PhD, Hospital de São João, Portugal

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Specialisms: Anaesthesiology; Perioperative Medicine, Geriatry

Devarajan Rathish, MBBS, SCHP, DFM, MPH, MPhil

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Specialisms: Family Medicine, Public Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, Pharmacology, Toxicology

Yasin Sahin, MD, Gaziantep Ä°slam Bilim ve Teknoloji Ãœniversitesi, Turkey

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Specialisms: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition, Celiac Disease
 

Varun Sharma, PhD, NMC Genetics India Pvt Ltd, India

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Specialisms: Type 2 diabetes, Genome wide association studies, Epidemiology, Next generation sequencing, Coronary artery disease, Genetics, Medical genetics, Phylogenetics

Ruijie Xie, PhD, German Cancer Research Center, Germany

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Specialisms: NHANES, Epidemiology, Public Health, Endocrinology, CVD, Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Bone mineral density, Cross-sectional study, Prospective study, Mortality

Editor-in-Chief
Martijn van Griensven, MD PhD, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Edwin Bölke, MD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Section Editors
Elizabeth Balmayor, PhD, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany
Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jia Cheng, MD PhD, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, China
Carlo Colosimo, MD, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Italy
Felice Crocetto, PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Andrea De Vito, PhD, University of Sassari, Italy
Robert Ekart, MD PhD, University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia
Chengming Fan, MD, Central South University, China
Jochen Hinkelbein, MD DESA EDIC FASMA, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Radovan Hojs, MD, University Clinical Centre Maribor, Slovenia
Bo Huang, PhD, Tongji Hospital, China
Gaetano Isola, DDS, University of Catania, Italy
Shrirang Kulkarni, DNB DOrtho, Army Hospital Research and Referral, India
Tzu-Pin Lu, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Christiane Matuschek, MD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Prasenjit Mitra, PhD, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, India
Gaurav Nepal, MD, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Roman Pfeifer, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Associate Editors
Claudio Andaloro, MD PhD, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Italy
Radoslaw Chaber, MD PhD, Rzeszów University, Poland
Giuseppe Cicero, MD PhD, University of Messina, Italy
Alberto Domínguez-Vicent, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Orestes Foresto-Neto, PhD, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Henrik Gudbergsen, MD PhD MPA, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Felicity Han, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Wujun Jiang, MD, Soochow University, China
Priyanka Madaan, PhD, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, India
Pierluigi Marzuillo, MD PhD, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" Italy
Joana Mourão, MD PhD, Hospital de São João, Portugal
Devarajan Rathish, MBBS SCHP DFM MPH, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Yasin Sahin, MD, Gaziantep Ä°slam Bilim ve Teknoloji Ãœniversitesi, Turkey
Varun Sharma, PhD, NMC Genetics India Pvt Ltd, India
Ruijie Xie, PhD, German Cancer Research Center, Germany
Cardiology
Piotr Adamski, MD PhD, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Lamiaa Ahmed, PhD, Cairo University, Egypt
Hamed Akbari, MSc, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Fares Alahdab, MD, Houston Methodist, USA
Derya Aydin Sahin, MD, Gaziantep University, Turkey
Gani Bajraktari, PhD, University of Prishtina, Kosovo
Amir Hossein Behnoush, MD MPH, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Emanuele Bobbio, MD, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Alessandro Cannavo, PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Jien Jiun Chen, MD, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Hugo de Souza, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Maciej DyrbuÅ›, MD PhD, University of Silesia, Poland
Hüseyin Ince, MD, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Germany
Vikash Jaiswal, MD, Larkin Community Hospital, USA
Virginie Joris, PhD, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Michal Laufer-Perl, MD MHA, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
Xiaoping Li, PhD, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
Giribabu Nelli, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Valentina Nikolic, MD PhD, University of Nis, Serbia
Zach Rozenbaum, MD, Tulane University, USA
Marco Schiavone, MD, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Italy
Yusuf Ziya Åžener, MD, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Jin-Yu Sun, MD, Nanjing Medical University, China
Takeshi Tsuda, MD, Nemours Children's Health System, USA
Chuan Wang, MD PhD, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China
Yucong Zhang, PhD, Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, China
Lei Zhao, MD, Capital Medical University, China
Xiang Zhou, PhD, Soochow University, China
Youfeng Zhu, MD PhD, Jinan University, China
Dentistry
Artak Heboyan, PhD, Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia
Wenwen Liu, PhD, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, USA
Antonino Lo Giudice, DDS PhD, University of Catania, Italy
Romeo Patini, DDS PhD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Alessandro Polizzi, DDS, University of Catania, Italy
Vaibhav Sahni, BDS MDS MFDS RCPSGlas MFDS RCSEdPrivate Practice, India
Simona Santonocito, DDS, University of Catania, Italy
Keunbada Son, PhD, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Hamid Taebyaniyan, PhD, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Zhaoqiang Zhang, DDS, Southern Medical University, China
Infectious Diseases
Javeed Ahmad, PhD, National Institutes of Health, USA
Ramanarayana Boyapati, BDS MDS, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, India
Yanfei Chen, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Soheil Ebrahimpour, PhD, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Kiatichai Faksri, PhD, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Mümtaz Güran, PhD, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey
Bharat Gurnani, MBBS DNB FCRS FICO FAICO MRCS MNAMS, Aravind Eye Hospital, India
Shafiul Haque, PhD, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Philipp A Lang, PhD, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Yi-Ping Li, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Carsten Muenk, PhD, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, MD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Zhimin Tao, PhD, Jiangsu University, China
Shi Zhao, PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Changtai Zhu, PhD, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, China
Intensive Care
Paolo Formenti, MD, Ospedale Bassini, Italy
Huaiwu He, PhD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Ahmed Hosny Hassan, PhD, Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt
Ramakanth Pata, MD, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, USA
Valery Piacherski, PhD, Mogilev Regional Clinical Hospital, Belarus
Jay Prakash, MD PhD MBBS DNB FCCS, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Daniele Privitera, MD, IRCCS MultiMedica, Italy
Guo-Wei Tu, MD, Fudan University, China
Zhanqi Zhao, MD PhD, Furtwangen University, Germany
Internal Medicine
Andreia Albuquerque, MD PhD, Fernando Pessoa University, Portugal
Giulia Angelini, MD PhD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Fateen Ata, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Changchun Cao, MD PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China
Hao Chen, MD, Yokohama City University, Japan
Hassan Choudry, MBBS, University of Leicester, UK
Arkadeep Dhali, MBBS MPH, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Lin Fan, MD, Tongji University, China
Hirotaka Fukasawa, MD, Iwata City Hospital, Japan
Alessandro Granito, PhD, University of Bologna, Italy
Stefano Guarino, MD PhD, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Askin Gülsen, MD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Timotius Ivan Hariyanto, MD, Pelita Harapan University, Indonesia
Wandong Hong, PhD, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China
Mohammad-Salar Hosseini, MD MPH, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Lakshmi Kannan, MD, Pikeville Medical Hospital, USA
Aleksandra Klisic, MD PhD, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Arunkumar Krishnan, MD, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, USA
Wei Lei, MD PhD, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China
Heng Lin, PhD, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Panita Limpawattana, MD, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Ahmet Murt, MD, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Turkey
Venkata Suresh Patthipati, MD, Sound Physicians, USA
Vivek Podder, MBBS, Baptist Health South Florida, Bangladesh
Hui-Qi Qu, MD PhD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, MD MBBS, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, India
Kassem Sharif, MD, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Natalia Stepanova, MD PhD, Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Paolo Usai-Satta, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu, Italy
Deguang Wang, MD, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, China
Tobias J Weismüller, MD, Vivantes Klinikum, Germany
Chuyan Wu, MD PhD, Jiangsu Province Hospital, China
Dongshan Zhang, MD, Central South University, China
Pan Zhao, MD PhD, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Zi-jing Zhou, MD PhD, Central South University, China
Neurology
Ehsan Alimohammadi, MD, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Carlo Alberto Artusi, MD, University of Turin, Italy
Yimin Chen, MD, Foshan Second People's Hospital, China
Carlo Di Bonaventura, MD PhD, University of Rome, Italy
Yi Chao Foong, MBBS, Monash University, Australia
Xingzhi Guo, PhD, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, China
Petr Kanovsky, MD PhD, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Chaeyoung Lee, PhD, Soongsil University, South Korea
Hamza Maqsood, MD, Nishtar Medical College and Hospital, Pakistan
Luca Marsili, MD PhD, University of Cincinnati, USA
Mainak Bardhan, MD, Baptist Health South Florida, USA
Mohammad Mofatteh, PhD MPH, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
Lanfranco Pellesi, MD, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Vrutangkumar Shah, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Anwen Shao, MD PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Mudit Tyagi, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Yuzhen Xu, MD PhD, Shandong First Medical University, China
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Shima Alizadeh, MD, Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran
Silvia D'Ippolito, MD PhD, Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic, Italy
Xiang Hong, PhD, Southeast University, China
Yousef Moradi, PhD, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Oncology
Mahdi Abdoli Shadbad, PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Pankaj Ahluwalia, PhD, Augusta University, USA
Asis Bala, PhD, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, India
Gulzar Bhat, PhD, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Honglei Chen, MD, PhD, Wuhan University, China
ZhenCong Chen, MD, Fudan University, China
Quan Cheng, MD, Central South University, China
Peixin Dong, MD PhD, Hokkaido University, Japan
De-Chao Feng, PhD, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, MD, Institutul Clinic Fundeni, Romania
Rifat Hamoudi, PhD MEng FIBMS, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Ping Han, MD, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Lei Huang, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Zhengwei Huang, PhD,  Jinan University, China
Qi Jia, MD, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, China
Feng Jiang, MD, Fudan University, China
Ahmed Kabel, PhD, Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
Xuefeng Kan, PhD, Tongji Hospital, China
Nobuyuki Koyama, MD PhD, Saitama Medical University, Japan
Sanjay Kumar, PhD, Sharda University, India
Dongjun Lee, PhD, Pusan National University, South Korea
Jitian Li, PhD, Luoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital of Henan Province, China
Kai Li, PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Chao Liu, MD PhD, Shandong Tumor Hospital, China
Hongda Liu, MD PhD, Jiangsu Province Hospital, China
Jinhui Liu, MD PhD, Jiangsu Province Hospital, China
Liang Liu, MD, Baoding No.1 Central Hospital, China
Wangrui Liu, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Giuseppe Lucarelli, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Chunlin Ou, PhD, Central South University, China
Lin Qi, MD PhD, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Shuai Ren, MD PhD, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China
Raheleh Roudi, PhD, Stanford University, USA
Javad Sharifi-Rad, PhD, University of Azuay, Ecuador
Suraj Shrestha, MBBS, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Subhashisa Swain, PT PhD MPH, University of Oxford, UK
Balint Tamaskovics, MD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Guangzhen Wu, MD, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, China
Yutao Wang, PhD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China
Yingkun Xu, MD, Shandong University, China
Zhijie Xu, MD PhD, Central South University, China
Li Yan, PhD, Fudan University, China
Yuanliang Yan, PhD, Central South University, China
Guan-Jun Yang, PhD, Ningbo University, China
Paola Zagami, MD, University of Milan, Italy
Hao Zhang, PhD, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Bo Zhang, MD, Sichuan University, China
Jian-Guo Zhou, PhD, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, China
Zhongbao Zhou, MD PhD, Beijing Hospital, China
Orthopaedics
Taco Blokhuis, MD PhD, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Guoqi Cai, PhD, Anhui Medical University, China
Rodolfo de la Vega, MD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Xing Du, MD, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Kanon Jatuworapruk, MD PhD, Thammasat University, Thailand
Filippo Migliorini, MD PhD, MBA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Melissa Premaor, MD PhD, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Giacomo Rossettini, PhD, University of Verona, Italy
Ammara Saleem, PhD, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Ling-Feng Zeng, PhD, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China
Weiyang Zhong, MD, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Pathology
Chien-Feng Li, PhD, Chi Mei Medical Center, Taiwan
Laila Nomani, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Somanath Padhi, MD MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Paola Parente, PhD, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Italy
Nicolas Piton, MD PhD, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, France
Asem Shalaby, MD PhD, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Brijesh Kumar Singh, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Public Health
Aqeel Alenazi, PhD, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Amrita Chattopadhyay, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Gianpiero Greco, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, MD, ESI - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Research, India
Chia-Te Liao, MD, National Sun Yat-sen University, China
Anwarul Azim Majumder, MBBS PhD FHEA, University of the West Indies, Barbados
Amin Nakhostin-Ansari, MD MPH, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Zongshi Qin, PhD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Morteza Saki, PhD, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Rahman Shiri, MD PhD MPH, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Yu Xiao, MD, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Chengdu, China
Surgery
Lovenish Bains, MD FNB FRCS FACS FICS, Maulana Azad Medical College, India
Somprakas Basu, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh, India
René Fortelny, MD FEBS, Wilhelminen Hospital, Austria
Kenji Fujiwara, MD PhD, Kimura Hospital, Japan
Borja Herrero de la Parte, PhD, University of The Basque Country, Spain
Wenbin Hua, MD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Mateusz Jagielski, MD PhD, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Kwangsoon Kim, MD, Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Ming Li, MD, Fudan University, China
Alberto Meyer, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Durga Neupane, MBBS, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
João Carlos Ribeiro, MD PhD, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Zouina Sarfraz, MD, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Pakistan
Imtiaz Wani, MD FACS, Government General Hospital, India
Mathias Wilhelmi, MD, St. Bernward Krankenhaus, Germany
Lixin Wang, MD PhD, Fudan University, China
Sidong Yang, MD, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China
Christian Zeckey, MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Editorial Board Members
Johannes Bogner, MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Markus Buechler, MD PhD, Heidelberg University, Germany
Ali Canbay, MD, Essen University Hospital, Germany
Christian Erbel, MD, Heidelberg University, Germany
Martin Gross, MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Osamah Hamouda, MD MPH, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
Walter Hofmann, PhD, Heidelberg Universit, Germany
Hans Jäger, MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Berthold Koletzko, MD PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Tiziana Meschi, MD, University of Parma, Italy
Ali Oto, MD FACC FESC FHRS FISHNE, Memorial Healthcare Group, Turkey
Hans Reinhard-Brodt, MD, University of Frankfurt, Germany
Morten Ruhwald, MD PhD, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark
Rudolf Tauber, MD, University of Berlin, Germany
Andrea Ticinesi, MD PhD, University of Parma, Italy
Jan van Lunzen, MD PhD, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Stefan Zeuzem, MD, University of Frankfurt, Germany

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