Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief

Robert Wong, MD, MS, FACG
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA
Research Areas: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Alcoholic liver disease, Cirrhosis, Clinical epidemiology, Outcomes research, Health services research, Healthcare disparities
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Associate Editors

Takafumi Ando, Dr., Associate prof.
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Research Areas: Esophagus, Stomach, Liver, intestines, Pancreas, Biliary, Inflammatory bowel disease, GERD, Stomach
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Hassan Ashktorab, Associate Prof.
Howard University, USA
Research Areas: Colorectal genetic and epigenetic, H. pylori cell death and host genetic response
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Peter Draganov, Prof.
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Research Areas: Achalasia, Colorectal cancer, ERCP, Endoscopy, Stomach cancer
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Timothy B. Gardner, Associate Professor of Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, USA
Research Areas: Pancreas, Biliary, Advanced Endoscopy (EUS/ERCP), General Outcomes Research
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Nirag C. Jhala, MD, Prof
Temple University School of Medicine, USA
Research Areas: Gastrointestinal tract pathology, Endoscopically guided fine needle aspirates, Refining diagnostic algorithms based on morphology, Translating and validating biomarkers
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Xiuli Liu, MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
Research Areas: Gastrointestinal and liver pathology, Clinical and translational research in Barrett’s esophagus, Inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, Inflammatory bowel disease, Pancreatic cancer and liver diseases
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Bo Shen, MD
The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
Research Areas: IBD, Gastroenterology
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Editorial Board

Ludovico Abenavoli, M.D., Ph.D.
University Magna Graecia, Italy
Research Areas: non alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcoholic fatty liver disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, transiet elastography, celiac disease, extraintestinal manifestations of celiac disease
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Akira Andoh, Prof.
Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
Research Areas: Intestine, especially IBD, intestinal mucosal immunology, dysbiosis in pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease, cytokine network in mucosal immunology
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Stelios F. Assimakopoulos, Assistant Professor
Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
Research Areas: bacterial translocation, endotoxemia, intestinal barrier
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Weibiao Cao, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Research Areas: Barrett esophagus, Esophageal adenocarcinoma
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Damiano Caputo, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
Research Areas: Gastrointestinal surgery
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Flair José Carrilho, M.D., PhD, Professor
University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil
Research Areas: Hepatology (Liver diseases)
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John O’Brien Clarke, MD, Associate Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Research Areas:  Gastroenterology and hepatology, Motility disorders
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Mark Richard Deneau, MD, MS
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Research Areas: Pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology, Autoimmune and cholestatic liver diseases, Inflammatory bowel disease
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Konstantinos (Costas) Fragkos, MSc, MA, PhD
GI Services, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Research Areas: Clinical nutrition, Short bowel syndrome, Parenteral nutrition, Enteral nutrition, Radiation enteropathy, Systematic review, Meta-analysis, Statistics
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Sabha Ganai, MD, PhD, MPH
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
Research Areas: Surgical oncology, GI surgery, GI oncology
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Davide Ghinolfi, MD, PhD
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy
Research Areas: Liver transplantation, Organ donation, Ex-vivo machine perfusion, Ischemia referfusion injury, Marginal donors, Liver surgery, Quality assessment
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Mario Guslandi, Prof.
S.Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Research Areas: Inflammatory bowel disease; probiotics; NSAID gastropathy; IBS; diverticular disease
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Sen-Yung Hsieh, Prof 
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuna, Taiwan
Research Areas: tumor biology, functional genomics, hepatoma, molecular and cellular biology
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Yuji Ishii, Dr. Ph.D.
Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
Research Areas: Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, Liver transplantation, Bio-artificial liver
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Fady M. Kaldas, MD
Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Research Areas: Liver transplant, Pediatric liver transplant, Cholangiocarcinoma, Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), Hepatobiliary surgery
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Shahzeer Karmali,
University of Alberta, Canada
Research Areas: Gastroenterology, Surgery
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Sahil Khanna, MBBS, MS, FACG
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Research Areas: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Jinping Lai, MD, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
Research Areas: Gastroenterology
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Sun-Young Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Konkuk University School of Medicine, South Korea
Research Areas: Hepatology and Gastroenterology
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Alberto Maringhini, MD
Internal Medicine, (Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione) dell'Ospedale Civico, Palermo, Italy
Research Areas: Biliary and pancreatic disease, Cirrhosis and hepatic disease, Hepatocellular carcinoma
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Yasunobu Matsuda, M.D.
Niigata University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan
Research Areas: liver
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Yuji Naito, Associate Peofessor
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
Research Areas: Gastric mucosal injury, Gastrointestinal Inflammation, NSAIDs-induced GI injury, Helicobacter pylori, Oxidative stress, Ischemia-reperfusion, Endoscopic surgery for gastric cancer, Endoscopic surgery for colon cancer, Inflammatory bowel disease
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Oliviero Riggio, Prof.
University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Research Areas: Liver
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Vinod K Rustgi, MD, MBA
Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine (Rutgers), New Brunswick, Canada
Research Areas: Pathology and laboratory medicine, Epidemiology, Medicine, Clinical GI, Hepatology
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Yan-Shen Shan, MD, PhD, Prof
National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Research Areas: Stomach, intestine, Pancreas
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Jesus Simal-Gandara, PhD, Prof.
Food Science Lab, Analytical Chemistry and Food Science Department, Food Science and Technology Faculty, University of Vigo - Ourense Campus, Ourense, Spain
Research Areas: Metabolomics, Proteomics, Bioactive peptides, Gut bacteria, Immunomodulatory effects
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Prashanthi N. Thota, Associate Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
Research Areas: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Giacomo Zaccherini, M.D.
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy
Research areas: Internal medicine, Liver transplantation, Gastroenterology and hepatology
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