Editorial Board

Editorial Board

  • Editor-in-Chief

    • Prof. Dr.  Fausto Catena

      • 1. Dept of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
      • 2. Dept of General and Emergency Surgery, Bufalini Hospital AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy.

      Research Interests: emergency and trauma surgery; oncological surgery; sarcoma and carcinomatosis surgery; minimally invasive surgery; colorectal surgery; proctology; abdominal wall surgery; kidney transplantation.

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  • Associate Editor

    • Dr.  Artur Zanellato

      University of Edinburgh Division of Clinical and Surgical Sciences - General Surgery, Edinburgh, UK.

      Research Interests: complex minimally invasive procedures, as well as the reconstruction of the abdominal wall and hernia surgery.

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  • Editorial Board Members

    • Dr.  Belinda De Simone

      Dept of Emergency and General Minimally Invasive Surgery, Level I Trauma Center, Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy.

      Research Interests: surgery; general surgery; laparoscopic surgery; abdominal surgery; surgical oncology; hernia surgery; gastrointestinal surgery; colorectal surgery; minimally invasive surgery; cancer surgery.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Gustavo P. Fraga

      School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP. Brazil.

      Research Interests: trauma surgery; emergency surgery; education.

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    • Dr.  Antonio Gallucci

      Consultant General & Emergency Surgeon, Clinical Lead of Emergency General Surgery Service, Wirral University Teaching Hospital – NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK.

      Research Interests: surgery; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver transplantation; liver; oncology; liver diseases; cirrhosis; liver cirrhosis; colorectal surgery; colorectal cancer.

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    • Dr.  Mario Giuffrida

      Department of General Surgery, Azienda USL of Piacenza, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.

      Research Interests: HPB surgery; emergency surgery; colorectal (colon) cancer; hernia repair surgery; liver cancer; pancreaticojejunostomy; pancreas carcinoma; hepatic carcinoma; hernia, inguinal; hernia, diaphragmatic; hernia, ventral; liver neoplasms; hepatectomy; pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD); distal pancreatectomy; IPMN; colectomy.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Arda Isik

      Division of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.

      Research Interests: colorectal diseases; colorectal surgery; endoscopy; minimally invasive surgery; surgical oncology; trauma and emergency surgery; thyroid disease; perianal disease; hernia; breast disease; health care management; clinical and experimental research; database management; fund raising; surgical education; medical education and ethics.

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    • Dr.  Michael Denis Kelly

      MedAlliance, Albury, NSW, Australia.

      Research Interests: general surgeon.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Chien-Hung Liao

      Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.

      Research Interests: AI; medical device; trauma; minimal invasive surgery.

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    • Dr.  Aleix Martínez-Pérez

      • 1. Unit of Colorectal Surgery, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain.
      • 2. Department of Surgery, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

      Research Interests: minimally-invasive surgery; colorectal surgery; emergency and trauma surgery, hepatobiliary surgery; oncologic surgery.

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    • Dr.  Pablo Ottolino

      Hospital Dr. Sótero del Río. Puente Alto, Chile.

      Research Interests: trauma surgery.

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    • Dr.  Edoardo Picetti

      Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, 43100 Parma, Italy.

      Research Interests: neurocritical care; acute care surgery; trauma care.

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    • Dr.  Kemal Rasa

      Dept. of General Surgery, Anadolu Medical Center, Kocaeli, Turkey.

      Research Interests: laparoscopic surgery; surgery; pancreatic cancer; medicine.

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    • Dr.  Vishal Shelat

      Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Novena, Singapore.

      Research Interests: surgeon; pancreas; liver; gallbladder.

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    • Dr.  Edward C.T.H. Tan

      Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

      Research Interests: prehospital medicine; traumasurgery; medical education.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Krstina Doklestić Vasiljev

      Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Emergency Surgical Department, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

      Research Interests: emergency surgery; general surgery.

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    • Dr.  Imtiaz Wani

      Department of Minimal Access and General Surgery, Government Gousia Hospital, DHS, Srinagar 1900003, India.

      Research Interests: artificial intelligence surgery; hernia surgery; laparoscopy; gastrointestinal surgery; hepatobiliary surgery; breast disease; general surgery; emergency surgery; minimally invasive surgery.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Dieter G. Weber

      Department of General Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital & The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

      Research Interests: trauma and general surgery.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Guixi Zhang

      Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China.

      Research Interests: trauma preventable death; geospatial analysis in trauma, trauma bay development; trauma center development; trauma training and education; regional trauma system development; trauma and acute care surgery; surgical critical care; gastric cancer; colorecta.

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