Editors
Editors-in-Chief
Ugo Boggi, MD, FEBS, University of Pisa, Italy
Fulvio Calise, MD, A. Cardarelli Hospital , Italy
Editor-in-Charge
Luca Viganò, MD, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Italy
Editor Emeritus
Francesco Basile, MD, University of Catania, Italy
Deputy Editor
Antonio Giuliani, MD, PhD, Presidio Ospedaliero San Giuseppe Moscati, Italy
Social Media Editor
Aldo Rocca, MD, Universita degli Studi del Molise Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute Vincenzo Tiberio, Italy
Statistical Editor
Mario Miccoli, MD, Università di Pisa, Italy
Senior Editor-in-Chief
Enrico De Antoni, MD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
Associate Editors
Luigi Bonavina, MD, University of Milano, Italy
Simone Giacopuzzi, MD, University of Verona, Italy
Advisory Board
Francesco Corcione, MD, Federico II University Hospital, Italy
Giovanni de Manzoni, MD, University of Verona, Italy
Ugo Elmore, Ph.D, Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy
Christian Gutschow, M.D., University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
John C. Lipham, MD, Keck Medical Center of USC, USA
Daniele Marrelli, MD, Humanitas University, Italy
Marco Giuseppe Patti, MD, PhD, FRCS, FEBS (colo), FASCRS, FACS, Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, USA
Silvana Perretta, MD, NHC University Hospital in Strasbourg, France
Riccardo Rosati, md, facs, Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy
Takahiro Sato, MD, PhD, Nippon Medical School, Japan
Gaya Spolverato, MD, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Han Kwang Yang, MD, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
COLORECTAL SURGERY
Associate Editors
Donato Francesco Altomare, MD, University of Bari, Italy
Anna Martling, MD, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Giovanni Romano, MD, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Italy
Advisory Board
Sergio Alfieri, MD PhD FRCS DocEur, Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, UK
Roberto Bergamaschi, MD, PhD, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, USA
Paolo Pietro Bianchi, MD, Azienda USL Toscana sud est. Ospedale Misericordia Grosseto, Italy
Antonio Biondi, MD, University of Catania, Italy
Massimo Carlini, MD, Ospedale Sant'Eugenio, Italy
Nicolò de Manzini, FRCS, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
Maurizio Degiuli, MD, Universita degli Studi di Torino Scuola di Medicina, Italy
Paolo Delrio, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Italy
Domenico D'Ugo, MD, Catholic University of Rome, Italy
Gaetano Gallo, MD PhD FASCRS, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Mario Guerrieri, MD, Università Ploitecnica delle Marche, Italy
Marco Milone, MD, Federico II University Hospital, Italy
Gabriela Moeslein, AFC (Hon.) ELSA (Hon.) KSELS (Hon.), University of Torino, Germany
Mario Morino, MD, University of Torino, Italy
Yves Panis, Ph.D., San Raffaele Institute: IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, France
Gianluca Pellino, MD, PhD, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Roberto Persiani, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale e di Alta Specializzazione Garibaldi, Italy
Felice Pirozzi, MD, Ospedale S.Maria delle Grazie, Italy
Pierpaolo Sileri, MD, San Rafael Hospital: Hospital San Rafael, Italy
Antonino Spinelli, Ph.D, M.D., IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Italy
Evangelos Xynos, MD, Creta Interclinic Hospital, Greece
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
Associate Editors
Luca Aldrighetti, MD, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
Vincenzo Mazzaferro, MD, University of Milan, Italy
Myron Schwartz, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Advisory Board
Mohammed Abu Hilal, MD FACS FEBS (UGI), Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Italy
Victoria Ardiles, M.D., Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Karim Boudjema, MD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, France
Stefania Brozzetti, MD, University of Rome: Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Daniele Cherqui, MD, Hopital Paul Brousse, France
Laurance Chiche, MD, CHU Bordeaux GH Pellegrin: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin, France
Girogio Ercolani, M.D., Ph.D., Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Italy
Alessandro Ferrero, MD, Mauriziano Hospital, Italy
Felice Giuliante, MD, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Gian Luca Grazi, MD, University of Florence: Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Elio Jovine, MD, FACS, Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale di Bologna, Italy
Hauke Lang, MD, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany
Massimo Malagò, MD, University College London, UK
Bruno Nardo, MD, University of Messina: Universita degli Studi di Messina, Italy
Andrea Ruzzenente, MD, University of Verona, Italy
Guido Torzilli, MD, Humanitas University, Italy
Roberto Ivan Troisi, MD, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Italy
Go Wakabayashi, Md, PhD, FACS, Ageo Central General Hospital, Japan
PANCREATIC SURGERY
Associate Editors
Claudio Bassi, MD, The Pancreas Institute, Verona, Italy
Alessandro Zerbi, MD, Humanitas Hospital, Italy
Advisory Board
Marc Besselink, MD, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
Giovanni Butturini, MD, Pederzoli Hospital, Italy
Riccardo Casadei, MD, Universita degli Studi di Bologna Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia, Italy
Roberto Coppola, MD, Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Italy
Andrea Coratti, MD, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Italy
Christian Cotsoglou, M.D., IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation Hospital: Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Italy
Massimo Falconi, MD, Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy
Isabella Frigerio, MD, PEDERZOLI HOSPITAL, Italy
Rong Liu, MD, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Stefano Partelli, MD, University of North Carolina, Italy
Claudio Ricci, MD, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Roberto Salvia, MD, PhD., Universita degli Studi di Verona, Italy
TRANSPLANT
Associate Editors
Umberto Cillo, MD, Univrsity of Padova, Italy
Giuseppe Remuzzi, MD, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Italy
Paolo Rigotti, MD, University of Padova, Italy
Advisory Board
Luciano De Carlis, MD, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Italy
Fabrizio Di Benedetto, MD, Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, M.D., San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Italy
Salvatore Gruttadauria, MD-PhD-FACS, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione, Italy
Antonio Daniele Pinna, M.D., AORN Cardarelli: Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Antonio Cardarelli, Italy
Renato Romagnoli, MD, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Torino, Italy., Italy
Michele Santangelo, MD, Federico II University Hospital, Italy
Giovanni Vennarecci, MD, San Camillo Hospital, Italy
Fabio Vistoli, M.D, Ph.D., Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Marco Vivarelli, MD, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Italy
ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Associate Editors
Paolo Miccoli, MD, University of Pisa, Italy
Marco Raffaelli, MD, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Advisory Board
Gianlorenzo Dionigi, MD, FACS, FEBS-ES, University of Milan, Italy
Giovanni Docimo, MD, Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Gabriele Materazzi, MD, PhD, National Cancer Institute IRCCS Foundation Pascale, Italy
Micaela Piccoli, MD, University of Bologna, Italy
Mario Testini, MD, Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Martin Karl Walz, MD, PhD, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Germany
EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SURGERY
Associate Editor
Massimo Chiarugi, MD, University of Pisa School of Medicine and Surgery, Italy
Advisory Board
Osvaldo Chiara, MD, Humanitas University - Humanitas Mater Domini Clinical Institute, Italy
Federico Coccolini, MD, Pisa University Hospital, Italy
Salomone di Saverio, MD FACS FRCS (Eng), Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK
Andrea Mingoli, MD, Bethesda Hospital, Italy
Mauro Zago, M.D., FEBS EmSurg, FACS, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital: Presidio Ospedaliero di Lecco, Italy
BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY
Associate Editors
Jean Marc Chevallier, MD, PhD, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, France
Mario Musella, MD, "Federico II" University, Italy
Advisory Board
Maurizio De Luca, M.D., Presidio Ospedaliero di Montebelluna, Italy
Ludovico Docimo, MD, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Enrico Facchiano, MD, Azienda USL Toscana centro, Italy
Paolo Gentileschi, MD, Maria Cecilia Hospital, Italy
Cristiano Giardiello, MD, Pineta Grande Hospital, Italy
Antonio Iannelli, MD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, France
Giuseppe Navarra, MD, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
Luigi Piazza, MD, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Italy
Marco Zappa, MD, Aziende Socio Sanitarie Territoriale Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Italy
ABDOMINAL WALL AND HERNIA SURGERY
Associate Editor
Giampiero Campanelli, MD, IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio., Italy
Advisory Board
Alberto Aiolfi, MD, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Italy
Frederik Berrevoet, MD, University of Ghent, Belgium
Umberto Bracale, MD, Federico II University Hospital, Italy
Michele Carlucci, MD, Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy
Giuseppe Cavallaro, MD, PhD, Sapienza University, Italy
Ferdinand Kockerling, MD, Vivantes Humboldt-Klinikum, Germany
Junsengh Li, MD, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital Department of General Surgery, China
Davide Lomanto, MD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jerome Loriau, MD, Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph, France
Yohann Renard, PhD, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, France
Michael J. Rosen, MD, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Alberto Sartori, MD, San Valentino Hospital, Montebelluna -Treviso, Italy
Cesare Stabilini, MD, University of Genoa, Italy
BREAST SURGERY
Associate Editor
Paolo Veronesi, MD, European Institute of Oncology, Italy
Advisory Board
Francesca Catalano, M.D, Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro, Italy
Giovanni Corso, MD, IEO: Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Italy
Giuseppe Curigliano, MD, University of Milano, Italy
Maria Cristina Leonardi, M.D., Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Italy
Francesca Magnoni, MD, European Institute of Oncology, Italy
Nicola Rocco, MD, Federico II University Hospital, Italy
Virgilio Sacchini, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Italy
Daniela Andreina Terribile, MD, Ospedale Isola Tiberina, Italy
Antonio Toesca, MD, Candiolo Cancer Institute, Italy
PERITONEAL AND RETROPERITONEAL SURGERY
Associate Editor
Alessandro Gronchi, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Italy
Advisory Board
Ferdinando Cananzi, MD, Humanitas University, Italy
Marcello Deraco, MD, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milano, Italy
Gabriele Naldini, MD, PhD, University of Bologna: Universita di Bologna, Italy
Aniello Giulio Santoro, Md, PhD, Treviso Regional Hospital, Italy
Marco Vaira, MD, Candiolo Cancer Institute, Italy
Salvatore Giovanni Vitale, MD, University of Catania, Italy
THORACIC SURGERY
Associate Editor
Marco Lucchi, MD, University of Pisa School of Medicine and Surgery, Italy
Advisory Board
Alfonso Fiorelli, MD, PhD, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli: Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Giuseppe Marulli, MD, Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
Edoardo Mercadante, MD, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Mario Nosotti, MD, Beaujon Hospital, Italy
Federico Venuta, MD, Sapienza University of Rome: Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Giulia Veronesi, MD, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
Associate Editor
Marco Montorsi, MD, Humanitas University, Italy
Advisory Board
Isabella Barajon, MD, Humanitas University, Italy
Fabrizio Consorti, MD, University of Rome La Sapienza: Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Alessandro Cucchetti, MD, Liver and Multiorgan Transplant Unit, Italy
Chiara Gerardi, MD, Istituto Mario Negri, Italy
Melissa Hogg, MS MD, NorthShore University HealthSystem, USA
Quirino Lai, MD, Sapienza Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Malleo, MD, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Susanna Sancassani, PhD, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Gideon Shimshon, MSc., Global Health Education Group, UK
Alessandro Vitale, MD, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Presidents Emeriti
Francesco Basile, Catania
Francesco Corcione, Naples
Claudio Cordiano, Verona
Enrico Croce, Monza
Davide D'Amico, Padua
Enrico De Antoni, Rome
Paolo De Paolis, Turin
Giorgio De Toma, Rome
Giorgio Di Matteo, Rome
Gianfranco Fegiz, Rome
Massimo Gazzaniga, Genoa
Gianluigi Melotti, Modena
Marco Montorsi, Milan
Eugenio Santoro, Rome
Roberto Tersigni, Rome
Honorary Presidents
Giorgio Di Matteo, Rome
Massimo Gazzaniga, Genoa
Governing Council (Society)
Massimo Carlini (President)
Ludovico Docimo (President Elect)
Sergio Alfieri (General Secretary)
Nicola Avenia (Councillor)
Stefano Bartoli (Treasurer Secretary)
Stefano Berti (Councillor)
Gennaro Maurizio Buonanno (Councillor)
Alessandro Cappellani (Councillor)
Alessandro Ferrero (Councillor)
Enrico Fiori (Councillor)
Guido Alberto Massimo Tiberio (Councillor)
Giovanni Trombatore (Councillor)