Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Dean J. Mikami, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Division Chief, General Surgery
Associate Program Director
John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii
1356 Lusitania Street, 6th Floor
Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA
Deputy Editor
Riley K. Kitamura, MD, FACS
John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI, USA
rileykk@hawaii.edu
Associate Editors
Farah A. Husain, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
anwari32@gmail.com
Judy Chen, MD, FACS, FASMBS, ABOM
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
jycm@uw.edu
Editorial Office Coordinator
Taylor Bowen
Charlottesville, VA, USA
bari_eo@liebertpub.com
Editorial Board
Mohamed R. Ali, MD, FACS
University of California-Davis
Sacramento, CA, USA
Bipan Chand, MD, FACS, FASGE, FASMBS
Loyola University Medical Center
Chicago, IL, USA
Pradeep Chowbey, MD, FICS, FACS
Max Healthcare Institute
New Delhi, India
Mario Colombo-Benkmann, MD, MHBA, FACS
University of Münster
Münster, Germany
Michael Edwards, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Susan M. Gallagher, PhD, MSN, RN
Celebration Institute, Inc.
Conroe, TX, USA
Kazunori Kasama, MD, FACS
Yotsuya Medical Cube
Tokyo, Japan
Mousa Khoursheed, MD, FRCS, FACS
Kuwait University
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Lilian Kow, BMBS, PhD, FRACS
Flinders University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Kristina H. Lewis, MD, MPH
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Sara Martin del Campo, MD, MS, FACS, FASBMS, DABOM
Providence Swedish Medical Center - First Hill
Seattle, WA, USA
Samer G. Mattar, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FRCS, ABOM, FPDMBS
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Kalyana C. Nandipati, MD, FACS
Creighton University
Omaha, NE, USA
Sabrena F. Noria, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS
The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH, USA
Ankit D. Patel, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Chattanooga Bariatrics
Chattanooga, TN, USA
John H. Rodriguez, MD, FACS
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
Tomasz Rogula, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
Mary Ann Rose, RN, MSN, EdD
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC, USA
Valerie K. Sabol, PhD, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA
Bassem Y. Safadi, MD, FACS
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Sharon Isenhour Sarvey, PhD, RN
Barton College
Wilson, NC, USA
David B. Sarwer, PhD
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Akira Sasaki, MD
Iwate Medical University School of Medicine
Morioka, Japan
Jennifer Schwartz, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
Federico J. Serrot, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL, USA
Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD, FACS
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Natan Zundel, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Florida International University
Miami, FL, USA
Study Design and Statistics Consultant
Virginia O. Shaffer, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, USA
Founding Editor
Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD, USA