Editors
Editors-in-Chief
Ugo Boggi, Pisa
Fulvio Calise, Naples
Editor-in-Charge
Luca Viganò, Bergamo
Editor Emeritus
Francesco Basile, Catania
Deputy Editor
Antonio Giuliani, Aversa
Social Media Editor
Aldo Rocca, Campobasso
Statistical Editor
Mario Miccoli, Pisa
Senior Editor-in-Chief
Enrico De Antoni, Rome
UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
Associate Editors
Luigi Bonavina, Milan
Simone Giacopuzzi, Verona
Advisory Board
Francesco Corcione, Naples
Giovanni De Manzoni, Verona
Ugo Elmore, Milan
Christian Gutschow, Zurich
John C. Lipham, Los Angeles
Daniele Marrelli, Siena
Marco Giuseppe Patti, Charlottesville
Silvana Perretta, Strasburgo
Gaya Spolverato, Padua
Riccardo Rosati, Milan
Takahiro Sato, Tokyo
Hankwang Yang, Seoul
COLORECTAL SURGERY
Associate Editors
Donato Altomare, Bari
Anna Martling, Stockholm
Giovanni Romano, Naples
Advisory Board
Sergio Alfieri, Rome
Roberto Bergamaschi, New York
Paolo Pietro Bianchi, Milan
Antonio Biondi, Catania
Massimo Carlini, Rome
Maurizio Degiuli, Turin
Paolo Delrio, Naples
Nicolò De Manzini, Trieste
Domenico D’Ugo, Rome
Gaetano Gallo, Rome
Mario Guerrieri, Ancona
Marco Milone, Naples
Gabriela Moeslein, Duisburg
Mario Morino, Turin
Yves Panis, Clichy
Gianluca Pellino, Naples
Roberto Persiani, Rome
Felice Pirozzi, Naples
Pierpaolo Sileri, Milan
Antonino Spinelli, Milan
Evangelos Xynos, Crete
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
Associate Editors
Luca Aldrighetti, Milan
Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Milan
Myron Schwartz, New York
Advisory Board
Mohammed Abu Hilal, Brescia
Victoria Ardiles, Buenos Aires
Karim Boudjema, Rennes
Stefania Brozzetti, Rome
Daniel Cherqui, Villejuif
Laurance Chiche, Bordeaux
Giorgio Ercolani, Bologna
Alessandro Ferrero, Turin
Felice Giuliante, Rome
Gian Luca Grazi, Florence
Elio Jovine, Bologna
Hauke Lang, Mainz
Massimo Malagò, London
Bruno Nardo, Cosenza
Andrea Ruzzenente, Verona
Guido Torzilli, Milan
Roberto Ivan Troisi, Naples
Go Wakabayashi, Ageo
PANCREATIC SURGERY
Associate Editors
Claudio Bassi, Verona
Alessandro Zerbi, Milan
Advisory Board
Marc Besselink, Amsterdam
Giovanni Butturini, Peschiera del Garda
Riccardo Casadei, Bologna
Roberto Coppola, Rome
Andrea Coratti, Grosseto
Christian Cotsoglou, Vimercate
Massimo Falconi, Milan
Isabella Frigerio, Peschiera del Garda
Rong Liu, Beijing
Stefano Partelli, Milan
Claudio Ricci, Bologna
Roberto Salvia, Verona
TRANSPLANT
Associate Editors
Umberto Cillo, Padua
Giuseppe Remuzzi, Milan
Paolo Rigotti, Padua
Advisory Board
Luciano De Carlis, Milan
Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Modena
Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, Rome
Salvatore Gruttadauria, Palermo
Antonio Daniele Pinna, Weston
Renato Romagnoli, Turin
Michele Santangelo, Naples
Giovanni Vennarecci, Naples
Fabio Vistoli, Pisa
Marco Vivarelli, Ancona
ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Associate Editors
Paolo Miccoli, Pisa
Marco Raffaelli, Rome
Advisory Board
Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Milan
Giovanni Docimo, Naples
Gabriele Materazzi, Pisa
Micaela Piccoli, Modena
Mario Testini, Bari
Martin Karl Walz, Essen
EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SURGERY
Associate Editor
Massimo Chiarugi, Pisa
Advisory Board
Osvaldo Chiara, Milan
Federico Coccolini, Pisa
Salomone di Saverio, San Benedetto del Tronto
Andrea Mingoli, Rome
Mauro Zago, Lecco
BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY
Associate Editors
Jean Marc Chevallier, Paris
Mario Musella, Naples
Advisory Board
Maurizio De Luca, Rovigo
Ludovico Docimo, Naples
Enrico Facchiano, Florence
Paolo Gentileschi, Rome
Cristiano Giardiello, Naples
Antonio Iannelli, Nizza
Giuseppe Navarra, Messina
Luigi Piazza, Catania
Marco Zappa, Milan
ABDOMINAL WALL AND HERNIA SURGERY
Associate Editor
Giampiero Campanelli, Milan
Advisory Board
Alberto Aiolfi, Milan
Frederik Berrevoet, Ghent
Umberto Bracale, Naples
Michele Carlucci, Milan
Giuseppe Cavallaro, Rome
Junsengh Li, Nanjing
Davide Lomanto, Singapore
Jerome Loriau, Paris
Ferdinand Kockerling, Berlin
Yohann Renard, Reims
Michael J. Rosen, Cleveland
Alberto Sartori, Montebelluna
Cesare Stabilini, Genoa
BREAST SURGERY
Associate Editor
Paolo Veronesi, Milan
Advisory Board
Francesca Catalano, Catania
Giovanni Corso, Milan
Giuseppe Curigliano, Milan
Maria Cristina Leonardi, Milan
Francesca Magnoni, Milan
Nicola Rocco, Naples
Virgilio Sacchini, New York
Daniela Andreina Terribile, Rome
Antonio Toesca, Candiolo
PERITONEAL AND RETROPERITONEAL SURGERY
Associate Editor
Alessandro Gronchi, Milan
Advisory Board
Ferdinando Cananzi, Milan
Marcello Deraco, Milan
Gabriele Naldini, Pisa
Aniello Giulio Santoro, Treviso
Marco Vaira, Turin
Salvatore Giovanni Vitale, Catania
THORACIC SURGERY
Associate Editor
Marco Lucchi, Pisa
Advisory Board
Alfonso Fiorelli, Naples
Giuseppe Marulli, Bari
Edoardo Mercadante, Naples
Mario Nosotti, Milan
Federico Venuta, Rome
Giulia Veronesi, Milan
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
Associate Editor
Marco Montorsi, Milan
Advisory Board
Isabella Barajon, Milan
Fabrizio Consorti, Rome
Alessandro Cucchetti, Forlì
Chiara Gerardi, Milan
Melissa Hogg, Evanston
Quirino Lai, Rome
Giuseppe Malleo, Verona
Susanna Sancassani, Milan
Gideon Shimshon, London
Alessandro Vitale, Padua
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)