Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, San Francisco, CA, USA


Special Features and Innovation Editor
and Ombuds for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Sanziana Roman, San Francisco, CA USA

Managing Editor
Laura Shearer, Portland, OR, USA
wjs@iss-sic.com 

Associate Managing Editor
Ruben Cham, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Associate Editors
Savio George Barreto, Adelaide, Australia
Nancy Baxter, Melbourne, Australia
Adam Gyedu, Kumasi, Ghana
Timothy Hardcastle, Durban, South Africa
Anthony Kim, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Dileep Lobo, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Rowan Parks, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Danny Rosin, Tel Aviv, Israel
David Watson, Bedford Park, Australia
Sherry Wren, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Cheng-Har Yip, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Linwah Yip, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Statistical Consultant
Ann Lazar, San Francisco, CA, USA

Visual Abstract Editors
Keith Hansen, San Francisco, CA, USA
Caroline Melhado, San Francisco, CA, USA

Editorial Board
Ahmed Abou-Zamzam, Loma Linda, CA, USA
Adnan Alseidi, San Francisco, CA, USA
Emmanuel Ameh, Abuja, Nigeria
 Yvette Andersson, Vasteras, Sweden
Erin Andrade,  St. Louis, Mo, USA
Shmuel Avital, Kfar-Saba, Israel
Chad Ball, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Zsolt Balogh, Newcastle, Australia
Tahmina Banu, Chittagong , Bangladesh
Marcin Barczynski, Krakow, Poland
Carlton Barnett, Denver, CO, USA
Hassan Batirel, Istanbul, Turkey
Stephen Bickler, San Diego, CA, USA
Kenneth Boffard, Johannesburg, South Africa
L.D. Britt, Norfolk, VA, USA
Ines Buccimazza, Durban, South Africa
Ruth Bush, Temple, TX, USA
Denise Carneiro-Pla, Charleston, SC, USA
Angelo Carretta, Milan, Italy
Sally Carty, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Francois Cauchy, Paris, France
Tiffany Chao, Stanford, California, USA
Tyler Chesney, Toronto, Canada
Alain Chichom-Mefire, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Shah Hwa Chou, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Kathryn Chu, Cape Town, South Africa
Danny Chu, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ian Civil, Auckland, New Zealand
D. L. Clarke, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Hiram Cody, New York, NY, USA
Raul Coimbra, San Diego, CA, USA
Carrie Cunningham, Boston, MA, USA
Andrew DeBeaux, Edinburgh, Scotland
Rochelle Dicker, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Daniel Dindo, Zurich, Switzerland
Sameh Emile, Mansoura, Egypt
Seraina Faes, Lausanne, Switzerland
Liane Feldman, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tamara Fitzgerald, Durham, NC, USA
Takeo Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan
David Fuks, Clichy, France
Markus Furrer, Chur, Switzerland
Michel Gagner, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ethem Gecim, Ankara, Turkey
Robert Goldman, Portland, OR, USA
Fabian Grass, Lausanne , Switzerland
Larry Hadley, Durban, South Africa
Julie Hallet, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zane Hammoud, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Robert van Haren, Cincinnate, OH, USA
Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Tokyo, Japan
Peter Henke, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Andrew Hill, Auckland, New Zealand
Tom Horan, Brasilia, Brazil
David Hughes, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Richard Hummel, Lubek, Germany
Seiji Ito, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Samir Johna, Fontana, CA, USA
Bellal Joseph, Tucson, AZ, USA
Lillian Kao, Houston, TX, USA
Kristia Kaups, Fresno, CA, USA
Saboor Khan, Coventry, United Kingdom
Shirang Kulkarni, New Delhi, India
Jennifer Kuo, New York, NY, USA
Brian Lang, Hong Kong, China
Christine Laronga, Tampa, FL, USA
Simon Law, Hong Kong, China
Peter Licht, Odense, Denmark
Olle Ljungqvist, Orebro, Sweden
Haggi Mazeh, Jerusalem, Israel
Kelly McQueen, Madison, WI, USA
Sakaris Meterissian, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Julie Miller, Parkville, Australia 
Yoshihiro Nabeya, Chiba, Japan
Paul Naess, Olso, Norway
Masato Nagino, Nahoya, Japan
Marco Patti, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Timothy Pawlik, Columbus, OH, USA
George Rakovich, Montreal, Canada
Henry Rice, Durham, NC, USA
Ross Roberts, Christchurch, New Zealand
Nobhojit Roy, Mumbai, India
Thomas Scalea, Baltimore, MD, USA
Markus Schaefer, Zurich, Switzerland
Lillian Schwarz, Rouen, France
Jonathon Serpell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Satoshi Shiono, Yamagata , Japan
Mark Shrime, Boston, MA, USA
Carmen Solórzano, Nashville, TN, USA
Cosimo Sperti, Padova, Italy
Daniel Steinemann, Basel, Switzerland
Barclay Stewart, Seattle, WA USA
Andrew Tambryraja, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Catherine Teh, Manilla, Philipines
Sarah Thomasset, London, United Kingdom
Sarah Thompson, Adelaide, SA Australia
Owen Ung, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Selman Uranues, Graz, Austria
Edoardo Virgilio, Rome, Italy
Danielle Walsh, Greenville, NC, USA
Tracy S. Wang, Milwaukee, WI, USA
David Watters, Geelong, Australia
Thomas Weiser, Stanford, CA, USA
Michaela West, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Matthew Wilson, Lebanon, NH, USA
Mathias Worni, Bern, Switzerland
Hiroharu Yamashita, Tokyo, Japan
Tomoaki Yoh, Kyoto, Japan
Takaki Yoshikawa, Yokohama, Japan
Victor Zaydfudim, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Urs Zingg, Zurich, Switzerland


Editors-in-Chief, Emeriti


Marshall J. Orloff, San Diego, USA (Volumes 1-4)
James D. Hardy (deceased), Jackson, USA (Volumes 5 and 6)
Samuel A. Wells, St.Louis, USA (Volumes 7-16)
Ronald K. Tompkins, Los Angeles, USA (Volumes 17-28)
John G. Hunter, Portland, USA (Volumes 29-41)

Editorial Office
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