Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Kiyoshi Hasegawa, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Editorial Board

Tomoki  Ebata, MD, PhD, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Hidetoshi  Eguchi, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Suita , Japan
Yoshiyuki  Fujiwara, MD, PhD, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
Takumi Fukumoto, MD, PhD, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Hisato  Hara, MD, PhD, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
Suguru  Hasegawa, MD, PhD, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
Taizo Hibi, MD, PhD, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Shigenori  Homma, MD, PhD, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Satoshi Ieiri, MD, PhD, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Toru Ikegami, MD, PhD, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroki Ikeuchi, MD, PhD, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan
Shigeru Imoto, MD, PhD, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
Masafumi Inomata, MD, PhD, Oita University, Yufu, Japan
Masayoshi Inoue, MD, PhD, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Takanori Ishida, MD, PhD, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Soichiro Ishihara, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Kenichi Ito, MD, PhD, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
Akira Iyoda, MD, PhD, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
Hiromitsu Jinno, MD, PhD, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yusuke Kinugasa, MD, PhD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuyuki Kojima, MD, PhD, Dokkyo Medical University, Shimotsuga, Japan
Hiroyoshi Komai, MD, PhD, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan
Kazuo Koyanagi, MD, PhD, Tokai University, Isehara, Japan
Nobuhisa  Matsuhashi, MD, PhD, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Masaru Mizuno, MD, PhD, Akita University, Akita, Japan
Takanori Morikawa, MD, PhD, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Fuyuhiko Motoi, MD, PhD, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
Kenta Murotani, PhD, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
Jun Nakajima, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Sachiyo Nomura, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Koji  Oba, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuya Oda, MD, PhD, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
Kenji  Okada, MD, PhD, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Yoshinori Okada, MD, PhD, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Eiji Oki, MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Hiroomi Okuyama, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Suita , Japan
Kiyohiro Oshima, MD, PhD, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan
Takao Otsuka, MD, PhD, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Hideaki  Rikimaru, MD, PhD, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
Hiroshi Saeki, MD, PhD, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan
Yoshihisa Saida, MD, PhD, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
Akio Saiura, MD, PhD, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
Hisashi Saji, MD, PhD, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
Akira Sasaki, MD, PhD, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
Kunihiro Shigematsu, MD, PhD, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
Hideyuki Shimizu, MD, PhD, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Hisashi Shinohara, MD, PhD, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan
Yasushi Shintani, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Suita , Japan
Akira  Shiose, MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Masayuki Sho, MD, PhD, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
Yuji Soejima, MD, PhD, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
Kenji  Sugio, MD, PhD, Oita University, Yufu, Japan
Eiji Sunami, MD, PhD, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
Chie Takasu, MD, PhD, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
Ichiro Takemasa, MD, PhD, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
Hiroya Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
Chie Tanaka, MD, PhD, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Koichi Toda, MD, PhD, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Koshigaya, Japan
Hideki Ueno, MD, PhD, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
Takuhiro Yamaguchi, PhD, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Makoto Yamasaki, MD, PhD, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan
Hiroharu Yamashita, MD, PhD, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
Tomoharu Yoshizumi, MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

International Advisory Board

Henri  Bismuth, MD, PhD, Henri Bismuth Hepatobiliary Institute, Villejuif, France
M.R.B. Keighley, MS, FRCS, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK
Samuel A. Wells, Jr., MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA