Annals of Surgery

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​​​​​​​​​​​​Editorial Board

​​​​​​​​Editor-in-Chief

Emeritus Editor-in-Chief

Keith D. Lillemoe, MD
Annals of Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital 
The W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
55 Fruit Street, WHT 506
Boston, MA 02114
[email protected]

Layton F. Rikkers, MD
Madison, WI​


Associate Editors

Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD 
Zurich, Switzerland​

Zara Cooper, MC, MSC, FACS
Boston, MA

Tom D'amico, MD,
Durham, NC

Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH 
Ann Arbor, MI

Neil Hyman, MD, FACS,
Chicago, IL​

Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS 
Stanford, CA

Sandra Wong, MD, MS
Lebanon, NH

​​Creative Directors

James W. Stewart II, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Sarah A. Brownlee​​​, MD
Boston, MA

​Editorial Coordinator


Norah E. Liang, MD
Boston, MA



Statistical Consultant

Kyle Overturf​
[email protected]

​Jingyun (Michael) Yang, PhD
Chicago, IL


Editorial Board 

N. Scott Adzick, MD
Philadelphia, PA

Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD
Philadelphia, PA

Hasan B. Alam, MD
Chicago, IL

Peter J. Allen, MD
Durham, NC

Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM
San Francisco, CA

Victoria Ardiles, MD, PhD
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chad Ball, MD
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Adrian Barbul, MD
Nashville, TN

Jeffrey S. Barkun, MD
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Barbara L. Bass, MD
Washington, D.C.

Marc G. H. Besselink, MD, MSC, PhD
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Karl Bilimoria, MD
Indianapolis, IN

Karen Brasel, MD
Eugene, OR

L. D. Britt, MD
Norfolk, VA

L. Michael Brunt, MD
St. Louis, MO

Markus W. Büchler, MD
Heidelberg, Germany

Eileen Bulger, MD
Seattle, WA 

Paris Butler, MD
New Haven, CT

Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD
Baltimore, MD

Andre Campbell, MD
San Francisco, CA

Sally E. Carty, MD
Pittsburg, PA

Albert Chi-Yan Chan, MBBS
Hong Kong, China

David Chang, PhD
Boston, MA

George Chang, MD, MS
Houston, TX

Will C. Chapman, MD
St. Louis, MO

Herb Chen, MD
Birmingham, AL

Daniel Cherqui, MD
Paris, France

Laurence Chiche, MD
Bordeaux, France

Bryan Clary, MD
San Diego, CA

Natalie Coburn, MD, MPH
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Amalia Cochran, MD
Gainesville, FL

David T. Cooke, MD
Davis, CA

Anita Courcoulas, MD, MPH
Pittsburgh, PA

Marie Crandall, MD, MPH
Jacksonville, FL​

Mike D'angelica, MD, FACS
New York, NY

Gail Darling, MD
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kim Davis, MD
New Haven, CT

Keith A. Delman, MD, FACS
Atlanta, GA

Ronald P. Dematteo, MD
Philadelphia, PA

Jiahong Dong, MD
Beijing, China

Lesly Dossett, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD
St. Louis, MO

David Etzioni, MD, Mshs
Scottsdale, AZ

Heather Evans, MD, MS
Charleston, SC

Olivier Farges, MD, PhD
Paris, France

Liane Feldman, MD
Montreal, Quebec

Carlos F. Fernandez-Del Castillo, MD
Boston, MA

Alberto R. Ferreres, MD, PhD, Facs (Hon.)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lee Fleisher, MD
Philadelphia, PA

Andrea Frilling, MD
London, United Kingdom

Luke M. Funk, MD, MPH
Madison, WI

Susan Galandiuk, MD
Louisville, KY

T. Clark Gamblin, MD
Milwaukee, WI

David Geller, MD, FACS
Pittsburgh, PA

Philip Goodney, MD, MS
Lebanon, NH

Jon C. Gould, MD
Milwaukee, WI

Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH
Chapel Hill, NC

Jose G. Guillem, MD, MPH
Chapel Hill, NC

Thilo Hackert, MD
Heidelberg, Germany

Bruce Hall, MD, PhD, MBA
Saint Louis, MO

Ho-Seong Han, MD, PhD
Seoul, Korea

Mary T. Hawn, MD
Palo Alto, CA

Andrea A. Hayes, MD
Washington, D.C.

Traci Hedrick, MD
Charlottesville, VA

Roberto Hernandez Alejandro, MD
Rochester, NY

David N. Herndon, MD
Augusta, GA

Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS
Baltimore, MD

O. Joe Hines, MD
Los Angeles, CA

Richard A. Hodin, MD
Boston, MA

John B. Holcomb, MD
Birmingham, AL

Mike House, MD
Indianapolis, IN

Matthew M. Hutter, MD
Boston, MA

E. Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
Durham, NC​

Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD
Sacramento, CA

Haytham Kaafarani, MD
Boston, MA

Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS
Philadelphia, PA

Matthew Kalady, MD
Cleveland, OH

Lilian Kao, MD
Houston, TX

Matthew Katz, MD
Houston, TX

Gregory Kennedy, MD, PhD
Birmingham, AL

K. Craig Kent, MD
Charlottesville, VA

Tari King
Boston, MA

Yuko Kitagawa, MD
Tokyo, Japan

V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD
Galveston, TX

Mary E. Klingensmith, MD
Chicago, IL

Stuart J. Knechtle, MD
Durham, NC

Norihiro Kokudo, MD, PhD
Tokyo, Japan

Walter A. Koltun, MD
Hershey, PA

David Kooby, MD
Atlanta, GA 

Jim Korndorffer, MD
Stanford, CA

Hauke Lang, MD
Mainz, Germany



Senior Members

Tom Aloia, MD
Robert W. Anderson, MD
Clyde F. Barker, MD
David E. Beck, MD
James M. Becker, MD
Henri Bismuth, MD
Kirby Bland, MD
Murray F. Brennan, MD
Roy Y. Calne, MD
Chao-Long Chen, MD
Nicholas V. Christou, MD
Chung Mau Lo, MD
Edward M. Copeland Iii, MD
Ara Darzi, MD
Steven R. Demeester, MD
David L. Dunn, MD
Gary L. Dunnington, MD
Timothy Fabian MD, FACS
Richard J. Finley, MD
Sam Finlayson, MD
Jim Fleshman, MD
O. James Garden, MD
Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD, FRCS
J. Michael Henderson, MD
John G. Hunter, MD
Johannes Jeekel, MD
R. Scott Jones, MD


Simon Law, MD
Hong Kong, China

Sung-Gyu Lee, MD
Seoul, Republic Of Korea

Mickael Lesurtel, MD
Paris, France

Benjamin Levi, MD
Dallas, TX

Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, FACS
Birmingham, AL

Michael T. Longaker, MD
Palo Alto​, CA

James D. Luketich, MD
Pittsburgh, PA

David Mahvi, MD
Charleston, Sc

Sherez Markar, PhD, MRCS, MSc, MA
London, UK

Nancy Kwan Man, PhD
Hong Kong, China

Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD
Chicago, IL

W. Scott Melvin, MD
New York, NY

Nipun B. Merchant, MD
Miami, FL

Fabrizio Michelassi, MD
New York, NY

Rebecca M. Minter, MD
Madison, WI

Daniela Molena, MD
New York, NY 

John R. T. Monson, MD
Orlando, FL

Frederick A. Moore, MD, FACS
Gainesville, FL

John T. Mullen, MD
Boston, MA

Matt Mutch, MD
St. Louis, MO

Masato Nagino, MD, PhD
Nagoya, Japan

Lena M. Napolitano, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Leigh A. Neumayer, MD
Jacksonville, FL

Ninh T. Nguyen, MD
Orange, CA

Fiema Nwariaku, MD
Dallas, TX

Anaeze Offodile, MD, MPH
New York, NY​

Philip Omotosho, MD
Chicago, IL

Marco G. Patti, MD
Charlottesville, VA

Ian M. Paquette, MD
Cincinnati, OH

Rowan W. Parks, MD, FRCSI, FRCSd
Edinburgh, Scotland

Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD
Columbus, OH

Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD
Seattle, WA

Antonio Pinna, MD
Bologna, Italy

Henry A. Pitt, MD
New Brunswick, NJ

Mitchell C. Posner, MD
Chicago, IL

Benjamin K. Poulose, MD, MPH
Columbus, OH

George A. Poultsides, MD, MS
Palo Alto, CA

Aurora D. Pryor, MD
Stony Brook, NY

Shawn Rangel, MD, MSCE
Boston, MA

Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD
Tucson, AZ

Scott Regenbogen, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Ricardo Robles, MD, PhD
Murcia, Spain

Selwyn O. Rogers, MD, MPH
Chicago, IL

Mike Rosen, MD, FACS
Cleveland, OH

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD
Weston, FL

Valerie W. Rusch, MD
New York, NY

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD
Chicago, IL

Takeshi Sano, MD
Tokyo, Japan

Bruce D. Schirmer, MD
Charlottesville, VA

Stan Sidhu, PhD, FRACS
St Leonards, Australia

Diane M. Simeone, MD
New York, NY

Sunil Singhal, MD
Philadelphia, PA

Michael John Solomon, MD
Sydney, Australia

Nathaniel J. Soper, MD
Phoenix, AZ

Julie Anne Sosa, MD
San Francisco, CA

Oliver Soubrane, MD
Clichy, France

David Soybel
White River Junction, VT

Steven C. Stain, MD
Boston, MA

Scott R. Steele, MD
Cleveland, OH

David B. Stewart, MD
Springfield​, IL

Scott A. Strong, MD
Chicago, IL

Vivian E. Strong, MD
New York, NY

Dana Telem, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Mark J. Truty, MD, MSc
Rochester, MN

David Urbach, MD, MSC
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., MD
Gainesville, FL

Mark​ van Berge Henegouwen, MD, PhD,
Amsterdam, Netherlands​

Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD
Houston, TX

Omiada C. Velazquez, MD
Miami, FL

Selwyn Vickers, MD
New York, NY

Charles M. Vollmer, MD
Philadelphia, PA

Jennifer Waljee, MD, MPH
Ann Arbor, MI

Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD
Iowa City, IA

Jens Werner, MD, MBA
Munich, Germany

Steven D. Wexner, MD
Weston, FL

Lee G. Wilke, MD
Madison, WI

Chris Wolfgang, MD, PhD
New York, NY

Han-Kwang Yang, MD, PhD
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Heather Yeo, MD, MHS
New York, NY

Herbert Zeh, III, MD
Dallas, TX




















Melina R. Kibbe, MD

Seigo Kitano​, MD, FACS
​Toni Lerut, MD
H. Kim Lyerly, MD
Mark A. Malangoni, MD
Robin McLeod, MD
John Mellinger, MD​
​Ronald C. Merrell, MD
Peter J. Morris, MD
Katie Nason, MD
Heidi Nelson, MD
John Niederhueber, MD
Jeff Norton, MD
P. Ronan O'Connell, MD, FRCSI, FRCS (GLAS)
Ted Pappas, MD
H. Leon Pachter, MD​
Jeffrey H. Peters, MD
C. Wright Pinson, MD
Thomas Read, MD​
Patricia Roberts, MD
Paul S. Russell, MD
Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, MD, PhD
Hilliard F. Seigler, MD
Glenn D. Steele, Jr., MD, PhD
Steven M. Strasberg, MD
Jon Thompson, MD
Emanuel Tiret, MD 
Robert Udelsman, MD, MBA
Douglas W. Wilmore, MD
Michael J. Zinner, MD
Charles J. Yeo, MD