Editorial Team
The management of our journal is a collaborative endeavor by the whole editorial team, featuring an active, widely respected, diverse, and representative Editorial Board. The editorial structure of the journal is listed as below and the roles and responsibilities of the editorial team are available at: https://www.amegroups.com/pages/journal-management#content-title.
Editors-in-Chief
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Nagashree Seetharamu, MBBS, MD
Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwell Health School of Medicine, Lake Success, NY, USA
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Vladimir Neychev, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, USA
Urology Section (Head)
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Fernando Facio Jr., MD, PhD (Urology)
Department of Urology, Medical School of São José do Rio Preto, São Jose Rio Preto, Brazil
Urology Editors
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Luis Cesar Fava Spessoto, MD, PhD (Urology Surgery)
Medicine School of São Jose do Rio Preto (FAMERP), São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
Editorial Board
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Basel Abdelazeem, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, McLaren Health Care, Flint, MI, USA; Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan, United States of America
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Suryansh Bajaj, MD
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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Leonardo Bustamante-Lopez, MD, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of the Colorectal Medical Group, Adventhealth, Orlando, Florida. USA
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Nourhan Chaaban
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas-Wichita, Wichita, KS, USA
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Ching Kuo Chang
Department of Surgery, Kaiser-Permanente, Oakland, CA, USA
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Gaurav Chauhan, MD, D.ABA-PM, FIPP
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Maria Comanici, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harefield Hospital, London, UK
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Andrei I. Gritsiuta, MD, PhD
Department of Surgical Services, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Genevieve Hattingh, MD
Department of Surgery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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Naohiro Ishii, MD, PhD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Japan
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Amin R. Javer, MD, FRCSC, FARS
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Diego Kauffmann-Guerrero
Department of internal medicine V (pneumology/thoracic oncology), Hospital of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Izumi Kawagoe, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Ana Lopez-Marco, FRCS (C-Th), FEBCTS, PhD
William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Squar, London
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Tatsuya Nakao, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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Calvin S. H. Ng
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
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Marc Prod'homme, MD
Neuro Orthopedic Center, Clinic La Source, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Michael Semanco, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Department of Pharmacy, Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, Lakeland, FL, USA
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Gurinder Singh, MD, FAAO, MHA
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA;
The University of Missouri - Kansas City Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Fumihiko Urabe, MD, PhD
Department of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Janusz Włodarczyk
Department of Thoracic and Surgical Oncology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland
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Yoshikane Yamauchi, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan