Editor-in-Chief
Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Miami, FL
Editors
Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS
University of California San Francisco
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
Walnut Creek, CA
Contributors
Dana K. Anderson, MD, FACS
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Miami, FL
Philippe Bachellier, MD, PhD
University Hospital of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Hans Gunther Beger, MD, FACS
University of Ulm
Ulm, Germany
Kaylene Berrera, MS
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Francesco M. Bianco, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Domenico Borzomati, MD, PhD, FACS
Bio-Medico University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Steven P. Bowers, MD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
Jennifer Brumbaugh, MA
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Nino Carnevale, MD, FACS
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ
Fernando Casal
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
CK Chang, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery
Walnut Creek, CA
Alessandro Coppola, MD
Bio-Medico University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Roberto Coppola, MD, FACS
Bio-Medico University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Sebastian V. Demyttenaere, MD, MSc
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS
San Francisco VA Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH
Carlos F. Fernández-del Castillo, MD, FACS
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Pedro A. Ferraina, MD, FACS
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anibal Ariel Ferraro, MD
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alberto R. Ferreres, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Charles F. Frey, MD, FACS
University of California Davis
Rescue, CA
Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS
University of California San Francisco
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
Walnut Creek, CA
Frank Gansauge, MD
University of Ulm
Donauklinikum Neu-Ulm, Germany
Brice Gayet, MD, PhD
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
University René Descartes
Paris, France
Jean-François Gigot, MD, Phd, FRCS
Saint-Luc University Hospital
Brussels, Belgium
Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD, FACS
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Steffen Gloekler, MD
University Hospital
Bern, Switzerland
Manpreet S. Grewal, MD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
Muhammad K. Hasan, Md
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
W. Scott Helton, MD, FACS
Hospital of Saint Raphael
New Haven, CT
Karen D. Horvath, MD, FACS
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Elie Housseau, MD
University Hospital of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Catherine Hubert, MD
Saint-Luc University Hospital
Brussels, Belgium
Jakob R. Izbicki, MD, FACS
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Daniel Jaeck, MD, PhD, FRCS
University Hospital of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Harish Lavu, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Luis Alberto Carlos Lopolito, MD
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
W. Scott Melvin, MD, FACS
The Ohio State University and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
Columbus, OH
Sean J. Mulvihill, MD, FACS
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT
Murali N. Naidu, MD
Hospital of Saint Raphael
New Haven, CT
Attila Nakeeb, MD, FACS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Mehrdad Nikfarjam, MD, PhD, FRACS
University Hospital - Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Nicholas O'Rourke, MBBS, FRACS
Wesley Medical Centre
Auchenflower, Australia
Chinnusamy Palanivelu, Mch, FACS
Gem Hospital India Limited
Coimbatore, India
Martí Palavecino, MD
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Theodore N. Pappas, MD, FACS
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Dilip Parekh, MBBCh, FACS
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Juan Pekolj, MD, PhD, FACS
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bertram Poch, MD
University of Ulm
Department of Visceral Surgery
Donauklinikum Neu-Ulm, Germany
Franz Poch
University of Ulm
Department of Visceral Surgery
Donauklinikum Neu-Ulm, Germany
Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, FACS
University Hospitals - Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Eduardo A. Pro, MD
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Howard A. Reber, MD, FACS
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Fabio Sbrana, MD, FACS
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Courtney L. Scaife, MD, FACS
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Schwarz, MD
University of Ulm
Donauklinikum Neu-Ulm, Germany
Zahra Shafaee, MD
Institut Mutualist Montsouris
University René Descartes
Paris, France
Christopher Solis, MD, FACS
Walnut Creek Medical Center
Walnut Creek, CA
John A. Stauffer, MD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
Steven M. Strasberg, MD, FACS
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Insoo Suh, MD
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Elisabeth T. Tracy, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
L. William Traverso, MD, FACS
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Sergio Valeri, MD
Bio-Medico Univeristy of Rome
Rome, Italy
Juan M. Verde, MD
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Andrew W. Warshaw, MD, FACS
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Patrick S. Wolf, MD
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Christopher L. Wolfgang, MD, PhD, FACS
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Emre F. Yekebas, MD, FACS
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Anusak Yiengpruksawan, MD, FACS
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ
Publisher
Cine-Med, Inc.
Project Manager Consultant
Colleen Hutchinson