Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Visiting Professor of Medical Humanities, University College London, London, UK
Managing and Executive Editor
Dr Riaz Agha, London, UK
Assistant Editors
Professor Herbert Hechtman, Boston, USA
Professor J W Y Lau, Shatin, Hong Kong
Mr David Rosin, London, UK
Professor Alfio Ferlito, Udine, Italy
Dr Kandiah Raveedran, Ipoh, Malaysia
Professor Raafat Afifi, Cairo, Egypt
Dr J Vaidya, Dundee, UK
Professor Jamsheer Talati, Karachi, Pakistan
Statistical Editors
Dr Derek Cooper, London, UK
Dr Nora Donaldson, London, UK
Professor Mary W Gray, Washington DC, USA
Contributing Editor
Hazel Thornton, Colchester, UK
Web Consultant
Michael Edwards,North Yorkshire, UK
Executive Committee
Sir Graeme Catto, London, UK
Sir Barry Jackson, London, UK
Lord Ara Darzi, London, UK
Lord Ian McColl, London, UK
Lord Robert Winston, London, UK
Sir Magdi Yacoub, London, UK
Professor David Cooper, Pittsburgh, USA
Professor Harold Ellis, London, UK
Professor Susan Standring, London, UK
Professor Thomas E Starzl, Pittsburgh, USA
Editorial Board
N. R. Abu-Rustum, New York, USA
M. Al-Ubaydli, Maryland, USA
R. Badwe, Mumbai, India
I. Benjamin, Kent, UK
M. Boscoe, Middlesex, UK
M. F. Brennan, New York, USA
S. Chaplin, London, UK
K. Chatamara, Bangkok, Thailand
X-P. Chen, Wuhan, China
P. Coulthard, Manchester, UK
A. C. De Souza, London, UK
N. S. El Saghir, Beirut, Lebanon
L. Fallowfield, Brighton, UK
D. W. Green, London, UK
F. Hamdy, Sheffield, UK
I. Harirchi, Tehran, Iran
A. K. Kakkar, London, UK
K. D. Lillemoe, Indianapolis, USA
I. Mitra, Mubai, India
D. Muzumdar, Mumbai, India
A. R. Nunez De Pierro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
R. Orda, Tel Aviv, Israel
N. Palmer, London, UK
D. Rainsbury, Winchester, UK
E. Rutgers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
C. Saunders, Crawley, Australia
V. Semiglazov, St. Petersburg, Russia
F-C. Wei, Tapei, Taiwan
Publishing House
Publishing Editor
Henry Spilberg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Assistant Publishing Editor
Libby Nichols, London, UK
Manuscript Administrator
Joanne Frankland, Oxford, UK
Senior Marketing Executive
Samantha Savalio, London, UK
Journal Manager
Andy Healey, Oxford, UK
Senior Business Development Executive
Greg Davies, London, UK
Journal Administrator
Andy Padfield, Journal Administrator, Exeter, UK
Advertising Sales Executive
Bethan Keall, London, UK
Account Manager
Magdalena Scheijgrond, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Copyright Manager
Catherine Nielsen, Philadelphia, USA