Editors-in-Chief

Ernst Klar, MD, FACS – Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
Georg Kähler, MD – Central Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
Markus F. Neurath, MD – Department of Internal Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Medical Center Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Honorary Editors

Reinhard Bittner, MD, FRCS – Hernia Center, Winghofer Medicum, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
Joachim Mössner, MD – Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, University Hospitals of Leipzig AöR, Leipzig, Germany
Jürgen F. Riemann, MD, FACP – Department of Medicine C, Hospital of the City Ludwigshafen/Rhine, Ludwigshafen, & Stiftung Lebensblicke, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Editorial Advisory Board Members

Markus W. Büchler, MD, FACS (Hon) – Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Jacob R. Izbicki, MD, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon) – Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Markus M. Lerch, MD, FRCP, FACG – Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Hans-Joachim Meyer, MD, MD h.c., FACS – Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgie e.V. (BDC), Berlin, Germany
Albert Tuchmann, MD, FACS – Secretary General, Austrian Society of Surgery, & Consultant Surgeon, Vienna, Austria
Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon) – Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Editorial Board

Tilo Andus, MD – Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Oncology, Klinikum Stuttgart – Krankenhaus Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Germany
Maximilian Bockhorn, MD – Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Medical Center Oldenburg, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Seung-Hun Chon, MD – Department of General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Roland S. Croner, MD – Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, FACS (Hon) – Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Silvio Danese, MD PhD – Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical and Research Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
Ulrike W. Denzer, MD – Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gießen-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Helmut Friess, MD – Department of Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Ines Gockel, MD – Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thorax and Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Leipzig AöR, Leipzig, Germany
Thomas Matthias Gress, MD – Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Felix Gundling, MD – Medical Clinic II, Klinikum am Bruderwald, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Thilo Hackert, MD – Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Samuel Huber, MD – I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Sergey Kashin, MD – Endoscopy Department, Yaroslavl Regional Cancer Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation
Tobias Keck, MD, MBA, FACS – Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Wolfram T. Knoefel, MD – Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ferdinand Köckerling, MD – Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Vivantes Klinikum Spandau, Berlin, Germany
Marko Kornmann, MD – Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Florian Kühn, MD – Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Clinic Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Frank Lammert, MD, FEBG – Vorstand für Krankenversorgung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Jessica Leers, MD – Department of General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Ansgar W. Lohse, MD – I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Nisar Peter Malek, MD – Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
Martina Müller-Schilling, MD – Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany
Karl J. Oldhafer, MD – Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Aklepios Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
Beate Rau, MD, PhD, MBA – Department of Surgery, Campus Mitte, Charité – University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jens Ricke, MD – Department of Clinical Radiology, Medical Center of the Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Anjali A. Röth, MD, MSc –Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Gerhard Rogler, MD, PhD – Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zurich University Hospital,Zurich, Switzerland
Peush Sahni, MBBS, PhD – Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Peter Schemmer, MD – Visceral Surgery Bern and Pancreas Clinic Switzerland and Liver Clinic Switzerland, Hirslanden Hospital Beau-Site, Bern, Switzerland
Hans Scherübl, MD – Department of Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Oncology and Infectious Diseases, Vivantes Clinic Am Urban, Berlin, Germany
Hans J. Schlitt, MD, ML, FACS, FRCS (Eng), FICS, FEBS, MHM – Department of Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Beate K. Straub, MD – Institute of Pathology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Kęstutis Strupas, MD, PhD – Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery, Center of Abdominal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Santariskiu Clinics, Vilnius, Lithuania
Andrea Tannapfel, MD – Institute of Pathology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Edris Wedi, MD – Sana Klinik Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany
Benjamin Weixler, MD – Department of Visceral and Thorax Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Jens Werner, MD – Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Clinic Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Yuzo Yamamoto, MD, PhD – Department of Surgery, Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety, Kobe Rosai Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Stefan Zeuzem, MD – Department of Medicine, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/M., Germany