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BJS Editorial team
Editor-in-Chief
Des Winter MB, FRCSI, MD, FRCS(Gen)
St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Des is a Clinical Professor and Consultant Surgeon with a special interest in gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgery. His clinical and biological research (doctorate by thesis) training spanned Ireland and the USA, and he finished first place in the 2004 professional examination for completion of surgical training in UK and Ireland. Having completed a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Des returned to his alma mater in 2006, where he began his current position. In the 15 years he has been involved in publishing, he has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and books. Des succeeds E. Hey Groves, Cecil Wakeley, H. H. G. Eastcott, Crawford Jamieson, David Carter, Chris Russell, Robin Williamson, John Farndon, John Murie, Derek Alderson and Jonothan Earnshaw, who steered BJS from 1913 to 2020.
Editors
Martyn Evans MB, MPhil, FRCS(Gen)
Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, Wales
Martyn is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon with an interest in advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy, and Honorary Associate Professor at Morriston Hospital and Swansea University Medical School, a position he took up in 2021. Following medical school at Southampton University, Martyn trained in England and Wales, completing fellowships with the Swansea Pelvic Oncology Group and the John Goligher Colorectal Unit, Leeds. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2018.
Robert J. Hinchliffe MB, FRCS, MD, Enid Linder Foundation and Royal College of Surgeons of England Chair in Clinical Trials in Surgery
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Robert is Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Bristol, Bristol Surgical Trials Centre and Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. He is an academic Vascular Surgeon in the Bristol, Bath and Weston Vascular Network with a special interest in diabetes-related lower-limb complications and minimally invasive surgery. His research focuses include clinical trials, the new technology development and evidence-based practice. Robert has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2015.
Niels F. M. Kok MD, PhD
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Niels completed medical school at Leiden University Medical School, the Netherlands then obtained a PhD in organ transplantation at the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam before surgical training. Having completed two clinical fellowships in HPB and peritoneal malignancy at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam and the Erasmus MC, Niels took up his current position as Staff Surgeon with a special interest in HPB and peritoneal malignancy at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in 2016. Niels has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and was a BJS Open Associate Editor (2017–2020) before taking up the role of Associate Editor at BJS in 2020.
Kjetil Søreide MD, PhD, FRCSEd, FACS
Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Kjetil completed his medical training at the University of Freiburg in Germany. He trained in general surgery and obtained a fellowship in gastrointestinal surgery at the Stavanger University Hospital in Norway, where he is a Consultant General and HPB Surgeon. In 2007, he completed a PhD in translational and molecular cancer research and is the current lead for a translational research group in cancer and head of the Clinical Surgery Research Unit at Stavanger University Hospital. He has been a Professor at the University of Bergen since 2011 and from 2017 to 2018 was a visiting Professor and Honorary Consultant at the department of HPB surgery at the Royal Infirmary/University of Edinburgh. His main interest is cancer biology and gastrointestinal research, with a focus on hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. Kjetil has published over 350 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and edited books, and has been a BJS Editor since 2010.
Malin Sund MD, PhD
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Malin received her MD and PhD in molecular biology from the University of Oulu, Finland in 2001. From 2003 to 2005 she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Malin completed surgical training at Umeå University Hospital from 2005 to 2012. She was appointed Professor of Surgery at the university in 2013 where she headed the breast and endocrine surgery unit between 2012 and 2020. In 2021, she was appointed Professor of Surgery at the University of Helsinki. She is affiliated to both Umeå and Helsinki University Hospitals. Her research interests are breast and pancreatic cancer, tumour stroma, matrix biology and cancer biomarkers. Malin has published over 175 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2014.
Bas P. L. Wijnhoven MD, PhD
Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Bas obtained his MD in 1997 and started a PhD programme in molecular and clinical aspects of oesophageal cancer at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, which he completed with honours in 2001. In 2006 he was registered as a General Surgeon and completed a clinical and research fellowship (upper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery) at the Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia. Bas has been a Staff Surgeon at the Erasmus MC Rotterdam since 2008 where he is the programme lead for oesophagogastric disease. His clinical interests are benign and malignant diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Bas has been an author on over 250 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2014.
Associate Editors
Paul Sutton BMBS, PhD, MMEd, FRCS
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
Paul is a consultant colorectal, pelvic, and peritoneal surgeon at The Christie Hospital, Manchester UK. His clinical interests are in locally advanced/recurrent rectal cancer and peritoneal surface malignancy. He has trained in the UK and Australia, taking up his current post in 2021. His research interests are in predicting and modifying response to adjuvant therapies, as well as PROMS and human factors. Paul has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers and joined the BJS team as an Associate Editor in 2022.
Paulina Salminen, MD, PhD, FACS (Hon)
Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Paulina received her MD in 1997 from the University of Turku in Finland, where she also completed her general surgery and digestive surgery training in 2005 and her PhD in 2007. Since then she has been working at Turku University Hospital with clinical interests mainly focusing on bariatric surgery and acute care surgery. She has been a full Professor of Surgery since 2019 with a concurrent Chief of Surgery academic position of at Turku University Hospital.Her main current research interests are in the fields of acute appendicitis with her APPAC study group and bariatric surgery with the SLEEVEPASS trial with vast international collaboration. Paulina has published over 185 peer-reviewed papers and over 50 book chapters, and has been a BJS Associate Editor since 2023.
Peter Vaughan-Shaw
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Peter is a consultant colorectal surgeon in Edinburgh. He completed his undergraduate degree in Bristol before undertaking surgical training in the South of England and latterly in south-east Scotland. He completed a robotic colorectal fellowship at Sunderland Royal Hospital and an advanced cancer fellowship at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit, Leeds. He has been trainee representative on the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Research and Audit Committee and was President of The Dukes’ Club 2020-2021. He has a strong interest in academic surgery and translational research. He has published 59 peer-reviewed articles and is author of four surgical book chapters. He has completed an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship and PhD investigating the link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer for which he was awarded an RCS Hunterian Professorship.
Technology Advisor
Patricia Tejedor, MD, PhD
University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Patricia is a consultant colorectal and robotic surgeon who graduated from medical school at the University of Acalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. She completed her high surgical training in the UK, a colorectal and robotic surgery fellowship, and, in Spain, robotic surgery fellowship, Santander. She obtained her PhD in 2018, focused on pelvic floor diseases. Her clinical and research interests are colorectal cancer, recurrent rectal cancer and robotic surgery. Patricia joined BJS and BJS Open as an Editor A ssistant in July 2023, and Technology Advisor in July 2024
Editor Assistants
Hans Lederhuber MD PhD MFSTEd
Hans is a consultant general surgeon with a particular interest in colorectal surgery and complex abdominal wall reconstruction. He received his MD and a PhD on the heat - shock response in peritoneal dialysis from the Medical University of Vienna. Hans obtained his general surgical training in Sweden and Germany and completed a fellowship with Prof. Neil Smart in Exeter, UK. Hans serves as the nati onal lead for the HIPPO and COVIDSurg Collaborative. His research interests include peritoneal pathophysiology, colorectal surgery, and hernia surgery, focusing on pragmatic, patient - centred projects. He serves on the ESCP (European Society of Coloproctolo gy) research committee and as its representative at the European Cancer Organisation (ECO). Hans has published over 65 original scientific articles and joined the BJS team as an editorial assistant in July 2024.
Yung Lee
McMaster University
Yung Lee is a Chief General Surgery Resident at McMaster University, with a keen interest in minimally invasive surgery, bariatrics, and surgical endoscopy. He completed his Masters of Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Trained a t the birthplace of evidence - based medicine, Yung has centered his research on population - based studies, trials, and AI/Large Language Models in minimally invasive surgery and bariatrics. Over his career, he has published more than 120 peer - reviewed journa l articles and textbook chapters. As the chair and founder of the Evidence - based General Surgery (EVIGS) working group, he has championed evidence - based surgical practices and secured substantial research grants from prestigious organizations, including th e American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), and the International Federation of Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). Academically, Yung has been the recipient of the Wilson Leader Scho larship, the highest value undergraduate scholarship in Canada, the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, multiple Korean Canadian scholarships for his research. He joined BJS and BJS Open as an Editor Assistant in July 2024. He will be completing his fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy at the Cleveland Clinic.
Laura Maggino MD, PhD
Mater Salutis Hospital, Legnago, Verona, Italy
Laura graduated from Medical School at the University of Padua in 2011 and completed her residency training in General Surgery at the Unit of General and Pancreatic Surgery of the University of Verona in 2019. Laura completed a Research Fellowship in Pancreatic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and obtained a PhD in inflammation, immunology and cancer at the University of Verona. She also earned a Master’s Degree in advanced biostatistics in 2022.
Laura is passionate for clinical research. Her research interests are mainly focused on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, pancreatic cystic neoplasms, and complications after pancreatic surgery.
Statistical consultants
Jonas Ranstam
Jonas received a BSc in statistics and PhD in epidemiology from Lund University, Sweden. His professional background is as a senior lecturer in medical statistics at Lund University, senior lecturer in public health epidemiology at Malmö University, pharma coepidemiologist in Malmö and Stockholm, Sweden, trial statistician in Copenhagen, Denmark, and professor of medical statistics at Lund University. He is the author of over 300 publications and has been engaged as a statistical consultant by several scientific journals and research councils. He joined the BJS (and subsequently BJS Open) editorial team in 2014.
Professor Jonathan Cook
Jonathan is a Professor of Clinical Trials and Medical Statistics. His main research interest is in the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of randomised controlled trials. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a BSc in Statistics . Subsequently, he worked at the Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen. Jonathan joined the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford as a University Lectureship in 2013 . He has collaborated on numerous projects such as randomised trials, observational and diagnostic studies, methodological projects and systematic reviews in a variety of clinical areas (including general surgery). Jonathan has over 300 publications including more than 60 as first or senior author, and he recently authored an introductory book on clinical trials published by OUP.
BJS Open Editorial team
Editor-in-Chief
Ville Sallinen
Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Ville is an Adjunct Professor and a Consultant Gastrointestinal and HPB/Transplant Surgeon at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. He received a PhD in basic neuroscience in 2009 and finished his surgical training at the University of Helsinki in 2014. Ville is currently leading a research group focusing on clinical research and trials on colorectal, emergency and HPB/ transplant surgery. Clinically he is busy with complex HPB/transplant and gastric cancer patients. Ville has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He served as a BJS Editorial Assistant from 2016 to 2017 and as an Editor for BJS Open from 2018 to 2021 before taking up his current role. Ville succeeds Derek Alderson, who steered BJS Open as Editor-in-Chief from 2017 to 2021.
Editors
Katy Darvall MD, FRCS
Somerset Foundation Trust, Taunton, UK
Katy has been a Consultant Vascular Surgeon in the Somerset and North Devon Vascular Network since 2014. Following medical school at the University of Birmingham, she completed surgical training in the West Midlands and South West of England. Katy received her Medical Doctorate by thesis from the University of Birmingham on the outcomes from ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for chronic venous disease, particularly patient-reported outcomes. Katy first joined the BJS family as BJS Editor Assistant in 2015 and has been a BJS Open Editor since its launch in 2017 under the leadership of Derek Alderson.
Laura Lorenzon MD, PhD
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Laura is a surgeon and post-doc researcher at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli in Rome. She trained in surgery at the Sant’Andrea Hospital of Rome and was a Clinical Fellow at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London in 2009. Laura completed her PhD in early 2013 with a thesis on translational medicine and has since become a research enthusiast. In 2014 she was awarded a post-doc Fellowship position with the prominent Fondazione Veronesi with a project on microRNA in gastrointestinal oncology. Her main area of interest is gastrointestinal surgery and surgical oncology. She was Chair of the Young Board of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (YSICO) from 2017 to 2019, Chair of the European Society of Surgical Oncology Young Alumni Club from 2018 to 2020 and is currently SICO Secretary General. Her studies range from clinical to translational investigations and a bioengineering implementation of surgical devices. To date, she has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles. In late 2016, Laura joined the BJS team as an Editorial Assistant. She was later appointed Associate Editor at BJS Open in 2018 and subsequently BJS Open Editor in 2019.
Frank McDermott MBBS, FRCS, MD
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
Frank is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter with a specialist interest in advanced disease and diverticulitis. Following medical school at Imperial College, he completed his surgical training in the Peninsula region (Southwest England) as well as fellowships in Aarhus and Barcelona. Frank received his Medical Doctorate by thesis from University College Dublin in colonic translational research including gastrointestinal physiology, complex gels and microbiome. Following this he completed a Masters in Genomic Medicine to support his current research interests in epigenetics. His editorial experience includes a year as BJS Editor Assistant and three years as Associate Editor of Colorectal Disease.
Giovanni Marchegiani MD, PhD
Verona University Hospital, The Pancreas Institute, Verona, Italy
Giovanni graduated from Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna and then studied HPB surgery and multiple organ transplantation at the San Raffaele Hospital, Milan in addition to the New York University and Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA. He completed surgical training at the University of Verona and was a Research Fellow in pancreatic surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA before his current position as junior faculty at the Verona Pancreas Institute. Giovanni has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers and was BJS Editor Assistant 2020–2021.
Associate Editors
Samira Sadowski MD, MSc
Surgical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute*, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Samira is a surgeon-scientist at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, USA, with a special interest in pancreatic and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours. She oversees a laboratory seeking to uncover new therapies for neuroendocrine tumours to improve patient survival and is clinically active as an endocrine surgeon. Samira received her medical training at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She completed her general surgery residency training at the University Hospitals of Geneva and received a master's degree in medical biostatistics at the University of Montreal, Canada. She completed her Endocrine Oncology Surgery Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health and was then on faculty at the University Hospitals of Geneva before being recruited to the NCI in 2018. In 2017, Samira joined the BJS team as an Editor Assistant.
*Dr Sadowski is serving in a personal capacity
Marcel André Schneider, MD, PhD
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Marcel graduated from medical school at the university of Zurich, Switzerland, in 2013 and has completed his surgical residency in Zurich, Switzerland, and Vienna, Austria. He currently works at the department of surgery and transplantation at the University Hospital of Zurich. During 2015–2019, he obtained a PhD at the University of Zurich focusing on tumour immunobiology and translational attenuation of tumour hypoxia. His clinical focus lies on upper and lower GI oncological surgery and peritoneal surface oncology. He enjoys doing data science using R and his current research interests include outcome assessment after gastrectomies and examination of the implementation of minimally invasive surgical techniques. He joined the BJS team as an Editor Assistant in 2022.