Former Editorial Board

Ghulam Abbas, MD, MHCM, FACS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

Prasad S. Adusumilli, MD, FACS FCCP
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Marco Alifano, MD, PhD, ACCA, HdR
Thoracic Department, Paris Center University Hospital, Paris, France

Luca Ampollini, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

Hisao Asamura, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Faisal Bakaeen, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

Luca Bertolaccini, MD, PhD, FCCP
Division of Thoracic Surgery, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Thomas J. Birdas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Alessandro Brunelli, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK

Paul A. Bunn, Jr, MD, FASCO, FACP, FAAAS
Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, USA

Raul Caso, MD, MSCI
Department of Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

Joe Y. Chang, MD, PhD, FASTRO
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Jin-Shing Chen
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei

Sanjay H. Chotirmall, MB, BCh, BAO (NUI) (Hons), FRCPI, FCCP, FRCP (UK) (London), PhD
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Teh-Ying Chou, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei

James M. Clark, MD
Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA

Ulrich Costabel, MD, FERS, FCCP
Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease Unit, Ruhrlandklinik, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Jean Deslauriers, MD, FRCS(C) (1945 - 2019)
Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

Joel Dunning, FRCS, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

Xavier Benoit D’Journo, MD, PhD, FEBTCS
Aix-Marseille University, Thoracic Surgery Department, North Hospital, Marseille, France

Thomas Frauenfelder, MD
Diagnostic and interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Domenico Galetta
Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Tyler Greenfield, MD
Ballad Health Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, USA

Baohui Han
Shanghai Chest Hospital, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP, FACP, FRCP(C), FERS
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Kassem Harris MD, FCCP
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology Section, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, Smilow Cancer Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA

Felix Herth, MD, PhD
Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, MD
Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Cardiology/Pulmonology/Intensive Care/Nephrology, “Hof’’ Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany

Takahiro Homma, MD, PhD
Department of Chest Surgery, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Chung-Ping Hsu, MD, FCCP
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung

Andrea Imperatori, MD
Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Jacek Jassem, MD, PhD
Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

Sanghoon Jheon, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Korea

Liyan Jiang, MD, PhD
Shanghai Chest Hospital, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Chang Hyun Kang, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Biniam Kidane, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Ahmet Kilic, MD, FACS
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

Yong-Hee Kim, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Michael Lanuti, MD
Director of Thoracic Oncology in Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston USA

Scott A. LeMaire, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Gunda Leschber, MD
ELK Berlin Chest Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Jun Hyeok Lim, MD
Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea

Liming Lu, PhD
Research Centre, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Christian Manegold, MD
Department of Surgery, Interdisciplinary Thoracic Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Giuseppe Marulli, MD, PhD
Department of Cardic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Donna E. Maziak, MDCM, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Elisa Meacci, MD
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, “Fondazione Policlinico A.Gemelli” University Hospital – Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, Rome, Italy

Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

Daniel L. Miller, MD
General Thoracic Surgery, WellStar Health System, Mayo Clinic Care Network, Marietta, GA, USA

Daniela Molena, MD
Department of Surgery, Thoracic Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Leizl Joy Nayahangan, RN., MHCM, MHPE
Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Copenhagen, Denmark

Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, PhD
Thoracic Surgery Department, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK

Hyung Joo Park, MD, PhD, FCCP
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Harvey I Pass, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

Martino Pengo
Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy

René Horsleben Petersen, MD PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Robert Pirker, MD
Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Mariano Provencio
Department of Medical Oncology, Puerta de Hierro Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Mohamed Rahouma, MD, MSc
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) / New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA;
Surgical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Egypt

Jari V. Räsänen, MD, PhD
Helsinki University Hospital, Heart and Lung Center, Department of General Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery, Helsinki, Finland

Federico Raveglia, MD
Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Paolo, Milan, Italy

Majed Refai, MD
Thoracic Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy

K. Robert Shen, MD
Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Anja C. Roden, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA

Witold Rzyman, MD, PhD, FETS
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Clinical Center, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

Michele Salati, MD, PhD
Unit of Thoracic Surgery, United Hospital, Ancona, Italy

Noriyoshi Sawabata, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Medical University, School of Medicine, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

Ralph Alexander Schmid, MD
Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Matthew James Schuchert, MD
Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Elliot Servais, MD, FACS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

Satoshi Shiono, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan

Charles B. Simone, II, MD, FASTRO, FACRO
New York Proton Center, New York, NY, USA; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Lorenzo Spaggiari
Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Davor Stamenovic, MD, MHBA
Thoracic Surgery and Pulmonary Medicine, Mainz University Thoracic Center, Mainz, Germany

Kenichi Suda, MD, PhD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan

Yuji Tachimori, MD
Department of Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan

Dale D. Tang, MD, PhD
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

Ricardo M. Terra, MD, PhD, MPH
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Erik Thunnissen
Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Alper Toker, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, WV, USA

Rocco Trisolini, MD
Interventional Pulmonology Division, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Hearth, Rome, Italy

Ming Sound Tsao, MD, FRCPC
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA

Giulia Veronesi, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy

David Waller, BMedSci, BM, BS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(CTh), FCCP
Barts Thorax Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK

Thorsten Walles, MD, FETCS
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Eugene Haydn Walters, MA, DM, DSc, FRCP, FRACP, FCCP, FTSANZ
Department of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

Peter D. Wearden, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA

Walter Weder
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Benny Weksler, MBA, MD, FACS, FACCP
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa, USA

Sean Wightman
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Stephen C. Yang, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MA, USA

Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Seong Yong Park, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Diana H. Yu, MD
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Heng Zhao, MD, PhD
Shanghai Chest Hospital, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Joseph “Jay” B. Zwischenberger, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
Former Section Editors

Tianxiang Chen, MD, PhD (Thoracic Oncology)
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Hanyue Li, MD (Thoracic Surgery)
Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Fabrizio Minervini, MD, PhD
Cantonal Hosp Lucerne, Dept Thorac Surg, Luzern, Switzerland.

Xiaomin Niu, MD (Medical Oncology)
Department of Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China