Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Michael Kidd, AO, FAHMS, MD, University of Oxford, UK and University of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Michael Kidd AO FAHMS is foundation Director of the Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and Professor of Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems with the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Prof Kidd was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor with the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, and Professor of Primary Care Reform at the Australian National University. He holds honorary appointments with the University of Toronto, the University of Melbourne, Flinders University, and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, and is the Emeritus Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS). In the 2023 King's Birthday Honours List he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. Prof Kidd served as president of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) from 2013-2016, and as president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners from 2002-2006. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the world's first PubMed-listed journal devoted to publishing case reports from all medical disciplines.

 

Senior Deputy Editor

Richard Rison, MD, Neurology Consultants Medical Group, USA

 

Deputy Editors

Benoit Blondeau, MD, MBA, Regions Hospital, USA 
Benoît Blondeau, MD MBA FACS is the medical director of the level one trauma center, and Associate Professor of surgery and palliative care at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, USA. A graduate of the school of medicine of the Tours university, in Tours, France (Faculté de Médecine) in general and vascular medicine, he trained in general surgery and organ transplantation in the USA (Howard University, University of Missouri Kansas City, and the Mount Sinai Hospital).





Chinmoy Bose, MD, PhD, DSc, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, India
Dr Chinmoy K Bose is a Senior Professor and Head of Clinical Trials in a tertiary cancer centre in India. He serves as an examiner in oncology super speciality, has been involved in ovarian cancer drug development for the last 25 years and is an international peer in the field of ovarian cancer etiology.  Dr Bose obtained his MD qualification in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Ramakrishna Mission Seva Prathisthana, Kolkata, India, in 1989. His sub-speciality training, registrarship and PhD (1996) in gynaecological oncology were completed in the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata. Dr Bose has won Royal Society and DFG fellowships, and received multiple travel grants from AACR, ASCO, etc. His many important publications include book chapters and a book on oncology and endocrinology. Dr Bose has been serving as an expert in oncology in drug regulatory authority of the government of India for 10 years. He is an ethics committee member of a cancer hospital and serves as expert in stem cell committee of India government. He had served as executive member in Indian branch (FPAI) of IPPF, UK.

Emmanouil Kapetanakis, MD, University General Hospital Attikon, Greece
Emmanouil I. Kapetanakis M.D., M.Sc. is a specialist oncological thoracic surgeon with a mixed clinical/surgical and academic/research practice specializing in the management of lung cancer and chest malignancies. Having realized the importance for a surgeon to possess a broad oncological opinion and a multidisciplinary management approach he has pursued an oncology concentrated surgical education. Therefore, he has completed postgraduate coursework in Thoracic Oncology at the University of Athens and in Lung Cancer at the University of Zurich, as well as fellowships in minimally invasive thoracic surgery at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland and in thoracic surgical oncology at the European Institute of Oncology (I.E.O.) in Milan, Italy. His research expertise includes both laboratory/bench and clinical/epidemiological research having performed significant research on thoracic surgery, focusing mainly on lung cancer and thoracic oncology. He has a respectable research and academic profile, having published more than 60 papers in reputable medical journals, with quite a high impact factor, while he also has over 60 oral and posted presentations in medical conferences and workshops as well as numerous guest speeches at respective conferences. Dr. Kapetanakis’ has acted as principal investigator and as co-investigator in a number of studies on surgical techniques, thoracic anesthesia and thoracic oncology. He also serves as a reviewer in several reputable scientific journals. He has held various academic and educational positions, both in Greece and abroad, teaching medical students as well as trainee doctors. Dr. Kapetanakis is a member of a number of Greek and international medical and surgical professional societies and is secretary of the Education Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons and a member of the Educational Board of the Hellenic Surgical Society. He is married and has a young son.

Jean Karl Soler, MD, PhD, The Family Practice Malta, Malta
Dr Jean Karl Soler is a family doctor, specialist in occupational medicine, and researcher. He has run studies on burnout in European family doctors in collaboration with EGPRN, and on mathematical models of the diagnostic process in primary care in collaboration with the Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam under the late Prof. Henk Lamberts and Dr. Inge Okkes. He has collaborated with the TRANSFoRm project on learning healthcare systems to reduce diagnostic error in primary care under the leadership of Prof. Brendan Delaney at Imperial College, London, and the eHID electronic health indicator database project led by the late Dr. Douglas Fleming. Dr Soler leads the research arm of the Mediterranean Institute of Primary Care, and organises continuing medical education for the Malta College of Family Doctors. He is also the Maltese representative for the European General Practice Research Network, and is a long-standing member of the Wonca International Classification Committee with a role in maintaining the International Classification of Primary Care. He has 34 indexed publications, and has read for his PhD degree at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. He is also very active in historical re-enactments of Malta’s role in the Second World War.

Itzhak Brook, MD, Georgetown University, USA

Meer Chisthi, MS, MBBS, Government Medical College, India
Dr. Meer Chisthi is a General Surgeon and researcher affiliated with a tertiary-level institution in Kerala, India. With over 15 years of academic experience, he has served as an examiner for undergraduate MBBS and BDS examinations. Dr. Chisthi has an extensive publication record in high-impact journals and has contributed to multi-national research collaborations. He is actively involved in peer-review for several prestigious journals, further highlighting his commitment to advancing medical knowledge. In addition to his research activities, Dr. Chisthi has played a significant role as an evaluator for the Young Innovators Programme under the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) and has been a member of the Virtual IT cadre established by the Government of Kerala. His expertise extends to critical areas such as infection control and trauma care, where he regularly contributes as a trainer. Notably, Dr. Chisthi served as the Organizing Secretary of KASICON 2022, the Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala Chapter, and has delivered numerous presentations at conferences at various levels.

Teodora-Alexa Stratulat, MD, PhD, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Wan-Ju Annabelle Lee, MD, PhD, Chi Mei Medical Center, Taiwan
Dr. Wan-Ju Annabelle Lee is an Assistant Professor at the School of Pharmacy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, where she has served since August 2022. With a strong background in ophthalmology, pharmacoepidemiology, neuro-ophthalmology, and ophthalmic pharmacology, Dr. Lee has made significant contributions to eye care in both academic and clinical settings.
Dr. Lee earned her MD from National Cheng Kung University in 2006, followed by a residency in ophthalmology in 2010. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2017. She is actively involved in various professional organizations, such as the Ophthalmological Society of Taiwan, the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology, and the Taiwan Retinal Society, and has received multiple awards for her contributions to pharmacoepidemiology.
In addition to her clinical and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Lee plays an important role in academic publishing, serving as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Medical Case Reports since 2021. Her research focuses on the treatment of ocular diseases through pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacology, aiming to enhance patient outcomes globally.


Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, MD, University of Cartagena, Colombia
Dr. Luis Rafael Moscote is a distinguished medical professional and researcher with a robust background in neurosurgery and clinical research.  Dr. Moscote has held influential roles across multiple international platforms, contributing significantly to advancing neurosurgical practices and clinical research methodologies. He is also recognized for his efforts in integrating evidence-based medicine in neurotrauma, neurocritical care and stroke research, as reflected in his leadership of a special issue on the subject. A prolific reviewer, Dr. Moscote has provided critical insights for a wide range of journals, including Neurocritical Care, World Neurosurgery, and the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. His collaborative approach has led to partnerships with global experts and institutions, positioning him as a key figure in the neurosurgical and medical research communities.
Dr. Moscote's academic contributions are further underscored by his leadership in various peer-reviewed publications and his role as a senior editor and advisor for numerous medical journals. His vision for advancing neurosurgery through innovation and evidence-based research continues to inspire new generations of medical professionals and researchers globally.

Babatunde A Gbolade, MSc MPhil FRCOG, St James’s University Hospital, UK
Dr. Gbolade was a consultant gynaecologist and director of the fertility control unit at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Medical Academic Educators Unit (Leeds Institute of Medical Education), University of Leeds, United Kingdom. His primary research focussed on gynaecology and reproductive health care, with an ancillary interest in medical law, research ethics, and computational methods in medical science. With over 40 years of clinical and academic experience, he has served as an Expert Member of the UK’s Northern and Yorkshire NHS Research Ethics Committee for 10 years. He has also served as an examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate professional examinations and a master's degree external examiner at the University of Warwick. He has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Currently, he serves as a peer reviewer, review editor, academic editor, associate editor, and editorial board member of many journals. He is also a medical editor and proofreader. He was named a Top Reviewer in Multidisciplinary in the 2018 Publons Global Peer Review Awards.

S. M. Yasir Arafat, MD MPH MBA MBBS, Bangladesh Specialized Hospital, Bangladesh 
Dr. S M Yasir Arafat is an Associate Consultant of Psychiatry at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He focuses on the epidemiological aspects of mental disorders and human behaviors. Dr. Arafat has (co)authored more than 350 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and (co)edited 10 books with Springer. He has been included in the global 2% researcher list in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He is acting as an editorial member in more than 10 leading journals in mental health published by Springer, Elsevier, Frontiers, Wiley, and Taylor and Francis.


Alauldeen Mudhafar Zubair Alqasim, MD, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK


Associate Editors

Ahmed Abdelkader, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Hazem Abosheaishaa, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Madura Adikari, MD, MBBS, FRCP, NHS Trust, UK
Narothama Reddy Aeddula, MD, Indiana University, USA
Ibrahim Ahmed, MBBS, MD, FMCPath, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Nigeria
Yazan Al-Adwan, MD, University of Virginia, USA
Dimitrios Anyfantakis, MD, PhD, Primary Health Care Centre of Kissamos, Greece
Rahul D Arora, MD, Delhi State Cancer Institute, India
Lovenish Bains, MD, Maulana Azad Medical College, India
Gabriele Bellio, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy
Karen Boaz, BDS, MDS, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, India
Paolo Boffano, MD, DDS, PhD, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Cüneyt Bozer, MD, PhD, Trakya University, Turkey
Luigi Cavanna, MD, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza, Italy
Venu Madhav Chippa, MD, Ascension St Vincent Evansville, USA
Salvatore Chirumbolo, MD, University of Verona, Italy
Prabal Chourasia, MD, FACP, Mary Washington Hospital, USA
Sriharsha Dadana, MD, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, USA
Ahmed Daoud, MD, PhD, Cairo University, Egypt
C. Danny Darlington, MBBS, MRCSEd, Max HealthCare, India
Ananda K Dhanasekaran, MBBS, MRCS, MCh, FRCS, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Jun Dong, MD, PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Natasha Dudiki, MD, Ball Memorial Hospital, USA
Igor Dumic, MD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Asmaa El-Banna, MD, Alexandria University, Egypt
Cheran Elangovan, MBBS, University of Tennessee, USA
Francisco Aguilar Espinosa, MD, Mexican Social Security Institute, Mexico
Dimitrios K Filippou, MD PhD, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Subramanya Shyam Ganti, MD, Appalachian Regional Hospital, USA
Rakesh Garg, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Paritharsh Ghantasala, MD, Covenant HealthCare, USA
Akshay Goel, MD, Westchester Medical Center, USA
Falgun Gosai, MD, Saint Francis Medical Center, USA
Aakshit Goyal, MD MBBS, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA
Harpreet Grewal, MD, DABR, Sacred Heart Hospital, USA
Anju Gupta, MD, All India Institute Of Medical Science, India
Lalit Gupta, MD, Maulana Azad Medical College, India
Vineet Gupta, MD, University of California, San Diego, USA
Bharat Gurnani, MBBS, FCRS, FICO, FAICO, MRCS, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, India
Amit Habbu, MD, Washington State University, USA
Uma Hariharan, DNB, FICA, FSNCC, DESA, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, India
Van Thuan Hoang, MD, PhD, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam
Thanh D Hoang, DO FACP FACE, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, USA
Haris Iftikhar, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Kiran Jadhav, MD, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India
Eugenio Jannelli, MD, University of Pavia, Italy
Dipin Jayaprakash, MBBS, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, India
Atif A Katib, MD, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Jaspinder Kaur, MBBS, Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Mohamed Khalaf, MD, East Carolina University, USA
Ramin Khoramnia, MD, FEBO, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Tracey Koehlmoos, PhD, MHA, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA
Krasimir Kraev, MD, PhD, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Michael Kwarteng, PhD, OD, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Renee Mallory, MD, MPH, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, USA
Horacio Mayer, MD, FACS, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sanwal Mehta, MD, MBBS, West Tennessee Healthcare, USA
Hashim Mohamed, MD, Primary Healthcare Corporation, Qatar
Eva Montanari, MD, PhD, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
Baththirange Malaka Munasinghe, MBBS, MD, FRCA, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, UK
Bala Munipalli, MD, ABIM, Mayo Clinic, USA
Vijayadershan Muppidi, MD, Indiana University Health, USA
Soman Nair, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Luigi Naldi, MD, Centro Studi GISED, Italy
Minh Duc Nguyen, MD, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam
Tuan Thanh Nguyen, MD, Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University, Vietnam
Wassan Nori, MD, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq
Yasser Obadiel, MD, FACS, FEBES, Sana'a University, Yemen
Hema Pamulapati, MD, FACC, FASE, The University of Kansas Health System, USA
Jay Pandav, MD, Mustansiriyah University, USA
Prashanth Panta, BDS, Malla Reddy Institute of Dental Sciences, India
Theodossis Papavramidis, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Taral Parikh, MD, Hamilton Medical Center, USA
Rinkesh Patel, MD, Huntsville Hospital, USA
Elena Pezzolo, MD, Ospedale San Bortolo, Italy
Patorn Piromchai, MD PhD FRCOT FICS, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Aristotle Protopapas, MSc FRCS, Imperial College London, UK
Zaheer Qureshi, MD, Quinnipiac University, USA
Moshiur Rahman, MD, Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Bangladesh
Manoj V Ramachandran, MD, The Ohio State University, USA
Hari Prasad Ravipati, MD, MPH, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, USA
Aswanth Reddy, MD, Mercy Health, USA
Sasmit Roy, MD, FACP, FASN, University of Virginia, USA
Sohail Abdul Salim, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
Muzna Sarfraz, MBBS, King Edward Medical University, Pakistan
Gaetano Scaramuzzo, MD, University of Ferrera, Italy
Purav Shah, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Mayank Singhal, MD, FACP, FAHA, Cape Fear Valley Health System, USA
Namrata Singhania, MD, Mount Carmel East, USA
Sumit Sohal, MD, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, USA
Karim Soliman, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Savino Spadaro, MD, University of Ferrara, Italy
Elizabeth Speck, MD, Vanderbilt University, USA
Tucheng Sun, MD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary, MD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Domiziano Tarantino, MD, IRCCS Don Gnocchi Foundation, Italy
Nikolaos Tasis, MD, Athens Naval & Veterans Hospital, Greece
Luca Testarelli, DDS, PhD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Jagdeep Thakur, MD, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, India
Vo Duy Thong, MD, PhD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Braghadeeswar Thyagarajan, MD PhD MPH, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, USA
Pasquale Tondo, MD, University of Foggia, Italy
Kedir Negesso Tukeni, MD, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Tushar Tuliani, MD, McKenzie Heart Group, USA
Philip Umman, MD, Royal Oman Police Hospital, Oman
Pradeep Vaitla, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
B Vishwanatha, MBBS, MD, Shri Venkateshwara University, India
Ling Zhang, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center, USA
Razan Hayati Zulkeflee, MD, MPath, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Abhilash Thatikala, MBBS MD DM, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Shamsuddin Anwar, MBBS MD, Northwell Health, USA
Prashanth Reddy Yella, MD, Yuma Regional Medical Center, USA
Samyadipta Dey, MD, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, India
Ajay Kumar Kaja, MD, Piedmont Heart Institute, USA
Antonio M. Esquinas, MD PhD, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Spain
Mohankumar Doraiswamy, MD, Mercy Hospital Fort smith, USA
Gurpreet Kaur Saini, MD, Medstar Medical Group, USA


Emeritus Editor

Elie Dib, MD, IHA Hematology Oncology Consultants, USA
Dr Elie G. Dib, MD, FACP is the Associate Director for the Medical Oncology-Hematology Fellowship program at St Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan and the Deputy-Principal Investigator for the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) at the Michigan Cancer Research Consortium. He is a Harvard Alumni in Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Postgraduate Medical Program and his clinical interest are in Immuno-Oncology and Immuno-Genomics as well as Malignant Hematological diseases.  Dr Dib serves as the vice-chair for the Immuno-Oncology Committee at the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. He has expertise as Deputy-Editor for JMCR and in peer-review process for several medical journals and has peer reviewed ABIM educational modules for several consecutive years.  He serves as an Associate Editor for ASCO-SEP. He also serves on the ASCO Educational Book expert panel as well as ASCO eLearning and In-Training Exam Item Writing Committee. He served as course director for the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC).

Tibor Fulop, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Dr Tibor Fülöp is a Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and current Chief of Nephrology Section at the University-affiliated Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. He is a “summa cum laude” graduate of the Semmelweis University of Budapest, Hungary (M.D. 1990) with a subsequent Ph.D. degree obtained in 2018.. He obtained his postgraduate medical training at the University Iowa in Iowa City, IA and the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. He is currently board certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology and actively engaged in clinical care, teaching and research.  Altogether, he authored or co-authored more than 120 peer-reviewed scientific papers and participated in several local and nation-wide epidemiologic cohort studies, including Jackson Heart Study, ARIC, and the CARe initiative and has now ongoing scientific collaborations with investigators at the University of Mississippi, University of Tennessee, Mayo Clinic, Thomas Jefferson University and the Semmelweis University in Hungary. He mentored numerous trainees in the past and regularly presents at both regional and national meetings. Dr Fülöp is a Fellow for the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Nephrology both and holds membership in several national and international professional societies. He is serving on the Editorial Board of six Nephrology or Internal Medicine journals and have peer-reviewed for additional >35 journals in the past. His clinical interests include Intensive Care nephrology, home-based renal replacement therapies, medical prevention of kidney stones and renal vasculitis. Dr Fulop is named among the Top Doctors in America (2012-2020 Nephrology).  


Laureate Editor

Deborah Saltman, AM MD PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia