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|  | |  | Editorial Board |  | Editor-in-Chief: |  | | K. I. Bland MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
|  | Associate Editors: |  | | L. D. Britt MD, MPH | Norfolk, VA
|  | | J. E. Fischer MD | Boston, MA
|  | | J. A. Freischlag MD | Baltimore, MD
|  | | E. E. Moore MD | Denver, CO
|  | Emeritus Editor-in-Chief: |  | | H. C. Polk, Jr. MD |
|  | Editorial Advisory Board: |  | | R. P. Anderson MD | Seattle, WA
|  | | S. Bahrami PhD | Vienna, Austria
|  | | M. W. Büchler MD | Heidelberg, Germany
|  | | R. D. Beacuchamp MD | Nashville, TN
|  | | H. G. Beger MD | Ulm, Germany
|  | | H. Bismuth MD | Villejuif, France
|  | | J-M. Cavaillon PhD | Paris, France
|  | | I. H. Chaudry PhD | Birmingham, AL
|  | | W.G. Cioffi MD | Providence, RI
|  | | G. P. Clagett MD | Dallas, TX
|  | | J. R. Clarke MD | Philadelphia, PA
|  | | O. H. Clark MD | San Francisco, CA
|  | | M. J. Curet MD | Menlow Park, CA
|  | | Prof. Sir A. Darzi | London, UK
|  | | E. A. Deitch MD | Newark, NJ
|  | | S. A. De Jong MD | Maywood, IL
|  | | C. W. Deveney MD | Portland, OR
|  | | D. E. Eckhoff MD | Birmingham, AL
|  | | J. S. Economou MD, PhD | Los Angelels, CA
|  | | M. J. Edwards MD | Little Rock, AR
|  | | E. C. Ellison MD | Columbus, OH
|  | | D. B. Evans MD | Houston, TX
|  | | B. M. Evers MD | Galveston, TX
|  | | D. V. Feliciano MD | Atlanta, GA
|  | | A. Fingerhut | Poissy, France
|  | | L. M. Flint, Jr. MD | Chicago, IL
|  | | E. W. Fonkalsrud MD | Los Angeles, CA
|  | | D. E. Fry MD | Albuquerque, NM
|  | | V. Gahtan MD | New Haven, CT
|  | | Prof. O. J. Garden | Edinburgh, UK
|  | | M. T. Hawn MD | Birmingham, AL
|  | | S. Helton MD | New Haven, CT
|  | | M. J. Heslin MD | Birmingham, AL
|  | | J. G. Hunter MD | Portland, OR
|  | | F. E. Johnson MD | St. Louis, MO
|  | | S. Kaiser MD | New York, NY
|  | | L. R. Kaiser MD | Philadelphia, PA
|  | | M. M. Kemeny MD | Jamaica, NY
|  | | T. M. Krummel MD | Stanford, CA
|  | | E. Livingston MD | Dallas, TX
|  | | M. A. Malangoni MD | Cleveland, OH
|  | | G. R. Mason MD, PhD | River Forest, IL
|  | | D. W. McFadden MD | Burlington, VT
|  | | C. R. McHenry MD | Cleveland, OH
|  | | J. W. Meredith MD | Winston-Salem, NC
|  | | S. Mizrahi MD | Beer-Sheva, Israel
|  | | D. M. Nagorney MD | Rochester, MN
|  | | M. B. Orringer MD | Ann Arbor, MI
|  | | P. W. T. Pisters MD | Houston, TX
|  | | J. L. Ponsky MD | Cleveland, OH
|  | | M. C. Posner MD | Chicago, IL
|  | | J. D. Richardson MD | Louisville, KY
|  | | D. A. Rothenberger MD | Minneapolis, MN
|  | | L. W. Rue, III MD | Birmingham, AL
|  | | M. G. Sarr MD | Rochester, MN
|  | | C. E. H. Scott-Conner MD | Iowa City, IA
|  | | J. M. Shuck MD | Cleveland, OH
|  | | R. M. Simmons MD | New York, NY
|  | | E. D. Staren MD, PhD | Toledo, OH
|  | | J. Thompson MD | Omaha, NE
|  | | C. M. Townsend MD | Galveston, TX
|  | | S. M. Vickers MD | Minneapolis, MN
|  | | B. W. Warner MD | Cincinnati, OH
|  | | R. J. Weigel MD, PhD | Iowa City, IA
|  | | P. W. Whitworth MD | Nashville, TN
|  | | R. M. Zollinger, Jr. MD | Cleveland, OH
|  | Society Representatives: |  | | J. Vetto MD | North Pacific Surgical Association
|  | | S. M. Feldman MD | American Society of Breast Surgeons
|  | | F. A. Moore MD | Southwestern Surgical Congress
|  | | P. Schenarts MD | Association for Surgical Education
|  | | E. Livingston MD | Association of VA Surgeons
|  | | D. M. Schroder MD | The Midwest Surgical Association
|  | | K. Butler MD | The Society of Black Academic Surgerons
|  | | R. Kozar MD | Houston, TX
|  | | G. Machiedo MD | Englewood, NY
|  | | T. Miller MD | Richmond, VA
|  | Managing Editor: |  | | C. A. Moore | University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
|  | Emeritus Members of the Editorial Advisory Board: |  | | L. C. Carey MD | Tampa, FL
|  | | I. Cohn, Jr. MD | New Orleans, LA
|  | | D. E. Detmer MD | Charlottesville, VA
|  | | P. A. Ebert MD | Pebble Beach, CA
|  | | R. H. Egdahl MD | Boston, MA
|  | | E. H. Farthmann MD | Freiburg, Germany
|  | | M. R. Gaspar MD | Long Beach, CA
|  | | A. S. Ketcham MD | Miami, FL
|  | | F. G. Moody MD | Houston, TX
|  | | W. H. Muller, Jr. MD | Charlottesville, VA
|  | | D. L. Nahrwold MD | Chicago, IL
|  | | J. F. Patino MD | Bogota, Colombia
|  | | E. E. Peacock, Jr. MD | Chapel Hill, NC
|  | | L. F. Rikkers MD | Madison, WI
|  | | W. J. Rudowski MD | Warsaw, Poland
|  | | P. B. Samuels MD | Tarzana, CA
|  | | G. F. Sheldon MD | Chapel Hill, NC
|  | | G. T. Shires MD | Las Vegas, NV
|  | | J. S. Spratt, Jr. MD | Louisville, KY
|  | | H. H. Stone MD | Phoenix, AZ
|  | | R. K. Tompkins MD | Santa Monica, CA
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