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ISSN NUMBER |
0002-9610 |
Format |
Journal |
Publisher |
ELSEVIER |
Volume Number |
Volumes 221-222 |
Frequency |
6 issues |
Editor-in-Chief ,Herbert Chen ,MD,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States,Associate Editors ,Paula Ferrada ,MD,Richmond, Virginia, United States, ,Gregory Kennedy ,MD, PhD,Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,Brenessa M. Lindeman ,MD,Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,Erika A. Newman ,MD,Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, ,Carmen Solorzano ,MD,Nashville, Tennessee, United States, ,Dana A. Telem ,MD,Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, ,Tracy S. Wang ,MD, MPH, FACS,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, ,Michael E. Zenilman ,MD,Brooklyn, New York, United States,Social Media Team ,Hossam Abdou ,MD,Baltimore, Maryland, United States, ,Luis Felipe Cabrera Vargas ,MD,Bogotá, Colombia, ,Chelsea A. Harris ,MD, MS,Baltimore, Maryland, United States, ,Cathy Nelson ,MD,Richmond, Virginia, United States,Emeritus Editors-in-Chief ,Hiram Polk, Jr. ,MD,University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States, ,Kirby Bland ,MD,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States,Editorial Advisory Board ,Philip S. Barie ,MD, MBA,New York, New York, United States, ,Marc Basson ,MD, PhD,Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, ,Hans G. Beger ,MD,Ulm, Germany, ,Kevin E. Behrns ,MD,Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, ,Cherisse Berry ,MD,New York, New York, United States, ,Daniel Chu ,MD,Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,William Cioffi ,MD,Providence, Rhode Island, United States, ,Marie Crandall ,MD, MPH,Jacksonville, Florida, United States, ,James Cusack ,MD,Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,Steven De Jong ,MD,Chicago, Illinois, United States, ,Conor P. Delaney ,MD, PhD,Cleveland, Ohio, United States, ,Clifford Deveney ,MD,Portland, Oregon, United States, ,Sharmila Dissanaike ,MD,Lubbock, Texas, United States, ,Lesly Dossett ,MD MPH,Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, ,Chadli Dziri ,MD,Tunis, Tunisia, ,E. Chris Ellison ,MD,Columbus, Ohio, United States, ,Joseph E. Espat ,MD,Providence, Rhode Island, United States, ,Liane Feldman ,MDCM, FACS, FRCS,Montréal, Quebec, Canada, ,David Feliciano ,MD,Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, ,Alberto Ferreres ,MD,Buenos Aires, Argentina, ,Piero Marco Fisichella ,MD,Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,Lewis Flint, Jr. ,MD,Evanston, Illinois, United States, ,Luke Funk ,MD, MPH, FACS,Madison, Wisconsin, United States, ,Cristina Buddle Geltzeiler ,MD,Madison, Wisconsin, United States, ,Rachel Greenup ,MD, MPH,Durham, North Carolina, United States, ,Celeste Hollands ,MD,Lubbock, Texas, United States, ,Shaneeta M. Johnson ,MD,Atlanta, Georgia, United States, ,Larry Kaiser ,MD,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, ,Susan Kaiser ,MD,New York, New York, United States, ,Rachel R. Kelz ,MD, MSCE, MBA,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, ,Margaret Kemeny ,MD,Jamaica, New York, United States, ,Amanda L. Kong ,MD, MS,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, ,James Lee ,MD,New York, New York, United States, ,Colin A. Martin ,MD,Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,Matthew Martin ,MD,Pancevo, Sebia, ,Robert C.G. Martin, II ,MD, PhD,Louisville, Kentucky, United States, ,John Mayberry ,MD,Ketchum, Idaho, United States, ,David McFadden ,MD,Farmington, Connecticut, United States, ,Christopher McHenry ,MD,Cleveland, Ohio, United States, ,Thomas Miller ,MD,Richmond, Virginia, United States, ,George Molina ,MD,Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,David Nagorney ,MD,Rochester, Minnesota, United States, ,Carrie Y. Peterson ,MD, MS,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, ,Susan C. Pitt ,MD, MPHS,Madison, Wisconsin, United States, ,Jeffrey Ponsky ,MD,Cleveland, Ohio, United States, ,Mitchell Posner ,MD,Chicago, Illinois, United States, ,Archana Ramaswamy ,MD, MBA,Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, ,Amy Reed ,MD,Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, ,Joshua Richman ,MD, PhD,Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,Alexander Rosemurgy ,MD,Tampa, Florida, United States, ,Courtney Scaife ,MD,Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, ,Paul J. Schenarts ,MD, FACS,Omaha, Nebraska, United States, ,Carol Scott-Conner ,MD,Iowa City, Iowa, United States, ,Virginia O. Shaffer ,MD,Atlanta, Georgia, United States, ,Insoo Suh ,MD,San Francisco, California, United States, ,Sarah Tevis ,MD,Denver, Colorado, United States, ,Jon Thompson ,MD,Omaha, Nebraska, United States, ,Douglas Tyler ,MD,Galveston, Texas, United States, ,Marshall M. Urist ,MD,Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,George Velmahos ,MD,Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,John Vetto ,MD,Portland, Oregon, United States, ,Brad Warner ,MD,Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, ,Robert Zollinger, Jr. ,MD,Cleveland, Ohio, United States,Society Representatives ,Stephanie Bonne ,MD,Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Newark, New Jersey, United States, ,Sharmila Dissanaike ,MD, FACS, FCCM,Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States, ,Jeffrey Hardacre ,MD,UH Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, ,Lazslo Kiraly ,MD,Oregon Health & Science University Department of Surgery, Portland, Oregon, United States, ,Caroline Reinke ,MD,Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, ,Heena Santry ,MD,University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Surgery, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, ,Dimitrio Stefanidis ,MD,Indiana University Department of Surgery, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States,Digital Media Committee , Chair ,,, ,Cozette Kale ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,John Killian ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, ,Anu Elegbede ,,Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, ,Hadiza Kazaure ,,Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, ,Amy Suwanabol ,,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, ,Motaz Qadan ,,Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,Connie Shao ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States,Student and Resident Scholar (STARS) Committee ,Patrick Carney ,,University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States, ,Alexis Chidi ,,Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, United States, ,Jess Fazendin ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States, ,Byron Huges ,,UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON, Galveston, United States, ,Doug Kempthorne ,,University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, United States, ,Gregory Kennedy ,,The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, Digestive gastrointestinal Surgery Clinic, Birmingham, United States, ,Meixi Ma ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States, ,Ted Obi ,,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States, ,Lara Oyetunji ,,University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, United States, ,Connie Shao ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States, ,Erin Strong ,,Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States, ,Lauren Theiss ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States, ,Samuel Torres-Landa ,,OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER, Columbus, United States, ,Lamario Williams ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States,Emeritus Members of the Editorial Advisory Board ,L.D. Britt ,MD, MPH,Norfolk, Virginia, United States, ,L. C. Carey ,MD,Tampa, FL, United States, ,I. Cohn, Jr.† ,MD,New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, ,D. E. Detmer ,MD,Charlottesville, VA, United States, ,Abe Fingerhut ,MD,Chambourcy, France, ,J.E. Fischer ,MD,Boston, Massachusetts, United States, ,Ernest Moore ,MD,Aurora, Colorado, United States, ,D. L. Nahrwold ,MD,Chicago, IL, United States, ,John Najarian ,MD,Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, ,J. F. Patino ,MD,Bogota, Colombia, ,L. F. Rikkers ,MD,Madison, WI, United States, ,H. H. Stone ,MD,Phoenix, AZ, United States, ,R. K. Tompkins ,MD,Santa Monica, CA, United States,Managing Editor ,Carol Ann Moore ,,The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States