Editorial Team
The management of our journal is a collaborative endeavor by the whole editorial team, featuring an active, widely respected, diverse, and representative Editorial Board. The editorial structure of the journal is listed as below and the roles and responsibilities of the editorial team are available at: https://www.amegroups.com/pages/journal-management#content-title.
Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Scott J. Swanson, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Editors-in-Chief
Lunxu Liu, MD
West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Savvas Lampridis, MD, MSc
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Associate Editor-in-Chief
Hitoshi Igai, MD, PhD
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Editorial Board
Hiroyuki Adachi, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Alberto Aiolfi, MD
IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio, Division of General Surgery, Department of Biomedical Science for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Omar Awais, DO
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Patrick Bagan, MD
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Victor Dupouy Hospital Argenteuil, University of Paris, Paris, France
Benoît Bédat, MD
Section of Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Mark F. Berry, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Pietro Bertoglio, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Luca Bertolaccini, MD, PhD, FCCP
Department of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Andrea Bille, MD, PhD, FRCS
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Stefano Bongiolatti, MD
Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Alessio Campisi, MD
Thoracic Surgery Department, University and Hospital Trust - Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy
DuyKhanh P. Ceppa, MD, FACS
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Stephanie H. Chang, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
Marco Chiappetta
Thoracic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Niccolò Daddi, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna Medical School, Bologna, Italy
Wojciech Dudek, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hemer Chest Hospital, Hemer, Germany
Takashi Eguchi, MD, PhD, FCCP, FACS
Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Raja M. Flores, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA
József Furák
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Piotr Gabryel, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Stefano Giuliani, MD, PhD, FRCS (End)
Division of Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street, London, UK
Maria Teresa Gómez Hernández, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain
Francesco Guerrera, MD, PhD
Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Department, Molinette Hospital, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy; Department of Surgical Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Amer Harky, MBChB, MRCS, MSc
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Sebron Harrison, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Luis J. Herrera, MD
Thoracic Surgery Section, Orlando Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Tomoyuki Hishida, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Chuong D. Hoang, MD, FACS
Thoracic Surgery Branch, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, and the Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
Mohamed Kamel Kamel Hussein, MD
Department of General Surgery, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
Junji Ichinose, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, the Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation of Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
Marcelo F. Jimenez, MD, PhD
University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain
Mark R. Katlic, MD, MMM, FACS
Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hirohisa Kato, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okitama General Hospital, Yamagata, Japan
Armin Kiankhooy, MD
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Smidt Heart Institute Cedars-Sinai, Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA, USA
Biniam Kidane, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Anthony W. Kim, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tadasu Kohno, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
James D. Luketich, MD, FACS
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
George Makdisi, MD, FACS, EMBA, MPH, MS
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
Natsumi Matsuura, MD, PhD
Department of General Thoracic, Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Giulio Maurizi, MD, PhD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Sant’Andrea, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Robert A. Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
Robert E. Merritt, MD, FACS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
Teruaki Mizobuchi, MD, PhD
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chibaken Saiseikai Narashino Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Calvin S. H. Ng
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
Takashi Ohtsuka, MD, PhD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Manabu Okawada
Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Naoko Ose, MD
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Allan Pickens, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ricard Ramos-Izquierdo, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bellvitge University Hospital, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Jari Räsänen, MD
Department of General Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery, Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Daniel P. Raymond, MD, FACS
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Rishindra Mamidi Reddy, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Sara Ricciardi
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery, Robotic Multispecialty Center for Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Cristina Rodrigues
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Pulido Valente, Lisbon, Portugal
Alberto Sandri, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Luigi Hospital, Turin, Italy
Junichi Soh, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan
Piergiorgio Solli, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Takashi Suda, MD
Department of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center, Okazaki Aichi, Japan
Zsolt Szabo, MD, PhD
Institute of Surgical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Federico Tacconi, MD, MEBTS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Science, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Gregory Trachiotis, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; Department of Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Simon R. Turner, MD, MEd, FRCSC
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD, FACS
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
Jon O. Wee, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Benjamin Wei, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Abby White, DO
Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD
Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Managing Editors
Eunice X. Xu
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Grace S. Li
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Jiandong Mei, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Science Editors
Wymen W. Chen
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Kenney Hong
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Nicole J. Li
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Teresa C. Lin
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Mira Q. Wu
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Silvia L. Zhou
Editorial Office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery