Guest Editors: Jin-Shing Chen, Ke-Cheng Chen and Mong-Wei Lin (Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei)

Guest Editors: Natalie S. Lui (Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics, USA) and Sean C. Wightman (Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, USA)

The "Meet the Professor" series features interviews with the global Key Opinion Leaders, providing a window into the new developments, breakthroughs, and achievements in the interviewees’ professional fields, both clinically and academically.

Guest Editor: Dominique Gossot (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France)

Guest Editor: Todd Demmy (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA)

Guest Editor: Yoshihisa Shimada (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan)

Guest Editors: Marco Scarci (University College of London Hospitals, London, UK) and Ilaria Righi (University of Milan, Italy)

Guest Editors: Tommaso Claudio Mineo (Tor Vergata University, Italy) and Marcello Migliore (University of Catania, Italy)

Guest Editor: Dominique Gossot (Thoracic Department, Curie-Montsouris Thoracic Institute, IMM, Paris, France)

Guest Editors: Marco Scarci (University College London Hospitals, London, UK) and Roberto Crisci (Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of L’Aquila, “G. Mazzini” Hospital, Teramo, Italy)

Guest Editor: Alper Toker (Istanbul University, Turkey)

Guest Editors: Luca Bertolaccini and Piergiorgio Solli (Department of Thoracic Surgery, AUSL Romagna Teaching Hospital, Forlì, Italy)