Editor in Chief and Editorial Board

 

EDITOR IN CHIEF

CAMILLO RICORDI, MD, FNAI

Stacy Joy Goodman Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Cellular Transplantation; Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Fellow of The National Academy of Inventors, USA

 

CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF

DAVID DELLA-MORTE CANOSCI, MD, PhD

Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy; Department of Neurology and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA; Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Roma Open University, Rome, Italy

 

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

N. DI DANIELE, MD

Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy; Department of Medical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

F. IELLAMO, MD

Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

 

ASSISTANT EDITOR

F. CREMONINI, MD

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

SENIOR EDITORIAL BOARD

M. ANTONELLI, Professor, Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation Institute, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

M. ARTICO, Full Professor in Human Anatomy, Department of Sensory Organs, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

F. BANDELLO, MD, FEBO, Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

C. GIUSTI, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Campus Biomedico, University of Rome, Italy

S.-P. JIANG, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, GuangZhou, China

C. SCARPIGNATO, Professor, Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine & Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

B. SEARS, Inflammation Research Foundation, Peabody, MA, USA

DON D. SIN, St. Paul’s Hospital, and James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

EDITORIAL BOARD

M. ALBANESE, Department of System Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

G. AZAR, Eye & Ear Hospital International, Faculty of Medicine, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK), Beirut, Lebanon

M. BERRETTA, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina Italy

R.N. BERCHIOLLI, Vascular Surgery Unit, Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Department A.O.U.P., Translational Research and New Surgical and Medical Technologies Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

S. BORIANI, Department of Oncologic and Degenerative Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy

W. BRADY, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine & Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

R. BRUNO, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

F.P. BUSARDÓ, MD, MSc, DipFMS, Ph.D, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, University Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

G.R. CORAZZA, Head, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Pavia, Italy

M. CORDARO, Dean of the School of Dentistry, Chair of Ortodontics; School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

A. COSTANZO, Department of Dermatology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

M. COVINO, Emergency Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma

D. CURRÒ, Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

L. DAL LAGO, Medicine Department of Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

A. DE LORENZO, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

D.A. DE LUIS, Unit of Investigation, Institute of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, Hospital Rio Hortega, University of Valladolid, Spain

L.A. DESSY, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

R.P. DE VINCENZO, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

G. DI GENNARO, Head of Epilepsy Surgery Center, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli (IS), Italy

S. DI GIAMBENEDETTO, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

G. DIPALMA, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

L. DI RENZO, Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

M. GRECO, Unità di Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva, Università “Magna Graecia”, Catanzaro, Italy

G. FINCO, Anestesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Medical Sciences “M. Aresu”, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

F. FIORICA, Radiotherapy Oncology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

A. FLEX, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Internal and Vascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

G. FRANCESCHINI, General Surgery, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

A. FREGA, Department of Medical and Surgical Science and Translation Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

AL. GASBARRINI, Department of Oncologic and Degenerative Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy

G. GASBARRINI, Internal Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

R. GHERMANDI, Spine Surgery Oncologic and Degenerative, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

S. GIOVANNINI, Department of Geriatric, Neurological and Orthopedic Sciences and Head Neck Sciences, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

A. GRIECO, Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

F. GUADAGNI, IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Rome, Italy; Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Roma Open University, Rome, Italy

G. GULLO, IVF Unit AOOR Villa Sofia Cervello, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

H. GUO, Cardiovascular Science Center, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

L. HONG, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

F. INCHINGOLO, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine. University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

M. INFANTE, UniCamillus, Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy

D. LAURO, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy; Department of Medical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

F. LISI, IVF/ICSI Unit, Villa Salaria Hospital, Rome, Italy

J. LIU, Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China

P.F. MANICONE, Division of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Department of Head and Neck and Sensory Organs, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

M. MARCASCIANO, Division of Plastic Surgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

R. MARCI, Unit of Reproductive Medicine and Endometriosis, Department of Gynaecology-Obstetrics, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

S. MARINELLI, School of Law, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

M. MAUGET-FAŸSSE, Rothschild Foundation, Paris, France

F. MEGRAUD, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, C.H.U. Pellegrin Place Amelie Raba-Leon, Bordeaux Cedex, France

M.C. MELE, Clinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

S.A. MEO, Professor and Consultant in Clinical Physiology, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A. MERDIN, Associate Professor of Hematology, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

G. MERRA, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

A. MINNI, Department of Sensory Organs, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

M. MONTOPOLI, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

S. MUELLER, Director, Centre of Alcohol Research (CAR), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, and Vice Head, Department of Medicine, Salem Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany

E. NASTRO SINISCALCHI, Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Messina, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinic G. Martino, Messina, Italy

I. NERI, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

A. NOCE, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy; Department of Medical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

V. OJETTI, Emergency Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

G. ORRÙ, Molecular Biology Service (MBS), Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

F. PACIFICI, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

D. PASTORE, Department of Human Science and Quality of Life Promotion, San Raffaele Rome University, Rome, Italy

V. PAPA, Department of General Surgery, San Carlo di Nancy Hospital, Rome; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

S.K. PARAMASIVAM, Cancer Researcher, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

G. POMPA, Associate Professor, Director Implant-Prosthetic Unit, Vice-President Faculty Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

F. RENÒ, Associate Professor of Human Anatomy, Health Sciences Department, Medical School of the University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Italy

D. RIBUFFO, Head, Full Professor of Plastic Surgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

R. RICCI, Pathology Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

L. RICHELDI, Head, Division of Respiratory Disease, A. Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy

L. RINALDI, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Science, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

V. ROCCHETTI, Associate Professor of Odontostomatology, Health Sciences Department, Medical School of the University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Italy

V. ROVELLA, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy; Department of Medical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

A. SANTOLIQUIDO, Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

L. SANTORO, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

F. SESTI, Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy

B. SPOSATO, Pneumology Department, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto (USLSUDEST Toscana), Italy

G. TINELLI, Vascular Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

P. TONDI, Professor of Angiology, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

G. TUCCI, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, S. Giuseppe Hospital, Rome, Italy

V. UNFER, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Y. YAMAOKA, Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology (111D), Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affaire, Houston, TX, USA

W. ZHANG, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

S. ZAAMI, Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

 

Reviewers

 

Editorial Office Director

MARIELLA VERDUCI