Former Editorial Board

Usman Ahmad, MD, FACS
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland, USA

Yong Chan Ahn, MD, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, MD, PhD
Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care, University of Pisa and Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Cisanello, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Hisao Asamura, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Monica Casiraghi, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Ugo Cioffi, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Fabio Davoli, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, AUSL Romagna, S. Maria delle Croci Teaching Hospital, Ravenna, Italy

Hasan Fevzi Batirel, MD, PhD
The Ministry of Health of Turkey – Marmara University Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Department, Istanbul, Turkey

Pier Luigi Filosso, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Torino Italy, Torino, Italy

Seth D. Force, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Stefano Gasparini, MD, FCCP
Pulmonary Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti", Ancona, Italy
Maged Hassan, MD
Chest Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Haruaki Hino, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Raffaele Iorio, MD, PhD
Institute of Neurology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Michael T. Jaklitsch, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Wolfgang Jungraithmayr, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Brandenburg Medical School, Neuruppin, Germany

Chang Hyun Kang, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

Jumpei Kashima, MD
Division of Pathology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Ayten Kayi Cangir, MD, FEBTS
Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Kazuya Kondo, MD, PhD
Department of Oncological Medical Services, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

Marco Lucchi, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Sumiko Maeda, MD, PhD
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Paolo Mendogni, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant Unit, University Hospital “Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale maggiore Policlinico”, Milan, Italy

Cesar A. Moran, MD
Department of Pathology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Till Ploenes, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Laura Alejandra Ramírez Tirado, MD, MSc
Thoracic Oncology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Mexico City, Mexico

Doris Rassl, MD, MRCPath
Department of Pathology, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK

Luisella Righi, MD, PhD
Department of Oncology, University of Turin at San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy

Noriaki Sakakura, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Fumihiro Shoji, MD, PhD
Clinical Research Institute, Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan

Federico Venuta, MD
Department of Surgery “Paride Stefanini” - Thoracic Surgery Unit, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome SAPIENZA, Rome, Italy

Benny Weksler, MBA, MD, FACS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

Masahiro Yanagiya, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of
Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Former Section Editors

Yun Che (Thoracic Oncology)
Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhuoqi Jia, MD (Thoracic Surgery)
Thoracic Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Neda Kalhor, MD (Pathology)
Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Ningning Kang (Thoracic Surgery)
Department of Thoracic Surgery, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Qing Lin, BS (Thoracic Surgery)
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangxi People's Hospital, Nanchang, China

Zhengcheng Liu, MD (Thoracic Surgery)
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Xiaomin Niu, MD (Medical Oncology)
Department of Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Qiangling Sun, PhD (Thoracic Tumors)
The Central Laboratory in Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.

Luigi Ventura, MD (Thoracic Surgery)
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

Hao Wang, MD (Thoracic Surgery)
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China