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Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief
Robert Gunzburg, MD, PhD, Antwerp, Belgium

Deputy Editors
Pedro Berjano, MD, PhD, IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio, Via Cristina Belgioioso, Milan, Italy (Spine Deformity)

Riccardo Cecchinato, MD,  IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy (Clinical Science)

Kim Edwards, PhD, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (Statistics)

Maryem Ismael, Rabat, Morocco (Grand Rounds, Technical Notes and Case Reports)

Carlotta Martini, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy (Special Issues)

Adriaan Vlok, MB, ChB, MMed (Neurosurgery), Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Stellenbosch University, Cape town, South Africa (Reviews & Meta-Analyses)

Hans-Joachim Wilke, PhD,  Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany (Basic Science)

Salvatore Masala, MD, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (Imaging)

Alberto Zerbi, MD,  IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy (Radiology)

 
Editorial Office
European Spine Journal
Mrs. Irene Zintel
Pfrundstrasse 36
3176 Neuenegg, Switzerland
Tel.: +41-31-889-0050
Fax: +41-31-889-0058
email: izintel@datacomm.ch


Statistics Task Force
J. Agu, Nottingham, UK

T. Bestwick-Stevenson, Nottingham, UK

O. Ifesemen, Nottingham, UK

B. Kazemi Shishavan, Nottingham, UK

B. Marson, Nottingham, UK   


Editorial Task Force
A. Redaelli, Milan, Italy

Editorial Board
Scott Blumenthal, MD, Center for Disc Replacement at Texas Back Institute, Plano, USA

Claudio Lamartina, MD, IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy

Dino Samartzis, ScD, PhD, MSc, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA

Marek Szpalski, MD, Hôpitaux Iris Sud/IRIS South Teaching Hospitals, Brussels, Belgium

Karen Weissmann, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Frances Williams, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, FRCP(E), School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK


Advisory Board
Emre Acaroglu, MD, Ankara Spine Center, Turkey

Emin Aghayev, MD, MSc, Schulthess Klinik, Switzerland

Yong Ahn, MD, PhD, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, South Korea

Ahmet Alanay, MD, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar Universitesi, Turkey

Hanne Albert, PhD, The Modic Clinic, Denmark

Luis Alvarez-Galovich, MD, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Spain

Vincent Arlet, MD, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Christian Bach, MD, MSc, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria

Massimo Balsano, MD, Dept. of Orthopaedics and Spine Center, Italy

Giuseppe Barbagallo, MD, Policlinico “G. Rodolico” University Hospital, Italy

Cédric Barrey, MD, PhD, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

Pavel Barsa, MD, PhD, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Neurocenter, Regional Hospital of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic

Viktor Bartanusz, MD, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States

Thomas Barz, MD, University of Greifswald Faculty of Medicine: Universitatsmedizin Greifswald, Germany

Teresa Bas, MD, PhD, Hospital Universitarío y Politécnico La Fe, Spain

Haluk Berk, MD, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Turkey

Chirag Berry, MD, University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati VA Medical Center, United States

Christof Birkenmaier, MD, Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Munich, Grosshadern Campus,
Germany

Ciaran Bolger, MB BCh BAO BAmod PhD FRCSI FRCS(SN), Beaumont Hospital, Ireland

Stefano Boriani, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy

Wolfgang Börm, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Diakonissenhospital, Flensburg, Germany

Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy

Helena Brisby, MD, PhD, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

Viola Bullmann, MD, St. Franziskus-Hospital, Germany

Mario Cabraja, MD, Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum, Germany

Xian-Hua Cai, MD, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Command, China

Gaston Camino-Willhuber, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, United States

Christine Cedraschi, PhD, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland

Stefano Cervellati, MD, Hesperia Hospital, Italy

Yann Philippe Charles, MD, University Hospital of Strasbourg, France

Christopher Colloca, DC, PhD, International Spine Research (INSPIRE) Foundation, United States

Marco Crostelli, MD, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Palidoro-Roma, Italy

Marcin Czyz, MD, QEHB: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, United Kingdom

Helton Defino, PhD, University of São Paulo, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Akira Dezawa, PhD, MD, Teikyo University - Mizonokuchi Hospital, Japan

Alberto Di Martino, MD, PhD, University of Bologna, Italy

Mario Di Silvestre, MD, Ospedale Santa Corona, Italy

Michael Dittmar, MD, PhD, CDColumna, Mexico

Ashish Diwan, MBBS FRACS PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia

Minoru Doita, MD, PhD, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Japan

Patricia Dolan, PhD, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Robert Dunn, MBChB(UCT) MMED (Orth) FCS (SA) Orth, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Tirunellai Easwar, MBBS, DNB(Orth.), MNAMS, Lakshmi Hospital, India

Achim Elfering, PhD, University of Berne, Switzerland

Anna Ermund, MSc, PhD, Sahlgrenska academy, Sweden

Jeremy Fairbank, MD, FRCS, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, United Kingdom

Tamás Fekete, MD, PhD, Schulthess Clinic, Switzerland

Stephen Ferguson, PhD, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Yizhar Floman, MD, Israel Spine Center, Israel

Jörg Franke, MD, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Germany

Vijay Goel, PhD, University of Toledo, United States

Ziya Gokaslan, MD, FACS, Rhode Island Hospital, United States

Michael Goytan, BSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS, University of Manitoba, Canada

Mats Grönblad, MD, PhD, Terveystalo, Finland

David Hall, MB BS, FRACS, FAOrthA, Spinal Surgeon, Australia

D. Kojo Hamilton, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States

Carol Hasler, MD, University Children's Hospital, Switzerland

Paul Heini, MD, Klinik Sonnenhof, Switzerland

Keita Ito, MD, PhD, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Liang Jiang, MD, Peking University Third Hospital, China

Wolfram Käfer, MD, PhD, RWZ, Germany

Rishi Kanna, MS MRCS FNB, Ganga Hospital, India

Mamoru Kawakami, MD, PhD, Kihoku Hospital, Japan

Dimitris Kletsas, MD, Laboratory of Cell Proliferation & Ageing, Greece

Heiko Koller, MD, Technische Universität München, Germany

Panagiotis Korovessis, MD, PhD, General Hospital Agios Andreas, Greece

Virginie Lafage, PhD, Hospital for Special Surgery, United States

Friederike Lattig, MD, Berit Paracelsus Klinik AG, Switzerland

Jean-Charles Le Huec, MD, Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, France

Isador Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC, Texas Back Institute, United States

Baoge Liu, MD, PhD, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, China

Teija Lund, MD, PhD, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

Dante Marchesi, MD, Clinique Bois-Cerf, Switzerland

Joseph Margulies, MD, PhD, Spine Surgery, United States

William Marras, MD, Ohio State University, United States

H. Michael Mayer, MD, PhD, Orthopädische Klinik München-Harlaching, Germany

Jeb McAviney, MD, Sydney Scoliosis Clinic, Australia

Alison McGregor, MD, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Jwalant Mehta, MS (Orth), D (Orth), FRCS (Orth),MCh (Or, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, United Kingdom

Hans Jörg Meisel, MD, PhD, BG-Clinic Bergmannstrost, Germany

Bernhard Meyer, MD, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Frerk Meyer, MD, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Germany

Ernst Müller, MD, Klinikum Klagenfurt, Austria

Everard Munting, MD, PhD, Clinique Saint Pierre, Belgium

Sait Naderi, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke, PhD, University of Ulm, Germany

Colin Nnadi, FRCS (Orth), Oxford University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Susana Núñez-Pereira, MD PhD, Hospital Universitario de Donostia, Spain

John O'Dowd, FRCS, The RealHealth Institute, UK

Ibrahim Obeid, MD, ELSAN, Polyclinique Jean Villar Bruges, France

Acke Ohlin, MD, PhD, Skane University Hospital, Sweden

F.C. Öner, MD, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands

Luca Papavero, MD, PhD, Clinic for Spine Surgery, Schoen Clinic Hamburg Eilbek, Germany

Eric Parent, PT, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada

Sung Bae Park, MD, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, South Korea

Hugues Pascal-Moussellard, MD, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, France

Paul Pavlov, MD, Sint Maartenskliniek, Netherlands

Ferran Pellisé-Urquiza, PhD, Hospital Valle Hebron, Spain

Michael Pfeiffer, PhD, MD, Kreiskrankenhaus Lörrach, Germany

Luiz Pimenta, MD, PhD, IPC - Instituto de Patologia da Coluna, Brazil

Joao Luiz Pinheiro-Franco, MD, Samaritano Hospital, Brazil

Avraam Ploumis, MD, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece

Franco Postacchini, MD, University or Rome, Italy, Italy

Bang-ping Qian, MD, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, China

Yong Qiu, MD, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, China

S. Rajasekaran, MS, DNB, MCh, FRCS, PhD, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt Ltd, India

Pierre Roussouly, MD, CMCR des Massues, France

Dike Ruan, PhD, MD, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, China

George Sapkas, MD, Athens Medical School, Greece

Helena Saraste, MD, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

Constantin Schizas, MD, FRCS, Clinique Cecil, Switzerland

René Schmidt, MD, Alb Fils Hospital, Germany

Werner Schmoelz, PhD, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

Klaus Schnake, MD, Malteser Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien, Germany

Masood Shafafy, MD, Queens Medical Centre, United Kingdom

Francis Shen, MD, University of Virginia, United States

Christoph Siepe, MD, Schön Clinic Munich Harlaching, Germany

Jean-Paul Steib, MD, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France


Thomas Stoll, MD, Bethesda-Spital, Switzerland

Marco Teli, MD, Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Carlos Tello, MD, Hospital de Pediatria Garrahan, Argentina

Patrick Tropiano, MD, CHU Hôpital Nord, France

Christian Ulbricht, MD, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Christoph Ulrich, MD, Klinik am Eichert, Germany

Erik Van de Kelft, MD, AZ Nikolaas, Belgium

Barend van Royen, MD, PhD, Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra, Netherlands

Maurits van Tulder, MD, VU University, Netherlands

Rok Vengust, MD, UMC, Slovenia

Luiz Vialle, MD, Catholic University, PARANA, BRAZIL, Brazil

Carlos Villanueva, MD, PhD, Hospital Vall dHebron, Spain

Jean-Marc Vital, MD, CHU Pellegrin Tripode, France

Edward Vresilovic, MD, PhD, Camber Spine, United States

John Webb, MD, Queen's Medical Centre, United Kingdom

David Welsh, FRCS FCS (SA) Neuro, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa

David Wong, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), Denver Spine Surgeons, United States

Reinhard Zeller, MD, ScD, FRCSC, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Mehmet Zileli, MD, IFAANS, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Michael Zindrick, MD, Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates, USA


Assistant Editorial Board
Sashin Ahuja, MD, Welsh Centre for Spinal Trauma & Surgery, United Kingdom

Mohamed Alhashash, MD, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Germany

Heba Ali, MD, Open MRI for Spine Surgery Center, United Arab Emirates

Gabriel Alonso Cuéllar, DVM, MSc, Latin American Endoscopic Spine Surgeons - LESS Invasiva Academy., Colombia

Rodrigo Amaral, MD, Instituto de Patologia da Coluna (IPC), Brazil

Takeshi Aoyama, MD, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Japan

Richard Assaker, MD, PhD, Hôpital Salengro - CHRU de Lille, France

Ayman Assi, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Saint-Joseph, Lebanon

Ufuk Aydinli, MD, Verom Spine Center, Turkey

Ali Baaj, MD, The University of Arizona Medical Center, United States

Juan Bago, MD, PhD, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Spain

Giovanni Barbanti-Brodano, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy

Roberto Bassani, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy

Ahmet Bekar, MD, Uludag University School of Medicine, Turkey


Ernesto Bersusky, MD, Garrahan Pediatric Hospital, Argentina

Amit Bhandarkar, MD, Heartland Regional Medical Center, USA

Gergely Bodon, MD, Klinikum Esslingen, Germany

James Booth, MD, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Aju Bosco, MS(Orth), DNB, FNB(Spine Surgery), Madras Medical College, India

Anouar Bourghli, MD, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia

Patawut Bovonratwet, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery LLC, United States

Sergio Brambilla, MD, Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, Italy

Stephen Brown, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada

Hani Chanbour, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA

Kshitij Chaudhary, MD, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, India

Jacek Cholewicki, PhD, Michigan State University Center for Orthopedic Research, United States

Maria Colomina, MD, PhD, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain

George Cornwall, PhD, PEng, University of San Diego, USA

Giuseppe Costanzo, MD, Rome university, Italy

John Cunningham, BSc(Hons) MBBS MClinEpi FRACS FAOrthA, Epworth Richmond, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

Benny Dahl, MD, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Bart Depreitere, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Tobias Dietrich, MD, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland

Aaron Dumont, MD, Tulane University, United States

Tarek Elfiky, MD, Al-Hadra University Hospital, Alexandria University, Egypt

Ufuk Erginoglu, MD, University of Wisconsin, USA

Peer Eysel, MD, Klinikum der Universität zu Köln, Germany

Majid Farrokhi, MD, Neurosciences Research Center, Chamran Hospital, Iran

Mazda Farshad, MD, MPH, Balgrist University Hospital, Switzerland

Antonio Faundez, MD, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland

Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, University of Toronto, Canada

Florinda Ferreri, MD, University Campus Biomedico, Italy

Matteo Formica, MD, Clinica Ortopedica - Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Genova, Italy

Daryl Fourney, MD, FRCSC, FACS, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Canada

Julie Fritz, MD, University of Utah, United States

Peter Fritzell, MD, PhD, Futurum academy, Jönköping, Sweden

Takeo Furuya, MD, PhD, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Fabio Galbusera, MD, Schulthess Klinik, Switzerland

Benjamin Gantenbein-Ritter, PhD, University of Bern, Switzerland

Diego Garbossa, MD PhD, Neurosurgery Division, Italy

Adrian Gardner, BM PhD MRCS FRCS (T+O), The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Alessandro Gasbarrini, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy

Martin Gehrchen, MD, PhD, Rigshospitalet, The National University Hospital, Denmark

Federico Girardi, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, United States

Mariusz Glowacki, MD, PhD, St. Elisabeth's Hospital in Warsawa, Poland

Atul Goel, MCh, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, India

Augusto Gonzalvo, MD, Austin Health, Australia

Bernard Guiot, MD, Littleton Adventist Hospital, United States

Giancarlo Guizzardi, MD, University and City Hospital, Italy

Esam Hanafy, MBBCH, Master general surgery, MD Neurosurgery, Ain Shams University Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Nils Hansen-Algenstaedt, PhD, Parkklinik Manhagen, Germany

Ian Harding, BA, FRCS (Orth), North Bristol NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Frank Hartmann, MD, Gemeinschaftsklinikum Mittelrhein, Ev. Stift Koblenz, Germany

Daniel Haschtmann, MD, Schulthess Clinic, Switzerland

Oliver Hausmann, MD, Hirslanden Zentralschweiz, Klinik St. Anna, Switzerland

Ilkka Helenius, MD, PhD, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland

David Hukins, DSc, FRSE, Imperial College, United Kingdom

James Iatridis, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Haku Iizuka, MD, Isesaki Municipal Hospital, Japan

Brice Ilharreborde, MD, Robert Debré Hospital, AP-HP, Paris Diderot University, France

Bogi Jónsson, MD, University Hospiital Landspitalinn, Iceland

Sven Kantelhardt, MD, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany

Erich Kast, MD, Hirslanden Clinic Belair, Switzerland

Zdenek Klezl, MD, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Masao Koda, PhD, MD, Tsukuba Daigaku Igaku Iryokei, Japan

Petra Krepler, MD, Medical University, Austria

Felix Kuhn, MD, Klinik Bethanien, Switzerland

Naresh Kumar, FRCS Ed., FRCS(Orth&Tr.), DM(Orth-Nott), National University Hospital, Singapore

Palaniappan Lakshmanan, MS (Orth), FRCS (Orth), Sunderland Royal Hospital, United Kingdom

Luigi La Barbera, M.Eng, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta" Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Aron Lazary, MD, PhD, National Center for Spinal Disorders, Hungary

Lawrence Lenke, MD, The Daniel and Jane Och Spine Hospital, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, United States

Kurt Lippuner, MD, Inselspital, Switzerland

Satyajit Marawar, MD, Syracuse VA Medical Center, United States

Luis Marchi, PhD, UNIFESP, Brazil

Rosario Maugeri, PhD, MD, University of Palermo, Italy

S. Mehdian, MD, MS(Orth), FRCS(Ed), Emert professor ( Self Employed), United Kingdom

Markus Melloh, MD, DMedSc, MPH, PhD, MBA, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Switzerland

James Melrose, BSc (Hons) PhD, Raymond Purves Laboratory, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research,
University of Sydney, Australia

Tong Meng, MD, Department of Bone Tumor Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, China

Hani Mhaidli, MD, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria, Spain

Lotfi Miladi, MD, Necker Hospital, France

Jorge Mineiro, MD, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Portugal

Salvatore Minnella, MD, ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Italy

Hiroshi Miyamoto, MD, PhD, Kobe Rosai Hospital, Japan

Hideki Nagashima, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan

Stefano Negrini, MD, Universita degli Studi di Milano Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Italy

David Nuckley, MD, Zimmer Spine, United States

Thierry Odent, PhD, MD, Hopital Gatien de Clocheville, CHRU de Tours, France

Philippe Otten, MD, Clinique Générale de Fribourg, Switzerland

Dror Ovadia, MD, Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Israel

Paolo Parchi, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi / University of Pisa, Italy

Jong-Beom Park, Md, PhD, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, South Korea

Mohit Patralekh, M.S (Orth), D.N.B (Orth), VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital: Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, India

Marko Pecina, MD, PhD, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Yun Peng, MD, NuVasive Inc, United States

Andrea Perna, MD, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Andrea Piazzolla, MD, School of Medicine, University of Bari "ALDO MORO", AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Department of Basic Medical
Sciences,Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Orthopaedic, Trauma & Spine Unit. Bari -ITALY, Italy

Tobias Pitzen, MD, SRH Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach gGmbH, Germany

Javier Pizones, MD, PhD, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Spain

Nasir Quraishi, MD, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Subaraman Ramchandran, MD, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, USA

Rudolf Reindl, MD, McGill University Health Center, Canada

Alejandro Reyes-Sanchez, MD, National Rehabilitation Center, Mexico

Dan Riew, MD, The Daniel & Jane Och Spine Hospital, United States

Michael Ruf, MD, SRH Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Germany

Antonino Russo, MD, University Hospital Birmingham, United Kingdom

Laura Scaramuzzo, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy

Stefan Schaeren, MD, University Hospital Basel: Universitatsspital Basel, Switzerland

Matti Scholz, MD, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Claudio Schonauer, MD PhD, Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital, Italy

Miho Sekiguchi, MD, PhD, Fukushima Medical University, Japan

Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, MD, Ecole Polytechnique, Canada


Vladimir Sinkov, MD, Nevada Orthopedic and Spine Center, United States

Harvey Smith, MD, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Reuben Soh, MBBS, M.Med (Ortho), FRCS Ed (Ortho), KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore

Dianwen Song, MD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan, MS, FNB, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt Ltd, India

Victor Staartjes, MD, PhD, University Hospital Zurich: UniversitatsSpital Zurich, Switzerland

Jan Stulik, MD, PhD, University Hospital Motol, Czech Republic

Phani Kiran Surapuraju, MBBS, MS, DNB, FNB(Spine Surgery), Gleneagles Global Health City Chennai, India

Dominic Thompson, MD, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, United Kingdom

Alex Torrie, MD, Gloucester Royal Hospital, United Kingdom

Per Trobisch, MD, Eifelklinik St. Brigida, Germany

Parmenion Tsitsopoulos, MD, PhD, Hippokration General Hospital, Greece

Ji Tu, MD, University of New South Wales, St. George & Sutherland Clinical School, Australia

Mehmet Turgut, MD, PhD, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Turkey

Otavio Turolo da Silva, MD, University of Campinas, Brazil

Masashi Uehara, MD, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan

Julio Urrutia, MD, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile

Payman Vahedi, MD, Neurosurgery, Iran

Peter Vajkoczy, MD, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Emiliano Vialle, MD, Catholic University of Parana, Brazil

Xavier Vidal, MD, Institut Català de Farmacologia, Spain

Christophe Vidal, MD, MSc, Robert Debré Hospital, France

S. Vidyadhara, MD, Manipal Hospital, India

Massimiliano Visocchi, MD, Catholic University School of Medicine, Italy

Shaobai Wang, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital/Havard Medical School, United States

Douglas Wardlaw, MB ChB ChM FRCSEd, Retired, United Kingdom

William Welch, MD, FAANS, FACS, FICC, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Bastian Welke, MD, Hannover Medical School, Germany

Richard Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, University of Washington, United States

Xiaoyu Yang, MD, PhD, MSc, Leiden University Medical Center: Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Netherlands

Huabin Yin, MD, Shanghai general hospital, China

Sangwook Yoon, MD, PhD, Emory University, United States

Fabio Zaina, MD, ISICO, Italy

Andrea Zanirato, MD, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy

Baron Zárate-Kalfópulos, MD, National Rehabilitation Center Mexico, Mexico

Yaowu Zhang, MD, Ph.D, Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Aristeidis Zibis, MD, University of Thessaly Faculty of Medicine Department of Anatomy, Greece



Honorary Editor
S. Nazarian, Marseille, France

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