GUEST EDITORS

JAMIE S. BARKIN, MD, FACE MACG, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami; and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida

PAUL GEORG LANKISCH, MD, Professor of Medicine, Municipal Clinic of Liineburg, Liineburg, Germany

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N. AGARWAL, MD, FRCS(C), MPH, Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla; and Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, New York

JOHN BAILLIE, MB, ChB, FRCP(G), Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Biliary Service, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

SIMMY BANK, MD, FRCP, Chief, Department of Gastroenterology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park; and Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

JAMIE S. BARKIN, MD, FACP, MACG, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami; and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida

MANOOP S. BHUTANI, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Endoscopic Ultrasound; and Director, Center for Experimental Endoscopy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

PETER BUCHLER, MD, Research Fellow in Surgery, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

C. P. CHOUDARI, MD, Senior Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

THOMAS FENNER, MD, Chief, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany

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PATRICK C. FREENY, MD, Professor of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

VAY LIANG W. GO, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director, University of California Los Angeles Center for Human Nutrition, Los Angeles, California

JEFFREY A. GOLDSTEIN, MD, Senior Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami; and Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida

NORTON J. GREENBERGER, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

CLEM W. IMRIE, MB, ChB, BSc, FRCS, Professor and Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

ANANT INDARAM, MD, Gastroenterology Attending, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park; and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

KAZUO INUI, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

RALF JAKOBS, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Mainz, Ludwigshafen, Germany

SHARON Y. KANG, BS, Assistant Editor, "Pancreas," University of California Los Angeles Center for Human Nutrition, Los Angeles, California

PAUL GEORG LANKISCH, MD, Professor of Medicine, Municipal Clinic of Luneburg, Liineburg, Germany

GLEN A. LEHMAN, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/ Hepatology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

ALBERT 8 . LOWENFELS, MD, Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

PATRICK MAISONNEUVE, Eng, Head, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

NAVREET MALHI-CHOWLA, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

COLIN J. McKAY, MB, ChB, MD, FRCS, Senior Lecturer, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

KLAUS MERGENER, MD, Assistenzarzt, Medizirische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes- Gutenberg-Universitaet, Mainz, Germany

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YUTA NAKAMURA, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

SABURO NAKAZAWA, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

KAZUMU OKUSHIMA, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

C. S. PITCHUMONI, MD, FRCPK), MPH, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla; and Director of Medicine, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, New York

MANFRED RATSCHKO, Pharmacist and Chief, Central Pharmacy, Municipal Clinic of Liineburg, Liineburg, Germany

HOWARD A. REBER, MD, Professor and Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

JUERGEN F. RIEMANN, MD, Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Mainz, Ludwigshafen, Germany

JAMES S. SCOLAPIO, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinical Director, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

STUART SHERMAN, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

ANDRZEJ UKLEJA, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

DAVID C. WHITCOMB, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pittsburgh; Director, Center for Genomic Sciences, University of Pittsburgh; and the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

JUNJI YOSHINO, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

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