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ISSN: 1178-7082
Professor Luigi Bonavina

Professor Bonavina
Dr. Bonavina is currently a full-professor at the University of Milano Medical School and Chief of the Department of Surgery at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy. He graduated from University of Padova and specialized in General Surgery and in Thoracic Surgery. As postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Chicago and Creighton University, he was involved in esophageal pathophysiology and reconstructive surgery of the foregut.
Dr. Bonavina's past research at the University of Padova and Milano focused on esophageal surgery and disease, fundoplication and ablative techniques for Barrett’s esophagus, and cancer prevention. His current research includes studies on gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal motility disorders, minimally invasive (thoracoscopic, laparoscopic, and trans-oral) surgical procedures, surgical oncology, and surgical education.
Since 1995, Dr. Bonavina is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also an Active member of the European Surgical Association, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Académie National de Chirurgie (Paris), and a Council Member of the World Society of Emergency Surgery.
At national and international levels, Dr. Bonavina has served as member and chair of many grant review and clinical guidelines panels and on the editorial advisory boards of multiple medical journals.
Editorial Board
Dr Antolino

Laura Antolino, MD, PhD, UOC Chirurgia Generale Oncologica, PO Belcolle - ASL Viterbo (IT), Rome.
Dr Baerlocher

Mark Otto Baerlocher, Department of Radiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Dr Bal

B. Sonny Bal, MD MBA JD PhD, President & CEO, Sintx Technologies, Salt Lake City, USA.
Dr Basu

Somprakas Basu, Professor & Head, Department of General Surgery; Dean (International affairs), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Dr Bhullar

Jasneet Singh Bhullar, Colorectal Surgeon, Ascension Providence Hospital, Rochester Hills, MI, USA.
Dr Datiashvili

Ramazi O. Datiashvili, Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, USA
Dr Kraus

Dr. Armin Kraus, Associate Professor, Consultant of Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Dr Oliva

Prof. Francesco Oliva (MD; PhD), Associate Professor Orthopaedic and Traumathology, Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
Dr Perez-Lopez
Faustino R Pérez-López, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Zaragoza Hospital Clínico, Zaragoza, Spain
Dr Santin

Brian J. Santin, Vascular Surgeon, Ohio Vein & Vascular Inc, Clinton Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, Ohio, USA