Editorial Board

Associate Editor

Xiulin Köhler, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany
Xiulin joined Springer Nature as an Associate Editor in 2024. She holds a PhD in Biology from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany and a master’s degree in Clinical Neuroscience from the Institute of Neurology at University College London (UCL), UK. She has a broad background in the biomedical sciences, with her master’s degree research focused on mitochondrial dysfunction in multiple sclerosis, and her PhD research on apoptotic molecular mechanisms in cancer. She is motivated to be part of Open Access scientific publishing and believes it paves the way for sharing accessible sound science and knowledge. Xiulin is based at the Heidelberg office in Germany.

 

Senior Editorial Board Members

Steven Gray, PhD, St James's Hospital, Ireland

Craig P. Hersh, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Dr. Hersh is a physician-scientist in the Channing Division of Network Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He completed medical school, internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This was followed by a clinical fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at HMS and a research fellowship in respiratory epidemiology and genetics at BWH. His research integrates the tools of genetics, genomics and epidemiology to improve precision in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).  He is a co-investigator in the multi-center COPDGene Study, and he is the Principal Investigator of several genomics ancillary studies.  He started as an Associate Editor for BMC Pulmonary Medicine in 2013 and became Section Editor for COPD and Occupational Lung Disease in 2016.

Fabrizio Luppi, MD, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Fabrizio Luppi is associate professor and honorary consultant at the Department of Respiratory Diseases at the University of Milan-Bicocca, based at the “S. Gerardo” Hospital in Monza (Italy). Professor Luppi received his medical degree from the University of Modena in 1993. He spent part of his PhD program in the Department of Pulmonology at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, working on epithelial cell involvement in smoking-induced lung diseases. Prof. Luppi’s primary research interests include interstitial lung diseases, particularly Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis, and he has been the Principal Investigator in several Phase II and III trials in IPF. Prof. Luppi has published more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is a Senior Editorial Board Member of BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

Michele Mondoni, MD, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Italy
Michele Mondoni is Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine at the Pulmonology Unit of ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo in Milan (Italy) and is Adjunct Professor of the Specialisation School in Respiratory Diseases of the University of Milan. He graduated from the University of Milan in 2002 and received his II Level Master Degree in Interventional Pulmonology and Pulmonary Immunopathology at the University of Parma in 2011. His main areas of expertise are interventional pulmonology and interstitial lung diseases. His primary research interests include clinical and interventional pulmonology. He joined the Editorial Board of BMC Pulmonary Medicine in 2018 and has been a Senior Editorial Board Member since 2020.

Giovanni Sotgiu, MD, PhD, University of Sassari, Italy
Dr. Giovanni Sotgiu is a professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Sassari, Italy. He received his medical degree specializing in "Infectious Diseases and Medical Statistics".  His doctoral research was on “Methodology of Clinical Trials”. He also received his executive master's in "Management of Health and Social Care Organizations". He is currently a Fellow of European Respiratory Society. The focus of his research is on patient care, primary and secondary prevention, and population health. In particular, his research interests include the clinical and public health features of every respiratory infectious disease (e.g., tuberculosis). He collaborates with the WHO, ECDC, US-CDC, and other international societies. He joined the Editorial Board of BMC Pulmonary Medicine in 2013 and is now the Section Editor of Infectious, Rare and Idiopathic Pulmonary Diseases.

Giulia Maria Stella, MD, PhD, MSc, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Italy
Giulia Maria Stella graduated in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 cum Laude) in 2001. She obtained her MD European Qualification in 2002 and specialized in Respiratory System Diseases (50/50 cum laude). Giulia completed her PhD in Pharmacological Sciences (University of Pavia Medical School) and her master's degree in Molecular Oncology (110/110 cum laude).  Dr Stella is now working as a Clinical Research Assistant within the Pulmunology/Thoracic Oncology Unit at Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia.  Giulia also works as a Contract Professor for Respiratory System Diseases at the University of Pavia Medical School. Dr Stella has expertise in numerous laboratory techniques, including DNA cloning, sequencing, PCR, mammalian cell culture, transient and stable transfection, single-cell dilution, use of inducible promoters, virus production and cellular transduction (infection with retrovirus and lentivirus), western immunoblotting and protein kinase assay. Dr Stella also has clinical expertise in invasive procedures (bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, lymph node biopsy, thoracentesis and paracentesis) and lung cancer management.

Alice Turner, MBChB (Hons), PhD, PGCE, PGDip, FRCP, University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Alice Turner graduated from the University of Leicester and has done postgraduate training via the University of Dundee, the University of Birmingham, and Ashridge-Hult business school. Dr Turner completed a PhD on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and has further postgraduate qualifications in medical education, leadership and quality improvement. She is now a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Birmingham. In addition, Dr Turner works as a consultant in Respiratory Medicine at Heartlands Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where she leads COPD and AATD services, respectively. In addition, Dr Turner is a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) research prioritisation committee. She also has experience on a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) health technology appraisal committee. Dr Turner has published widely in COPD and AATD and has ongoing research projects, mainly clinical trials and observational clinical studies, on AATD and COPD funded by the NIHR and others.


Assistant Editors
Vrushali Joshi, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Srushti Padekar, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Anushree Patil, MTech, Springer Nature, India


Manuscript Editors
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Gayatri Kanade, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pravin Giri, PhD, MSc, Bsc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Swayamsidha Pati, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India


Editorial Board Members
Abdullah Alqarni, PhD, King Abdulaziz University , Saudi Arabia
June Hong Ahn, Yeungnam, University Hospital, Yeungnam University, South Korea
Abdulelah Aldhahir, PhD, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Jaber Alqahtani, PhD, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences/UCL, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Alismail, PhD, Loma Linda University Health, USA
Nilesh Ambhore, MPharm, PhD, North Dakota State University, USA
Pinelopi Anagnostopoulou, MD, PhD , University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Elise Artaud-Macari, phd, Normandie Univ, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB),France
Mahesh Padukudru Anand, JSS Medical College, India
Sabina Antoniu, MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T Popa Iasi, Romania
Vittorio Aprile, MD, University of Pisa, Italy
Mariana Attanasi, MD, PhD, University of Chieti, Italy
Adaeze Ayuk, MBBS, FMCPaed, MSc, MPhil PedsPulm, College of Medicine UNN Enugu Campus, Nigeria
Feredun Azari, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
Yoko Azuma, Md,PhD, Toho University School of Medicine, Japan
Güntuğ Batıhan, MD, Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Bruno Guedes Baldi, MD, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Sandra Baldacci, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italy
Arianne Baldomero, MD, MS, Minneapolis VA Health Care System and University of Minnesota, USA
Paolo Banfi, Don Gnocchi Foundation, Italy
Sandhya Bansal, PhD, Norton Thoracic Institute, USA
Nektarios Barabutis, University of Louisiana Monroe, USA
Salvatore Battaglia, MD, University of Palermo, Italy
Denise Battaglini, MD, PhD, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy
David Bennett, MD, PhD, University Hospital of Siena, Italy
Muhammet Ali Beyoglu, Associate Professor, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey
Yunyi Bian, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China
Davide Biondini, University of Padua, Italy
Rob Bischof, Federation University Australia, Australia
Stefano Bongiolatti, MD, Careggi University Hospital, Italy
Andrea Borghesi, MD, University of Brescia, Italy
Nicholas Burgraff, PhD, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, USA
Jefferson Antonio Buendia Rodriguez, PhD, University of Antioquia, Colombia
Yunshan Cao, MD, PhD, Gansu Provincial Hospital, China
Renee Carey, PhD, Curtin University, Australia
Giovanna Carpagnano, University of Foggia, Italy
Adrian Ceccato, PhD, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Spain
Wei Cheng, PhD, Central South University of Second Xiangya Hospital, China
Chee-Shee Chai, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Warawut Chaiwong, Dr. phil., Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Zhencong Chen, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China
Chung-Yu Chen, MD, PhD, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Taiwan
Wen-Chien Cheng, MD, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
Yeong Shiong Chiew, PhD, Monash University, Malaysia
Joon Young Choi, MD, PhD, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, South Korea
Necati Citak, Dr. Suat Seren Thoracic Surgery and Chest Disease Research and Education Hospital, Turkey
Davide Colombo, PhD, MD, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Craig Conoscenti, MD, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
Angelo Coppola, Regina Apostolorum Hospital, Italy
Alexandru Corlateanu, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Moldova
Hai-Long Dai, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, China
Jingbo Dai, PhD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, USA
Cristian Deana, MD, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Italy
Zhishan Deng, PhD, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China
Chantal Donovan, PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Ahilanandan Dushianthan, MBBS, PhD, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Tiffany Dwyer, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Kah Peng Eg, MPaeds, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Dorina Esendagli, MD, PhD, Baskent University, Turkey
Giuliano Ferrone, MD, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Kiyoharu Fukushima, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Japan
Sabina Galiniak, PhD, Rzeszow University, Poland
Yadong Gao, Zhejiang University, China
Simone Gattarello, PhD , IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Lauren Gibson, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Askin Gülsen, Dr. med., Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Mingzhou Guo, MD, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Kevin ten Haaf, PhD, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands
Takashi Harano, , Keck School of Medicine of USC, United States
Maged Hassan, PhD, Alexandria University, Egypt
Thijs Hoffman, PhD, St. Antonius Hospital, The Netherlands
Timothy Howarth, PhD, University of Eastern Finland, Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health, Charles Darwin University, Finland
Yan Hu, MD, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Yiwei Huang, Fudan University, China
Marco Idzko, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
Terunaga Inage, Ph.D, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Nousheen Iqbal, FCPS, Jinnah Medical and Dental College and Sohail Trust University & Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Takuma Isshiki, PhD, Toho University, Japan
Pritesh Jain, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA
Francisco-Javier Gonzalez-Barcala, PhD, Hospital Clinico Universitario of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Paula Kauppi, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Takahisa Kawamura, MD, PhD, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Japan
Woo Jin Kim, PhD, Kangwon National University, South Korea
Hocheol Kim, MD, PhD, Asan Medical Center Korea, South Korea
Youlim Kim, MD, PhD, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, South Korea
Bo-Guen Kim, PhD, Hanyang University College of Medicine, South Korea
Sung Kyoung Kim, MD, PhD, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Taeyun Kim, MD, MSc, Kosin University College of Medicine, South Korea 
Yeon Wook Kim, MD, PhD, Seoul National University Bundang Hosptial, South Korea 
Djuro Kosanovic, PhD, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russia
Sung-Yoon Kang , MD, PhD, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, South Korea
Sang Hyuk Kim, MD, Dongguk University Medical Center, South Korea
Bryan Kraft, MD, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Stefanie Krick, MD, PhD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Byoung Soo Kwon, MD, Seoul National University Bundang hospital, South Korea
Franco Laghi, MD, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Grace Lam, MD, PhD, MSc, University of Alberta, Canada
Onofrio Laselva, PhD. University of Foggia, Italy
Jong Hyuk Lee, MD, PhD, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea
Sang Chul Lee, PhD, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, South Korea
Hyun Woo Lee, MD, PhD, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, South Korea 
Feng Li, PhD, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Yongwen Li, PhD, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, China
Feng Li, PhD, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Shu-Yi Liao, MD, MPH, ScD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA
Jeong Uk Lim, PhD, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Jun Hyeok Lim, MD, Inha University Hospital, South Korea 
Sung Yoon Lim, PhD, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea
Chi Liu, PhD, Central South University, China
Lifei Lu, MD, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China
Yiming Ma, MD, Central South University, China
Fabiano di Marco, Dr. med., University of Milan, Italy
Macy Mei-Sze Lui, Dr. med., Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, China
Micheál Mac Aogáin, St. James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Felipe Machado, Hasselt University, Belgium
Mario Malerba, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Jihad Mallat, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Alessandro Marchioni, PhD, University Hospital of Modena, Italy
Alessandro Marcon, PhD, University of Verona, Italy
Maria Gabriella Matera, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
Merry-Lynn McDonald, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Michael McGeachie, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
Ravindra Mehta, Apollo Hospitals, India
Federico Mei, MD, University Hospital Ancona, Italy
Andrea Melani, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
Luca Salvatore Menga, MD, University of Toronto, Canada
Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, MD, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Stephen Milne, BBiomedSc, MBBS, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Nobuaki Miyahara, MD, PhD, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan
Akihiko Miyanaga, MD, Nippon Medical School, Japan
Yousser Mohammad, MD, Tishreen University, Syria
Matthew Moll, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Caio Morais, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo,  Brazil
Nicola Murgia, MD, University of Perugia, Italy
Piergiorgio Muriana, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Atsushi Nambu, Teikyo University Hospital, Japan
Jacek Nasilowski, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Adeel Nasrullah, MD, Allegheny Health Network, USA
Amarjit Singh Naura, Panjab University, India
Masaji Nishimura, PhD, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
Francesco Nucera, PhD, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
Shuta Ohara, PhD, Kindai University, Japan
Naoki Ozeki, MD, PhD, Aichi Medical University, Japan
Beste Özsezen, Assoc. Prof., Gulhane Research and Training Hospital, Turkey
Giuseppe Paciocco, MD, PhD, IRCCS - San Gerardo dei Tintori, Italy
Mahesh Padukudru Anand, JSS Medical College, India
Lei Pan, MD, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, China
Sheng-Wei Pan, MD, PhD, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Tanyalak Parimon, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Christopher Pascoe, PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada
Jin Kyun Park, MD, PhD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
Nina M Patel, MD, Boehringer Ingelheim, Columbia University, Bronx VA Medical Center, USA
Shane Patman, PhD, The University of Notre Dame, Australia
Tananchai Petnak, MD, Mahidol University, Thailand
Barak Pertzov, MD, MPH, McMaster University, Canada
Gioia Piatti, PhD, University of Milan, Italy
Laura Pini, University of Brescia & ASST - Spedali Civili di Brescia, Italy
Nicolas Piton, MD, PhD, Rouen University Hospital / INSERM, France
Federica Porcaro, MD, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Italy
Andrea Portacci, MD, Institute of Respiratory Disease, University "Aldo Moro,  Italy
Promod Mehta, PhD, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurugram, India
Guoqing Qian, PhD, Ningbo University, China
Junyan Qian, MD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Xin Qian, MMed, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, China
Xiangping Qu, MD, PhD, Central South University, China
Luis Felipe Reyes, MD, PhD, MSc, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia
Chin Kook Rhee, MD, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea
Rocco Francesco Rinaldo, DM, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, Italy
Luca Roz, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Italy
Barabara Ruaro, MD, PhD, University Hospital of Cattinara, University of Trieste, Italy
Sebastian Rutkowski, PhD, The Opole University of Technology, Poland
Aabida Saferali, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Andrew Sage, PhD, University Health Network, Canada
Tomohiro Sakamoto, PhD, Tottori University Hospital, Japan
Francesco Salton, Dr. med., University of Trieste, Italy
Kim Sandler, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Pierachille Santus, MD, PhD, University of Milan, Italy
Arjun Saradna, MD, University At Buffalo, USA
Takeshi Saraya, MD, Kyorin University, Japan
Gaetano Scaramuzzo, MD, University of Ferrara, Italy
Munish Sharma, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, USA
Yongchun Shen, MD, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Sami Simons, MD, PhD, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Pradeesh Sivapalan, MD, PhD, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Denmark
Jin Woo Song, MD, PhD, University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, South Korea
Savino Spadaro, PhD, University of Ferrara, Italy
Iain Stewart, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Haruhiko Sugimura, MD, PhD, Hamamatsu University and Sasaki Institute, Japan
Anthony Sunjaya, MD, PhD, MSc Internal Med. (Edin), The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Giorgia Sulis, MD, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Moushumi Suryavanshi, PhD, MD, FRCpath, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, India
Yutaka Takahara, Dr, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan
Tomoyuki Takura, PhD, MS, The University of Tokyo, Japan
JingLong Tang, Qingdao University, China
Wang Tao, Guangzhou Medical University, China
Claudio Tirelli, MD, PhD fellow, II level University Master Degree,  University of Milan, Italy
Sara Tomassetti, Careggi University Hospital, Italy
Pasquale Tondo, MD, University of Foggia, Italy
Jeng-Sen Tseng, PhD, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Michele Umbrello, MD, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Italy
Eleonora Volpato, Psy.D, PhD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Francesco Varone, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Gareth Walters, MD, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Ori Wand, MD, Barzilai University Medical Center, Israel
Maoshui Wang, Dr. med., Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital, China
Saibin Wang, MD, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University, China
Ran Wang, Doctor, first affiliated hospital of Anhui medical university, China
Xinan Wang , PhD, MS, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , USA
Ha-Kyeong Won, MD, PhD, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, South Korea
Fan Wu, Dr. med., State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, China
Jian Wu, PhD, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, China
Wanlong Wu, MD, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Xi-Qian Xing, MBSS, Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, China
Zhijie Xu, PhD, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Chih-Jen Yang, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Changfu Yao, Instructor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Panayiotis Yiallouros, PhD, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Hee-Young Yoon, MD, PhD, Soonchunhyang Seoul Hospital, South Korea
Hironori Yoshida, MD, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
Akihiro Yoshimura, PhD, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Japan
Kai-Lun Yu, MD, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Taiwan
Jeong Yun, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Cheng Zhan, Fudan University, China
Xiao-Bin Zhang, PhD, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, China
Xiang-Rong Zheng, MD, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Ulrich Zissler, PhD, Technical University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim, Germany
Zi-jing Zhou, Dr. med, PhD, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
Lucheng Zhu, PhD, Hangzhou Cancer Hospital, China
Lodovica Zullo, MD, Institut Gustave Roussy, France


Editorial Advisors
Richard Albert, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA
Judith L Black, University of Sydney, Australia
Demosthenes Bouros, University of Thrace, Greece
Emanuela Bruscia, Yale University, USA
Edwin R Chilvers, University of Cambridge, UK
Rodolfo Dennis, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Colombia
Helen Galley, University of Aberdeen, UK
Robert Gray, Edinburgh University, UK 
Rik Gosselink, KU Leuven, Belgium
Huib Kerstjens, University Hospital Groningen, Netherlands
Peter N Le Souef, University of Western Australia, Australia
Jay A Nadel, University of California San Francisco, USA
Michael Niederman, Winthrop University Hospital, USA
Ioannis Pneumatikos, University Hospital of Alexandropolis, Greece
Michael B Reid, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Scott Weiss, Brigham and Womens Hospital, USA
Sally Wenzel, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA

Statistical Advisors
Ioannis Bakolis, King's College London, UK
Cavan Reilly, University of Minnesota, USA