JAMA Surgery

Mission Statement: To promote the art and science of surgery by publishing relevant peer-reviewed clinical and basic science information to assist the surgeon in optimizing patient care. JAMA Surgery will also serve as a forum for the discussion of issues that involve ethics, teaching, surgical history, and socioeconomic concerns.

• Editor Julie Ann Freischlag, MD

• Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FCCM, Washington, DC

• Pamela A. Lipsett, MD, MHPE, Baltimore, Maryland

• Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, Aurora, Colorado

• Terri Carter

• Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

• 720 Rutland Ave

• Ross 759

• Baltimore, MD 21205

• Phone: (443) 287-0026

• Fax: (866) 540-3221

• jamasurg@jamanetwork.org

• Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FCCM, Washington, DC

• Pamela A. Lipsett, MD, MHPE, Baltimore, Maryland

• Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, Aurora, Colorado

• Carl E. Bredenberg, MD, Portland, Maine

• Michael E. Zenilman, MD, Bethesda, Maryland

• L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, Norfolk, Virginia

• Sally E. Carty, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Diana L. Farmer, MD, Sacramento, California

• James W. Fleshman Jr, MD, Dallas, Texas

• Gerald M. Fried, MD, CM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• James C. Hebert, MD, Burlington, Vermont

• Jonathan R. Hiatt, MD, Los Angeles, California

• Karen D. Horvath, MD, Seattle, Washington

• David C. Linehan, MD, St Louis, Missouri

• Charles D. Mabry, MD, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

• Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, Chicago, Illinois

• Mary H. McGrath, MD, MPH, San Francisco, California

• Eric K. Nakakura, MD, PhD, San Francisco, California

• Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS, Salt Lake City, Utah

• George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, MSEd, Boston, Massachusetts

• Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Sherry M. Wren, MD, Palo Alto, California

• Juan I. Arcelus, MD, PhD, Granada, Spain

• Kevin C.P. Conlon, MA, MCh, MBA, FRSCI, Dublin, Ireland

• Marco Del Chiaro, MD, PhD, Stockholm, Sweden

• Edwin C. Jesudason, MBBChir, MA, FRCS(Paed), MD, Liverpool, England

• Delawir Kahn, MBChB, FCS(SA), ChM(UCT), Cape Town, South Africa

• Ismail M. Khalil, MD, Beirut, Lebanon

• Jonathan B. Koea, MBChB, MD, FRACS, Auckland, New Zealand

• Antoon E. Lerut, MD, FRCS, Leuven, Belgium

• Dimitrios A. Linos, MD, PhD, Marousi, Greece

• Jacques Marescaux, MD, FRCS, Strasbourg, France

• Russell W. Strong, FRCS (Eng), FRACS, FRACDS, FRCS [Hon] (Edin), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Desmond C. Winter, MB, FRCSI, MD, FRCS (Gen), Dublin, Ireland

• Manabu Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan

• Dean Lewis, MD, 1920-1940

• Waltman Walters, MD, 1941-1942; 1946-1961

• Lester Dragstedt, MD, 1943-1945

• J. Garrett Allen, MD, 1962-1969

• Richard Warren, MD, 1970-1976

• Arthur Baue, MD, 1977-1988

• Claude H. Organ Jr, MD, 1989-2004

• Offices: 330 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

• Editor in Chief, The JAMA Network Howard Bauchner, MD

• Executive Editor Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA

• Executive Managing Editor Annette Flanagin

• Managing Editor Brenda Gregoline

• Manuscript Editing Manager Tracy Frey

• Senior Manuscript Editor Shannon L. Sparenga

• Manuscript Editors Nicole E. Balin, Miriam Y. Cintron, Paul Ruich

• Freelance Manuscript Editing Manager Diane L. Cannon

• Freelance Manuscript Editing Coordinators Connie L. Manno, Fred Marshall

• Freelance Copy Editors and Copyreaders Laura Adamcyzk, Catherine A. Alden, Jan Clavey, Mary Coerver-Connolly, Laura King, Juliann Lundell Tarsney, Donna J. Thordsen, Caroline Woods

• Editorial Assistant Wanda Hill

• Directors Larry Bryant, Monica Mungle, Elaine Williams

• Managers and Staff Lenette Gardner-Gullens, Fanny L. Brown, Paul Frank, Rachell Lozano, Michaela Mark, Kathryn Muskovich, Kate Pezalla, Gale Saulsberry

• Deputy Editor and Director Michael Berkwits, MD

• Director, Development and Design Michelle Kurzynski

• Staff Eric Butkus, Christopher Hastings, Craig McCaffrey, Reuben Rios

• Deputy Editor and Director Ronna Henry, MD

• Staff Joshua Bird, Alison E. Burke, Cassio Lynm, David Song

• Deputy Editor Edward H. Livingston, MD

• CME Editor Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH

• Director Marla A. Hall

• Staff Deanna Willis, Yolanda Davis

• Editorial Counsel Joseph P. Thornton, JD

• Staff Deanna Bellandi, Jim Michalski

• Senior Vice President and Publisher, Periodical Publications Thomas J. Easley

• Staff Monica Smith

• Director Jeffery J. Bonistalli

• Manager Kathy Russell

• Staff Mirna Monal

• Sales Representative Stacey McHugh

• Manager Thalia Moss

• Staff Susan J. Henning

• Director, Marketing Mark Thornbury

• Staff Tricia Castellano

• Manager Susan Lovenberg

• Director, Worldwide Sales Vida Damijonaitis

• Managers Saskia Bolore, Gretchen Linder, Brian McCartney

• Staff David Baum, Rebecca Haas, Christine Hearne, Irma Millie Lara, Audra Lawlort

• Directors Matt Herron, Elizabeth Solaro

• Associate Publisher/Senior Product Development Geoffrey Flick

• Senior Product Development Manager Paul Gee

• Managers Rick Bell, Michael McGraw, Sara Nagy, Stacy Tucker

• Staff Millette Jackson-Bates

• Directors Karen Adams-Taylor, Karl Elvin, Sue Sherrill, Brian Shields

• Managers David Antos, Chris Borden, Debbie Camp, Lydia Cruz, Diane Darnell, Colleen Kelly, Chris Meyer, Jaye Mize, Annemarie Neff, J.D. Neff, Sean O’Donnell, Sean Ohlson, Phil O'Leary, Susan Price, Denise Steinhauser

• Advertising and Production Services Kim Boler, Rhonda Bailey Brown, Timothy Burke, Daniel DeGroot, Jordynn Farrar, Euwanaha Joiner-Smith, Cindy Rendlen, Ellen Yoshihara

• Circulation Services Julie Burton, Dexter Golden, Erin Hinchcliff, Noemi Rivera, Geneine Van Someren

• Composition and New Media Gail Barrett, Regina Brownlee, Amanda Camino, Brenda Chandler-Grayer, Scott Curl, Amy Evers, Teri Hutchison, Mary Ann Kuranda, Joshua Lampinen, Patricia E. Panek, La'son Diggs Sledge, George Thomson

• Graphics Joe Amft, Maria Duda, Fred Furtner, Carolyn Hall, Maria Kowalkowski

• Proofreading Carol Joy Farrell, Daniel James, Judith A. Literskis, Teresa H. Omiotek

• Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer James L. Madara, MD

• Chief Operating Officer Bernard L. Hengesbaugh

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