JAMA Surgery

Mission Statement: To promote the art and science of surgery by publishing relevant peer-reviewed research to assist the surgeon in optimizing patient care. JAMA Surgery will also serve as a forum for the discussion of issues pertinent to surgery, such as the education and training of the surgical workforce, quality improvement, and the ethics and economics of healthcare delivery.

• Editor Melina R. Kibbe, MD

• Adil H. Haider, MD, MPH, Boston, Massachusetts

• Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, MTS, PhD, Baltimore, Maryland

• Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, Durham, North Carolina

• Terri Carter

• Phone: (312) 464-4444

• jamasurg@jamanetwork.org

• Gerard M. Doherty, MD, Boston, Massachusetts

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

• Amalia L. Cochran, MD, Salt Lake City, Utah

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

• Terry Hyslop, PhD, Durham, North Carolina

• Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD, Torrance, California

• Alfred W. Rademaker, PhD, Chicago, Illinois

• Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS, Chicago, Illinois

• Sally E. Carty, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Danny Chu, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Diana L. Farmer, MD, Sacramento, California

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

• James C. Hebert, MD, Burlington, Vermont

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

• O. Joe Hines, MD, Los Angeles, California

• David C. Linehan, MD, Rochester, New York

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

• Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Martin G. Paul, MD, Washington, DC

• Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr, MD, Charlottesville, Virginia

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

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

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

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

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

• Liane S. Feldman, MD, CM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Alberto R. Ferreres, MD, PhD, JD, MPH, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Andrew G. Hill, MBChB, MD, EdD, Auckland, New Zealand

• Simon Y. K. Law, MBBChir, MS, Hong Kong

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

• Olle Ljungqvist, MD, PhD, Örebro, Sweden

• Chung-Mau Lo, MBBS, MS(HK), Hong Kong

• Avery B. Nathens, MD, MPH, PhD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• John A. Windsor, MD, Auckland, New Zealand

• Manabu Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan

• Han-Kwang Yang, MD, PhD, Seoul, South Korea

• Cheng-Har Yip, MBBS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• 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

• Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, 2005-2014

• 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 Adamczyk, Catherine A. Alden, Stephanie Lang Beckmeyer, Jan Clavey, Mary Coerver-Connolly, Paula Glitman, Roya Khatiblou, Laura King, 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, Peter K. Kim, Rachell Lozano, Michaela Mark, Kathryn Muskovich, Gale Saulsberry

• Deputy Editor and Director Michael Berkwits, MD

• Director, Development and Design Michelle Kurzynski

• Staff Eric Butkus, Will English IV, Christopher Hastings, Craig McCaffrey, Reuben Rios

• Deputy Editor and Director Ronna Henry, MD

• Staff Joshua Bird, Karen Bucher, Samantha Welker, David Song

• Deputy Editor Edward H. Livingston, MD

• CME Editor Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH

• Director Marla A. Hall

• Staff Yolanda Davis, Deanna Willis

• Editorial Counsel Joseph P. Thornton, JD

• Staff Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, Deanna Bellandi, Jim Michalski

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

• Vice President, Publishing Business Operations Brian Shields

• Staff Monica Smith

• Director Jeffery J. Bonistalli

• Manager Kathy Russell

• Staff Mirna Monal

• Sales Representative Stacey McHugh

• Director, Marketing Mark Thornbury

• Staff Tricia Castellano

• Manager Thalia Moss

• Staff Mike Harvey, Susan J. Henning

• 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, Ron Thomas

• Directors Paul Gee, Matt Herron, Elizabeth Solaro

• Associate Publisher/Senior Product Development Geoffrey Flick

• Managers Rick Bell, Lindsay Dawson, Michael McGraw, Romando Rossini, Stacy Tucker

• Staff Millette Jackson-Bates

• Directors Karen Adams-Taylor, Karl Elvin, Jaye Mize, Sean O’Donnell, Sue Sherrill

• Managers David Antos, Chris Borden, Debbie Camp, Lydia Cruz, Scott Curl, Diane Darnell, Colleen Kelly, Chris Meyer, Annemarie Neff, J.D. Neff, Sean Ohlson, Phil O'Leary, Bill Pedone, Susan Price, Denise Steinhauser

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

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

• Composition and New Media Gail Barrett, Regina Brownlee, Amanda Camino, Brenda Chandler-Grayer, Emily Dunn, Amy Evers, Teri Hutchison, Mary Ann Kuranda, Joshua Lampinen, Nathan Mitre, 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, Sam Wilder

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

• Chief Operating Officer Bernard L. Hengesbaugh

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