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 health care delivery.
Adil H. Haider, MD, MPH, Boston, Massachusetts
Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, MTS, PhD, Columbus, Ohio
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, Durham, North Carolina
Surgical Innovation Editor
Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Web and Social Media Editor
Clinical Challenge and CME Editor
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
Danny Chu, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dai H. Chung, MD, Nashville, Tennessee
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, San Francisco, California
James W. Fleshman Jr, MD, Dallas, Texas
Yuman Fong, MD, Duarte, California
Elliot R. Haut, MD, PhD, Baltimore, Maryland
Jonathan R. Hiatt, MD, Los Angeles, California
O. Joe Hines, MD, Los Angeles, California
Kamal M. F. Itani, MD, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Eric K. Nakakura, MD, PhD, San Francisco, California
Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr, MD, Charlottesville, Virginia
Sherry M. Wren, MD, Palo Alto, California
Brian S. Zuckerbraun, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
International Editorial Board
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
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