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 health care delivery.

• Editor Melina R. Kibbe, MD

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

• Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, MTS, PhD, Columbus, Ohio

• Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH, Boston, Massachusetts

• 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, Columbus, Ohio

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

• Jason S. Haukoos, MD, MSc, Denver, Colorado

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

• Todd A. Schwartz, DrPH, MS, Chapel Hill, NC

• 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

• Amir A. Ghaferi, Md, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Elliott 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, New York, New York

• Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr, MD, Gainesville, Florida

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

• Brian S. Zuckerbraun, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Martin Almquist, MD, Lund, Sweden

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

• Marja Boermeester, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Stephen W. K. Cheng, MB, BS, MS, Hong Kong

• 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

• Olle Ljungqvist, MD, PhD, Örebro, Sweden

• Mario Morino, MD, Turin, Italy

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

• Pauli Puolakkainen, MD, PhD, Helsinki, Finland

• Paulina Salminen, MD, PhD, Turku, Finland

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

• Manabu Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan

• 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, JAMA Network Howard Bauchner, MD

• Executive Editor Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA

• Executive Managing Editor Annette Flanagin

• Managing Editor Brenda Gregoline

• Deputy Managing Editor Tracy Frey

• Manuscript Editors Kevin Brown, Amanda Ehrhardt, Iris Y. Lo, M. Sophia Newman, Suzanne Walker

• Freelance Manuscript Editing Manager Connie L. Manno

• Freelance Manuscript Editing Coordinators Sara M. Billings, Timothy Gray, Paul Ruich, Kirby Snell, Sam Wilder

• Freelance Copy Editors and Copyreaders Catherine A. Alden, Stephanie Lang Beckmeyer, Jane Calayag, Jan Clavey, Mary Coerver-Connolly, Paula Glitman, Laura King, Regina Z. Lilly, Judy Majewski, Thressa D. Smith, Divya Sreekumar, Donna J. Thordsen, Christine Tilles, Caroline A. V. Woods, Aggie Zarkadas

• Editorial Assistant Wanda Hill

• Directors Larry Bryant, Jacob Kendall-Taylor, Monica Mungle

• Managers and Staff Fanny L. Brown, Anna Bukowski, Lee Calibeo, Lenette Gardner-Gullens, Tosca Hall, Erin Kato, Rachell Lozano, Caroline Sietmann, Angelia Waltower

• Deputy Editor and Director Michael Berkwits, MD

• Digital Media Production Eric Butkus, Michelle Kurzynski (managers); Emily Ling, Jesse McQuarters, Daniel Morrow (producers)

• Social Media Reuben Rios (coordinator)

• Electronic Media Systems and Services Carrie Butt (supervisor), Mary Lynn Ferkaluk (assistant)

• Staff Karen Bucher, Andy Rekito, Nick Reback, 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

• Manager Deanna Bellandi

• Staff Jim Michalski

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

• Vice President, Publishing Strategy and Business Operations Brian Shields

• Vice President, Publishing Production Operations Karen Adams-Taylor

• Vice President, Digital Product Management and Development Paul Gee

• Staff Monica Smith

• Director Jeffery J. Bonistalli

• Manager Kathy Russell

• Staff Mirna Monal

• Sales Representative Stacey McHugh

• Director, Marketing Mark Thornbury

• Staff Tricia Castellano

• Director Anna Frazier

• Manager Thalia Moss

• Staff Sade DeRamus-Townsend, Tony Ralenkotter

• Manager Susan Lovenberg

• Director, Worldwide Sales Vida Damijonaitis

• Managers Saskia Bolore, Gretchen Linder, Brian McCartney

• Sales Representatives Christine Hearne, Natasha Nekola

• Staff David Baum, Morgan Osgood, Ron Thomas

• Directors Rick Bell, Elizabeth Solaro, Sara Zimmerman

• Associate Publisher/Senior Product Development Geoffrey Flick

• Managers Fergus Clare, Lindsay Dawson, Ellen Gibson, Mustafa Ishaq, Sam Ismail, Peter Litton, Craig McCaffrey, Michael McGraw, Jon Perkins, Daniel Pickhardt, Romando Rossini, Sarah Subramanian, Stacy Tucker

• Business Analyst Sirisha Alluri

• Staff Millette Jackson-Bates, Tom Miller

• Directors Karl Elvin, Nancy Essex, Jaye Mize, Sean O’Donnell, Sue Sherrill

• Managers David Antos, Anthony Bautista, Chris Borden, Debbie Camp, Jennifer Carney, Lydia Cruz, Scott Curl, Diane Darnell, Nanette Diaz, Jordynn Farrar, Allison Hughes, Tiffany Jones, Colleen Kelly, Chris Meyer, Annemarie Neff, J.D. Neff, Sean Ohlson, Phil O'Leary, Bill Pedone, Susan Price, Binita Shah, Erin Spencer, Denise Steinhauser, Joe Wixted

• Advertising and Production Services Ahmed Avendano, Kim Boler, Rhonda Bailey Brown, Fin Carter, Michael Deegan, Daniel DeGroot, Euwanaha Joiner-Smith, Joshua Lane, Cindy Rendlen, Ellen Yoshihara

• Circulation Services Julie Burton, Ronna Hewitt, Mary Sieck, Geneine Van Someren, Jamaal Vargas

• Content Production Systems Mike Bujewski and Nathan Mitre

• Digital Production Regina Brownlee, Amanda Camino, Brenda Chandler-Grayer, Emily Dunn, Amy Evers, Maleeka Holden, Teri Hutchison, Dan Knowles, Joshua Lampinen, Natalie Marsh, Patricia E. Panek, Marla Seidell, La'son Diggs Sledge, Julian Wiley

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

• Proofreading Carla Benton, Carol Joy Farrell, Maria Giannini, Judith A. Literskis, Teresa H. Omiotek, Michael Ryder

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

• Chief Operating Officer Bernard L. Hengesbaugh

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