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.

• Melina R. Kibbe, MD

• Adil H. Haider, MD, MPH, Karachi, Pakistan

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

• Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH, Boston, Massachusetts

• 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, North Carolina

• Heather E. Hsu, MD, MPH, Boston, Massachusetts

• Andrew M. Ibrahim, MD, MSc, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Terri Carter

• jamasurg@jamanetwork.org

• Danny Chu, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Dai H. Chung, MD, Dallas, Texas

• Quan-Yang Duh, MD, San Francisco, California

• Yuman Fong, MD, Duarte, California

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

• Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD, Baltimore, Maryland

• Christian de Virgilio, 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

• David B. Stewart Sr, MD, Tucson, Arizona

• 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

• Antonio M. Lacy, MD, PhD, Barcelona, Spain

• 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

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• 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

• Assistant Deputy Managing Editor Iris Y. Lo

• Senior Manuscript Editor Kevin Brown

• Manuscript Editors Rebecca Langley, M. Sophia Newman, Suzanne Walker

• Freelance Manuscript Editing Manager Connie L. Manno

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• Editorial Assistant Wanda Hill

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

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• Deputy Editor and Director Michael Berkwits, MD

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• CME Editor Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH

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• Editorial Counsel Joseph P. Thornton, JD

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