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 diversity, equity, and inclusion; 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

• Leah Monique Backhus, MD, MPH, Palo Alto, California

• Gerard M. Doherty, MD, Boston, Massachusetts

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

• Amalia L. Cochran, MD, Gainesville, Florida

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

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

• Todd A. Schwartz, DrPH, MS, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• Terri Carter

• jamasurg@jamanetwork.org

• Danny Chu, MD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Dai H. Chung, MD, Dallas, Texas

• Christian de Virgilio, MD, Los Angeles, California

• 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

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

• Kamal M. F. Itani, MD, West Roxbury, Massachusetts

• Anthony E. Johnson, MD, Austin, Texas

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

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

• Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, New York, New York

• David B. Stewart Sr, MD, Springfield, Illinois

• 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 Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS

• Executve Editor Gregory Curfman, MD

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• Electronic Editor and CME Editor Michael Berkwits, MD

• Managing Editor Brenda Gregoline

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