The European Medical Journal Editorial Board is made up of internationally renowned health experts, academics and clinicians. Regular contact with board members ensures that all comments, guidance and suggestions are received and handled appropriately.

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Urology

Professor Lars Aabakken, President, SADE; Chairman, Norwegian Polyposis Registry; Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Chief of Endoscopy, Med dept of Gastroenterology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo Norway

 

Dr. Karl-Erik Andersson, Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

 

Professor Paolo Angeli, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief of the Hepatic Emergiencies Unit, Dept. of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. Member, AISF, EASL, AASLD. Present Secretary, International Club of Ascites. Associate Editor, Journal of Hepatology

 

Professor Dr. Mustafa Arici, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Hacettepe Hastanesi Nefroloji Bolumu, Turkey. Educational Ambassador, International Society of Nephrology, member of Regional Advisory Group for International Society of Hypertension. Editorial board member, Nephron Clinical Practice, Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation

 

Dr. Riccardo Autorino, Assistant Professor of Urology, Second University of Naples, Clinical Fellow, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

 

Professor Pinar Aydin-O'Dwyer, MD, PhD, Professor, Ophthalmology and Neuro-ophthalmologist, Ankara, Turkey

 

Dr. Fernando Azpiroz, Professor and Chief of the Section of Gastrointestinal Research, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University, Barcelona; Councilor of the International Motility Group; president of the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

 

Dr. Kristen Baggesen, PhD, FEBO, MPG, Head of department of Ophthalmology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg Sygehus, Denmark

 

Professor Simon Bar-meir, Senior Physician of the Department of Gastroenterology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel, Professor and Chair in Gastroenterology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Member of the American Gastroenterological Association, Israeli Societies for Gastroenterology and Hepatology

 

Dr Thomas Baumert, Head, Virology Unit, University of Strasbourg; Professor of Medicine, University of Strasbourg and University Hospitals, Strasbourg. Co-Director and Coordinator, Inserm European Associated Laboratory (EAL), Strasbourg University of Freiburg, Germany

 

Dr. Michael Belin, MD, Professor, Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

 

Professor Flemming Bendtsen, Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Mr. Larry Benjamin, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, England, Chairman, Education Committee, Vice President, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, England

 

Dr. Marina Berenguer, Professor-Consultant Hepatology, La Fe University Hospital, coordinater, CIBER-ehd

 

Dr. Andras Berta, MD, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Debrecen, Hungary

 

Professor Natan M. Bornstein, Director of the Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Elias Sourasky Medical Centre, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, Chairman of the Israeli Neurological Association, VP, World Stroke Organisation (WSO)

 

Dr. Michael Brainin, Professor of Clinical Neurology, Danube-University Krems, Austria, Chairman, Department of Clinical Neurosciences & Preventive Medicine. Head of, Department of Neurology, Landesklinikum Donauregion, Tulln, Teaching Hospital for Vienna Medical School

 

Dr. Lasse Bremholm, Koege Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Medical dept., Lykkebaekvej, 4600 Koege

 

Dr. Alberto Briganti, Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

 

Dr. Alison Brind, Consultant Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, City General Hospital, Stoke on Trent

 

Professor Dr. Marco Bruno, Professor, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Director of Endoscopy and Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Treasurer and Member, Educational Committee, European Association of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy & Nutrition (EAGEN), Council Member and Chairman, Education Committee of United European Gastroenterology (UEG)

 

Dr. Luis Cabero-Roura, Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Materno-infantil Valle Hebron, Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Autonomous Barcelona, Spain

 

Dr. Mario Campogrande, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sant'Anna Hospital, Turin, Italy

 

Dr. Abdullah Erdem Canda, Associate Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital

 

Professor Dr. Pierre-Alain Clavien, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

 

Professor Giancarlo Comi, Professor of Neurology, Chairman of the Department of Neurology, Director of the Institute of Experimental Neurology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan. Member of the Board of Administration of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and the Scientific Committee of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association

 

Professor Guido Costamagna, Professor of Surgery; Head of Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Rome

 

Professor Adrian Covic, Professor, Nephrology Dialysis and Renal Transplantation Unit "C. I. Parhon" University Hospital, Iasi, Romania

 

Dr. Eric Van Cutsem, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Leuven, Head of the Digestive Oncology Department, University Hospital Gasthuisberg in Leuven, Board Member of Leuven Cancer Institute and of the Department of Oncology, University of Leuven

 

Professor Chris Day, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, NIHR Senior Investigator, Co-Editor, Journal of Hepatology, Executive Council member, Medical Schools council

 

Professor Alexandre De La Taille, Professor of Urology, CHU Mondor, Urology Department, Vice Chairman in Urology, CHU Mondor, Créteil, France, Head of INSERM Research Team on Translational Research in Oncogenesis

 

Professor Bertil E. Damato, PhD, FRCOphth, Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Liverpool, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Head, Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, England

 

Dilek Durson,  Baskent University, Department of Ophthalmology, Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey

 

Professor Chadli Dziri, Head of Medical Staff of Charles Nicolle’s Hospital, Head Department of Experimental Medical Unit: Medical School of Tunis, Member of Pedagogical Committee: Medical School of Tunis, Head Department of Surgery B - Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis

 

Professor Christopher Eden, Consultant Urologist, The Royal Surrey County Hospital, Special Advisor to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Medical Advisor to PCaSO Prostate Cancer Network

 

Dr. Scott Eggener, Associate Professor of Surgery-Urologic Oncology, University of Chicago, Director of Translational and Outcomes Research in the Section of Urology, Chairman of the University of Chicago Cancer Committee

 

Professor Valery L. Feigin, Professor of Epidemiology & Neurology, Director, National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neuroscience. School of Rehabilitation and Occupation Studies, School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, Faculty of Health and Environmental Studies, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand

 

Professor Abe Fingerhut, FACS, FRCPS (g), FRCS (Ed), President ESTES 2010 - 2011 (European Society fro Trauma and Emergency Surgery); President European Association for Endoscopic Surgery 2009 - 2011; Professor, First Surgical department Hippokrateon Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

 

Professor Dr. Danilo Fliser, Professor of Medicine and Head Department Internal Medicine IV, Renal and Hypertensive Disease, Saarland University Medical Centre

 

Dr. Ron T. Gansevoort, Associate Professor in Nephrology, Groningen, Head of the PREVEND Study, Member, Steering Committee, CKD Prognosis Consortium

 

Professor Jeop PM Geraedts, Professor and Head, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, Netherlands

 

Dr. David J. Goldsmith, Consultant Nephrologist, Renal Unit, Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Hospital, London, UK, Reader in Renal Medicine, Guy's King's and St Thomas' Medical School, King's College, London, Clinical Director, National Institute of Health Research, London (South) Comprehensive Local Research Network, Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s Hospital

 

Dr. Luigi Gnudi, Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine/ Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Head Unit for Metabolic Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - King's College London

 

Dr. Giuseppe Grandaliano, Associate professor of Nephrology, Chief, Division of Nephrology, Director, Post-Graduate Program in Nephrology, Dept. of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Foggia

 

Dr. Secondo Guaschino, Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Director of the Welfare Department, Obstetrics and Gynecology at the IRCCS Burlo Gurafolo, Trieste, Italy

 

Professor Najib Haboubi, President Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland 2009/ 2010; Honorary Professor University of Salford Manchester, Visiting Professor of Health Sciences, John Moore’s University, and Liverpool, UK. Department of Pathology, University Hospital of South Manchester

 

Dr. Philip Harrison, Consultant Hepatologist London Bridge Liver Centre and King’s College Hospital London England; General Secretary, British Association for the Study of the Liver; Chair HCA HPB Tumour Board; Member of the Medical Advisory Committee, London Bridge Hospital

 

Dr. William Herrington, MRCP. Nephrologist, Oxford Kidney Unit; SHARP and 3C trial clinician, Clinical Trial Service, Unit, University of Oxford

 

Dr. Wolfgang Holzgreve, Prof. Dr. med. Dr.hcmult, MBA, Medical Director, Chairman of Hospital Management Board, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Germany

 

Professor Udo B Hoyme, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Chief Physician, Helios Klinikum Erfurt, Germany

 

Professor Gunter Janetschek, MD, Professor of Urology, Chairman Dept. of Urology, Medical University Salzburg/Austria

 

Professor Anselm Kampik, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU)

 

Professor Marian Klinger, Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, Medical University, Borowska 213 St., 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland

 

Professor Amos D. Korczyn, Professor of Neurology, Tel-Aviv University. Israel, Chairman, annual conference Controversies in Neurology (CONy)

 

Dr. Rita Krishnamurthi, Senior Research Fellow, NISAN, AUT University, Aukland, Programme Lead, Cerebrovascular Research Team, National Institute from Stroke and Applied Neurosciences

 

Professor Norbert Lameire, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium, Editor in Chief of the Acta Clinica Belgica, Journal of the Belgian Society of Internal Medicine, Clinical Biology and Clinical Chemistry, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Medical Faculty of the Ghent University

 

Professor Maurice Laville, Department of Nephrology, Claude-Bernard University, Edouard-Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

 

Dr. Gian Luigi Lenzi, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome, Italy, Editor Neuropenews, Vice-President EFNS

 

Dr. Evangelos Liatsikos, Assistant Professor of Urology, Head of the Endourology-Laparoscopic Unit, University of Patras, Greece. Visiting Professor, Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Germany. Director of Endourology Fellowship program, University of Patras, Greece

 

Professor Gerhard Lindeque, MBChB, MMed(O&G), FCOG(SA), MD. Professor and Head: Dept Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

 

Dr. Laszlo Madacsy, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Gastroenterology Specialist, Member of the Board, Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology,  Board Member, MGT Endoscopic Section, Member of the Board, MGT Capsule Endoscopy Working Group, Committee Member, Endoscopic ESGE European Society Education, Honorary Associate Professor, University of Szeged

 

Professor Michael Marberger, MD, FRCS (ed), Professor emeritus, University of Vienna Medical School, Editor-in-Chief of Current Opinion in Urology

 

Dr. Fabio Marra, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Florence, School of Medicine

 

Professor Janet Marsden, Chair, Ophthalmology and Emergency Care, Manchester Metropolitan University, England, Leads, Centre for Effective Emergency Care (CEEC)

 

Dr. Tamara Matysiak-Budnik, Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Nantes, France Council Member, European Association for Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and Nutrition (EAGEN)

 

Dr. Soren Meisner, Head of Endoscopy Unit, Surgical Department K, Bispebjerg Hospital, Member of the Stoma Research Board, Chairman of the Danish Society for Gastroenterology’s ‘Endoskopiudvalg’, Member of the board, DMCG-PAL, Member of the Board, Scandinavian Association for Digestive Endoscopy, Member of ANDRE, Nordic Group for Research and Development in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy

 

Jose' Luis Menezo, Professor Jose Luis Menezo, MD, PhD, FEBO, Professor University of Valencia, Spain, Honor Chairman, Mediterranean Ophthalmological Foundation (FOM)

 

Professor Dr. med. Liselotte Mettler, Emeritus Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Honorary Patron, Kiel School of Gyne Endoscopy & Reproductive Medicine, Lecturer, Harvard Medical School, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, U.A.E, General Manager of Gyne Consulting Kiel, Germany

 

Professor Gustave Moonen, GIGA Neurosciences, University of Liège, Department , Neurology, CHU Sart Tilman Liège

 

Mr. Carlos Pavesio, MD, FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England, Director, Medical Retina Service

 

Professor Markus Peck-Radosavlijevic, Associate Professor of Medicine, Vice-Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria, Fellow of the Austrian College of Physicians, Member of American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the American Gastroenterologic Association, the Austrian Transplant Association, the Austrian Society for Infectious Diseases, Austrian Association for Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Secretary General of the Austrian Association for Internal Medicine; Vice-secretary of EASL

 

Professor Jorg Petersen, Full Professor of Medicine, Head of the Liver Unit, IFI Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine, Asklepios Klinik St. George, University of Hamburg, Germany

 

Dr. Matteo Piovella, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Centro Microchirurgia Ambilatoriale (CMA), President, Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI)

 

Dr. Werner Poewe, Professor of Neurology, Director, Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

 

Professor Dr. Istvan Racz, Professor of Medicine, 1st Dept. of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Petz Aladár County and Teaching Hospital, Gyor, Hungary

 

Professor Piotr Radziszewski, Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland , Professor and Chair,  Department of General, Oncological and Functional Urology and Urogynecology Unit

 

Professor Heinz Reichmann, President, ENS, Professor of Neurology, University of Dresden, Germany, Dean of Medical Faculty, Member ENS Executive Committee

 

Professor Gisbert Richard, Professor, Director, University Eye Hospital, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

 

Professor Hamid Rushwan, FIGO Chief Executive, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), London, England

 

Professor Evžen Růžička, Chairman, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Vice-President, Czech Neurological Society; Treasurer, Movement Disorder Society – European Section; Executive Committee Member, European Neurological Society

 

Professor Elio Scarpini, Neurologist, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Teacher, Neurological Science Department, Milan University

 

Professor Franz Schaefer, Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Pediatric Nephrology division, Heidelberg University Hospital. Research Scholarships, Institute of Child Health, London, the University of Virginia, Stanford University. Council member, IPNA, ISPD. Assistant Editor, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Section Editor, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

 

Dr. Georg Schlieper, Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse, Aachen, Germany

 

Professor Cihat Şen. M.D. Department of Perinatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, University of Istanbul. Founder and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Department of Perinatal Medicine Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Dr. Ken Simpson, Senior Lecturer, Honorary Consultant Physician, New Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

 

Professor Hilka Soininen, MD, PhD. Professor in Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland. Member of the Nordic Centre of Excellence, Molecular Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases

 

Dr. Per Soelberg Sörensen, Professor of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Director of Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Professor Arnulf Stenzl, Head of the Department of Urology, Eberhard-Karls-Universtity Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

 

Professor Davor Stimac, Head of Gastroenterology Division at Internal Clinic Department at University Hospital Rijeka; Former President of Croatian Society of Gastroenterology and Current President of Croatian Pancreatic Club; Member of European Board of Gastroenterology

 

Professor Guido Stoll, Professor of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Germany, Head of Interdisciplinary Research Group ‘Neuroimaging and Stroke’. Head of Clinical Research Group ‘MS and Neuroimmunology

 

Professor Marie-José Tassignon, Professor, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Medical Director, Antwerp University Hospital

 

Professor Vladimir Tesar, Head of the Department of Nephrology First Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. Professor of Medicine, 1st School of Medicine for Research and Science, Chief of the Department of Nephrology, Charles University, Prague

 

Professor George Thalmann, Professor of Urology, Chairman and Director, Department of Urology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

 

Professor Carlo Enrico Traverso, MD, Professor and Chairman of Clinica Oculistica, Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics, University of Genova

 

Dr. Lászlo Vécsei, Regional Vice-President of European Federation of Neurological Societies, Director of Department of Neurology, University of Szeged

 

Professor Ondrej Viklicky, Head  Department of Nephrology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic, Head Transplant Laboratory, IKEM, Member of  ERA/EDTA, Member of RISET consortium, Member of The Transplantation Society, European Dialysis and Transplant Association, Board chairman, Czech Society of Nephrology, Czech Transplant Society 

 

Dr. Shahida Zaidi, MBBS, FCPS, Director, Institute of Ultrasonography and Ultrasound Clinic; Honorary Professor, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan