Editorial board
Official Publication of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
Editorial Director:
Ryota Hokari, MD, PhD
National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
Deputy Editorial Director:
Hiroyuki Isayama, MD, PhD
Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Editor-in-Chief:
Hiroshi Seno, MD, PhD
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Deputy Editor-in-Chief:
Takeji Umemura, MD, PhD
Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
Associate Editors:
Yingzi Cong, PhD
University of Texas, Texas, United States
Toshio Fujisawa, MD, PhD
Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
Mikihiro Fujiya, MD, PhD
Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan
Hayato Hikita, MD, PhD
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Fumihito Hirai, MD, PhD
Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
Mariko Hojo, MD, PhD
Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
Eikichi Ihara, MD, PhD
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Tadahisa Inoue, MD, PhD
Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
Yuzo Kodama, MD, PhD
Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan
Hiroshi Kogure, MD, PhD,
Nihon University Itabashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Shin Maeda, MD, PhD
Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, MD, PhD
Toho University Sakura Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Yusuke Mizukami, MD, PhD
Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan
Hideki Mori, MD, PhD
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Hayato Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Mie University, Mie, Japan
Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
Mina Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Nobuhiro Nakamoto, MD, PhD
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Toshihiro Nishizawa, MD, PhD
International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan
Motoyuki Otsuka, MD, PhD
Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
Yasushi Sato, MD, PhD
Tokushima Umiversity, Tokushima, Japan
Takaya Shimura, MD, PhD
Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
Shinichiro Shinzaki, MD, PhD
Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo, Japan
Ken Shirabe, MD, PhD
Gunma University, Gunma, Japan
Rhonda Souza, MD
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, United States
Venkat Subramanian, MD
University of Leeds, Leeds, England
Tomohisa Takagi, MD, PhD
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Fumio Tanaka, MD, PhD
Osaka Metropolitan University., Osaka, Japan
Masataka Tsuge, MD, PhD
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Toshifumi Wakai, MD, PhD
Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
Nobutake Yamamichi, MD, PhD
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Editorial Board :
Yuji Amano, MD, PhD
St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Eugene B. Chang, MD
University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
Raymond T. Chung, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States
László Czakó Szeged, MD, PhD
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
M. Eric Gershwin, MD, PhD
University of California, Davis, United States
Andrew Giraud, MD, PhD
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kazuhide Higuchi, MD, PhD
Rapport Aoyama Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Keisuke Hino, MD, PhD
Shunan Memorial Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Kazuo Inui, MD, PhD
Yamashita Hospital, Aichi, Japan
Shuji Isaji, MD, PhD
Matsusaka City Hospital, Mie, Japan
Hiromi Ishibashi, MD, PhD
Yanagawa Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Fukuoka, Japan
Takashi Joh, MD, PhD
Gamagori Hospital, Aichi, Japan
Yoshihiro Kamada, MD, PhD
Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Terumi Kamisawa, MD, PhD
Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Shigeyuki Kawa, MD, PhD
Matsumoto Dental University Hospital, Nagano, Japan
Norifumi Kawada, MD, PhD
Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
Yoshitaka Kinouchi, MD, PhD
Student Health Care Center, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
Hideyuki Konishi, MD, PhD
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Sun-Young Lee, MD
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Hiroto Miwa, MD, PhD
Kawanishi City Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
Sumiko Nagoshi, MD, PhD
Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
Atsushi Nakajima, MD, PhD
Yokohama City University , Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroshi Nakase, MD, PhD
Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan
Haruhiko Ogata, MD, PhD
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Shuichi Ohhara, MD, PhD
Sendai Ichou Clinic, Miyagi, Japan
Masafumi Ono, MD, PhD
Kagawa University, Tokyo, Japan
Anil K. Rustgi, MD
Columbia University, Philadelphia, United States
Hidetsugu Saito, MD, PhD
Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Robin Spiller, MD, MSC
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England
Hidekazu Suzuki, MD, PhD
Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
Jan F. Tack , MD, PhD
University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Hajime Takikawa, MD, PhD
Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Natalie Torok, MD, MSC
Stanford University, Sacramento, United States
Tomoyuki Tsujikawa, MD, PhD
Kohka Public Hospital, Shiga, Japan
Koji Yamaguchi, MD, PhD
Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, MD, PhD
St. Mariannna University, Kanagawa, Japan
Mikio Zeniya, MD, PhD
Akasaka Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Pathological Advisors:
Yoichi Ajioka, MD, PhD
Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
Michiie Sakamoto, MD, PhD
International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan
President of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology:
Satoshi Mochida, MD, PhD
Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan