Editor
F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, FACS
DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Associate Editors
Mary L. Brandt, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
John G. Hunter, MD, FACS
Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
Dana K. Andersen, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, FACS
Dallas B. Phemister Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Timothy R. Billiar, MD, FACS
George Vance Foster Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS
Head, Division of Surgery, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgical Oncology, Senator A. M. Aiken, Jr., Distinguished Chair, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
David L. Dunn, MD, PhD, FACS
Vice President for Health Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York