Editor-in-Chief

Moheb A. Rashid, MD, PhD 
Surgeon-in-Chief, Scandinavian Cardiovascular Surgery Center,
Gothenburg, Sweden. 
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Associate Editors

Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS 
Distinguished Service Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Chief of Staff & Surgeon-in-Chief Ben Taub Hospital, 
Houston, Texas, USA
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Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS 
Professor of Surgery, USC School of Medicine,
Director of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA, USA 
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Editorial Board

John O’ dell, MD 
Professor Emeritus of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville,
Florida, USA 
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James O’Connor, MD 
Professor and Chief of Thoracic Surgery Trauma Division, Baltimore,
Maryland, MD, USA 
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Thomas W. White, MD, FACS 
Professor and Attending Surgeon of Trauma and Critical Care,
Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 
Education Chair of the Chest Wall injury Society. 
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Magdy Gomaa, MD
Professor Emeritus of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cairo University, Egypt
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Erik Fosse, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University, Norway
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Paul L. Tahalele, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Catholic University,
Surabaya, Indeonesia 
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Bradley J. Philips, MD
Attending Surgeon, Baghdad Embassy Hospital, Cape Caneveral,
Florida, USA 
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Geraldo Antonio de Medeiros, MD 
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director of Trauma Center in North East Brazil, 
Campina Grande, Brazil 
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Yasser A. Elsayed, MD, PhD 
Professor and President of the Egyptian Military Medical Academy, 
Cairo, Egypt. 
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Leonardo Cruz Peixoto, MD 
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Trauma Hospital Joao XIII,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 
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Jose Luis Ruiz Pier, MD 
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico
City, Mexico 
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Abdelghaffar Alzaanin, MBBCh 
Consultant of Chest Surgery, Al-Quds Hospital, Gaza,
Palestine 
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Bhavik M Patel, MBBS, MS 
Consultant Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Gold Coast University Hospital, 
Southport, Queensland, Australia 
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