Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS, FICS, FKCS,

President, Kosova College of Surgeons,

The Felicien Steichen Professor and Chairman of Surgery, New York Medical College, School of Medicine

Director, Department of Surgery, Chief, General Surgery, Westchester Medical Center Health Network, Valhalla, NY

 

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

 

Prof. Asst. Luan Jaha MD PhD,

Vascular Surgeon, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Department of Vascular Surgery, 10000 Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo

 

Prof. Nexhmi Hyseni MD,

Professor of Pediatric Surgery-University of Prishtina,

Chief of Surgical Cathedra at Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Clinical Centre of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosova

 

Prof. Skender Topi, MD

University of Elbasan Alexander Xhuvani Department of Surgery

Service of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Center Xhafer Kongoli, Albania

 

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

 

Prof. Dr. Sadri Bajraktari, MD, PhD

General and Vascular Surgery, American Clinic Pristina, Kosovo

 

Editorial Board Members

International

 

Prof. Alban Y. Neziri MD DSci PhD,

Department for Biomedical Research, Gynecologic Oncology and Endometriosis, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 35, CH-3010 Bern

 

Alberto Raúl Ferreres MD PhD JD MPH FACS (Hon.),

Professor of Surgery University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Arben Baboci MD,
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center of Tirana, “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania

 

Prof. Arben Gjata MD PhD,

Department of Surgery, University of Medicine Tirana, Tirana, Albania

3rd Service of General and Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa” Tirana, Albania

 

Prof. Artur Xhumari MD PhD,

Lecturer of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania

Head of Neurosurgery Service, University Hospital “Mother Tereza”, Tirana, Albania

 

Prof. Demetrius Litwin MD MBA FRCSC FACS FICS,

Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

 

Prof. Emir Q. Haxhija MD PhD FEBPS,

Associate Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Consultant of Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

 

Prof. Georgios Tsoulfas MD PhD FICS FACS,

Professor of Transplantation Surgery, Chief Department of Transplantation Surgery, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

 

Prof. Giuseppe Nigri MD PhD FACS FRCS,

Professor of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant’Andrea, Rome, Italy

 

Hayato Kurihara MD FACS FEBS EmSurg,

Director, Emergency Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

 

Horacio L. Rodriguez Rilo MD,

Medical Director NICDET, Director of Surgical and Clinical Innovation, Nucleo de Investigacion Cientifica y Desarrollo Tecnologico, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

 

Prim. ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hubert Hauser MD FACS,

Head of the Department of Surgery LKH Graz II, Graz, Austria

 

Prof. Bellal Joseph MD FACS,

Martin Gluck Professor of Surgery, Chief of Trauma EGS Critical Care & Burns, Vice Chair of Research Department of Surgery, The University of Arizona, Arizona, USA

 

Dr. med. Jörg Tessarek MD,

Accredited Surgeon, Vacular Surgeon and Phlebologist, Head of Department Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Bonifatius Hospital Lingen, Lingen, Germany

Chairman of the Endovascular Section of the German Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine, Germany

 

Prof Kastriot Haxhirexha MD PhD,

Faculty of Medical Sciences – University of Tetova, Tetova, Republic of North Macedonia

Department of General Surgery, Clinical Hospital of Tetova, Tetova, Republic of North Macedonia

 

Prof.Kita Sallabanda MD PhD,

Neurosurgeon, Medical Director of Instituto de Radiocirugia Avanzada, Chef of Neurosurgery Hospital Virgen del Mar, Madrid, Spain

 

Prof Lars-Peter Kamolz MD MSc,

Professor and Head Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chair Department of Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

Director Center for Regenerative and Personalized Medicine, Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria

 

Lumnije Kqiku MD DDS PhD,

Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Division of Preventive an Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, Periodontology, Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry and Implantology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

 

Moritz Felsenreich MD,

Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

 

Prof. Osman Nuri Dilek MD,

Professor of Surgery, İzmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Division of HPB Surgery, İzmir, Türkiye

 

Prof. Ridvan H. Alimehmeti MD PhD,

Associate Professor neurosurgeon, University of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Service of Neurosurgery, UHC Mother Theresa, Tirana, Albania

 

Russell J Andrews MD,

Newsletter Editor, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

 

Roberto Bergamaschi MD PhD FRCS (Engl) FASCRS FACS,

Department of Surgery, New York Medical College

 

Mr. Salomone Di Saverio MD FACS FRCS (Eng),

Consultant Surgeon, Cambridge Colorectal Unit, Box 201, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

 

Prof. Dr. Selami Sozubir MD,

Chief Of Pediatric Surgery, Istinye University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Liv Hospital Group, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Prof. Selman Uranues MD Dr (hon) FACS(hon) FEBS(hon),

Professor of Surgery, Head, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Graz, Austria.

Section for Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

 

Jonathan Tilsed MS FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Gen Surg) FEBS(EmSurg),

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Honorary Senior Lecturer Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK

Chairman UEMS Division of Emergency Surgery, Vice President European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery

 

Dr. Valon M. Baraliu MD MSc,

Neurosurgeon, Chief Consultant Spine Surgeon, Interdisciplinary Department of Spine Surgery – Klinikum Lörrach, Academic Campus of the Freiburg University Clinic, Germany

 

National

 

Prof. Asst. Agreta Gecaj-Gashi MD PhD,

Anaesthesiologist/Intensivist, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo

 

Prof. Dr. Antigona Hasani MD PhD,

Professor of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Asst. Prof. Astrit Hamza MD PhD,

General Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Prishtina, Kosovo

Clinic of Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Assoc. Prof. Avdyl Krasniqi MD PhD,

General Surgeon, Kavaja Hospital, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Prof. Asst. Bedri Braha MD PhD,

General and Abdominal Surgeon, Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo

 

Belinda Pustina MD PhD,

Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Besnik Bicaj MD PhD,

Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

Kavaja Hospital, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Prof. Dr. Cen Bytyqi MD PhD,

Orthopaedic Surgeon, American Hospital ,Pristina, Kosovo

 

Prof. Asst. Dafina Mahmutaj MD PhD,

Chief of the Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosova, 10000 Prishtina , Republic of Kosova

 

Prof. Asst. Dr. Enver Fekaj MD MSc PhD,

University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Dr. Eqrem Shala MD MSc,

General Surgeon. Regional Hospital of Prizren, Prizren, Kosovo

 

Dr. Fadil Beka MD MSc,

General surgeon, Abdominal Surgery Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Prof. Asst. Dr. Fatos Sada, MSc, Dr.Sci,

Vice-Dean for Medical Issues, Specialist of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Dr Fehmi Ahmeti MD PhD,

Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics “”Kestrina”” Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Prof. Ass. Dr. Ferat Sallahu MD PhD,
General and Abdominal Surgeon, Abdominal Surgery Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Dr Gani Çeku MD PhD,

Pediatric Surgeon, University Clinical Center of Kosova, 10000, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Harieta Zherka Saracini MD PhD,

General and Vascular Surgeon, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Prof Ass. Hysni Jashari MD PhD,

Pediatric Surgeon, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Ilir Hoxha MD MS PhD,

Evidence Synthesis Group, Prishtina, Kosovo

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, NH, USA

Heimerer College, Prishtina Kosovo

 

Isa Haxhiu MD PhD

UBT, Prishtina, Kosovo

Urologist “Pro-Ren” Urologic Polyclinic, Ferizaj, Kosovo

 

Prof. Asst. Laura Leci Tahiri MD PhD,

Chair of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

Vascular Surgeon, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Asst. Dr. Lulzim Vokrri MD PhD,

Vascular Surgeon, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Dr Nexhat Rexha MD,

Urologist, MIM Hospital, Gjakova, Kosovo

Urologist, Public Regional Hospital “Isa Grezda”, Gjakova, Kosovo

 

Osman Zhuri MD,

Orthopedic Surgeon, Regional Hospital of Prizren, Kosovo

 

Raif Cavolli MD PhD,

Cardiovascular surgeon, Chief of Cardiac surgery Department, American Hospital, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Prof. Asoc. Sejdi Statovci MD PhD,

Pediatric Surgeon, Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, University Clinical Centre of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Prof. Dr. Syheda Latifi-Hoxha MD PhD,

Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, United Hospital, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Vjollca Binçe MD MSc,

Orthopedic Surgeon, University Clinical Centre of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Xhevdet Cuni MD PhD,

Chief of Operative Theatre, Clinic of Urology, University Clinical Centre of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo