Editorial Board

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Official Organ of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and affiliated societies

Editor-In-Chief

T. Rösch, Germany

Co-Editors-in-Chief

T. Ponchon, France
P. D. Siersema, The Netherlands 

Co-Editors

R. Bisschops, Belgium
M. Bourke, Australia
M. Bretthauer, Norway
M. Dinis-Ribeiro, Portugal
R. Laugier, France
A. May, Germany
H. Pohl, USA
N.Vakil, USA
K. Yasuda, Japan 

Managing Editor

H. Hamilton-Gibbs,
Germany

Chief Copy Editor

T. Brady, UK

Editorial Assistant

F. Heidenreich, Germany
L. Honner, Germany

Statistical Advisors

T. Mackenzie, USA
K. Ulm, Germany
S. Wagenpfeil, Germany

Advisory Board

M. Classen, Germany
J. Geenen, USA
G. A. Lehman, USA
N. Soehendra, Germany
H. Suzuki, Japan
G. Tytgat, The Netherlands
C. Williams, UK

Former Editors

M. Classen, Germany
L. Demling, Germany

Editorial Board

L. Aabakken, Norway
N. Arber, Israel
M. Arreia, Portugal
J. Baillie, USA 
S. Bar-Meir, Israel
T. H. Baron, USA 
M. Barthet, France
P. Bauerfeind, Switzerland
J. Bergman, The Netherlands
J. Blancas, Mexico
J. Bordas, Spain
W. Brugge, USA
G. Caletti, Italy
N. Chopita, Argentina
M. Ciocirlan, Romania
L. Cipolletta, Italy
M. Conio, Italy
G. Costamagna, Italy 
P. Deprez, Belgium
J. Devière, Belgium 
J.-M. Dumonceau,
Switzerland
J. East, UK 
C. Ell, Germany 
D. Fleischer, USA
P. Fockens,
The Netherlands
F. Froehlich, Switzerland
M. Giovannini, France
D. Heresbach, France
A. Kassem, Egypt
C. Kay, UK
C. Khor, Singapore
R. Kiesslich, Germany 
R. Kozarek, USA
S. Ladas, Greece
R. Lambert, Lyon
A. Larghi, Italy 
O. Le Moine, Belgium
T. Marek, Poland 
A. Meining, Germany
H. Messmann, Germany 
S. P. Misra, India
K. Mönkemöller, Germany
C. Mulder, The Netherlands
B. Napoléon, France
C. Navarrete, Chile
H. Neuhaus, Germany
A. Parra-Blanco, Spain 
I. Penman, UK
J. Pereira-Lima, Brazil
M. Perez-Miranda, Spain
M. Polkowski, Poland
I. Oda, Japan
I. Rácz, Hungary
J. Regula, Poland
J. F. Rey, France 
L. Sabbagh, Colombia
P. Sakai, Brazil 
R. Schöfl, Austria
F. Schreiber, Austria
P. Sharma, USA
C. Shim, South Korea
R. Singh, Australia 
J. Sung, Hong Kong
P. Testoni, Italy
M. Vieth, Germany
P. Vilmann, Denmark
D. von Renteln, Germany 
M. Wallace, USA
T. Wehrmann, Germany
N. Yahagi, Japan 

Editorial Office

Endoscopy Editorial Office
Hamilton Services GmbH 
Mauerkircher Str. 29
81679 Munich
Germany
Tel. +49-89-9 07 79 36 00
Fax +49-89-9 07 79 36 20
Email: endoscopy.editorialoffice@thieme.de

Co-Editor, Japan

K. Yasuda
Kyoto
Japan
Tel. +81-75-231-5171
Fax +81-75-256-3451
Email: yasuda-k@tim.hi-ho.ne.jp

Co-Editor, USA

N. Vakil
Milwaukee
USA
Tel. +1-414-219-7695
Fax +1-262-524-0581
Email: nvakil@wisc.edu

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE)

Governing Board:
H. Neuhaus, President (Germany)  
P. Fockens, President Elect (The Netherlands)
G. Costamagna, Past President (Italy)  
I. Rácz, Vice-President (Hungary)  
T. Ponchon, Secretary General (France) 
L. Aabakken, Treasurer (Norway)  
M. Dinis-Ribeiro, Chairman,
Education Committee (Portugal)

Councillors:  
O. Le Moine, Belgium
S. Meisner, Denmark
I. Mostafa, Egypt
B. Rembacken, UK
F. Schreiber, Austria
A. Zambelli, Italy

M. Giovannini, Individual
Membership representative (France)
T. Rösch, Endoscopy Journal (Germany)

Committees:
Education Committee Chairman:
M. Dinis-Ribeiro (Portugal)
Guidelines Committee Chairman:
J. M. Dumonceau (Switzerland)
Research Committee Chairman:
S. Meisner (Denmark)
EURO-NOTES Committee Chairman:
A. Meining (Germany)

Address:
European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE)
Hamilton Services GmbH
Mauerkirchner Str. 29
81679 Munich
Germany
Tel. +49-89-9 07 79 36 00
Fax +49-89-9 07 79 36 20
Email: secretariat@esge.com

Secretary General 
T. Ponchon
Hopital Edouard Herriot
Dept. of  Digestive Diseases
Place d'Arsonval
69437 Lyon, France
Email: thierry.ponchon@chu-lyon.fr

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