International Medical Journal Editors-Panel

Hirose: As a geriatric medicine specialist at Keio University Hospital, I treated many elderly patients and found myself wanting to learn more from a general medicine perspective. So, without any experience or initial funding, I began my centenarian research in 1992, but it proved to be quite a struggle.

1983:            M.D., Kyoto University School of Medicine
1985-1989: Postgraduate Course, Kyoto University School of Medicine
1989:            Ph.D., Kyoto University School of Medicine

【 Research Fellowships 】：
1989-1990: Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Vascular Medicine and
                      Atherosclerosis, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical
                      School, Boston, MA

1990-1991: Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
                      Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
                      (mentor: Prof. Victor J. Dzau)

【 Academic Appointments 】：
1993-2000:   Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science
                        Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2001-2002:   Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science
                        Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2002-2006:   Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
                        and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2006-present: Professor and Chairman, Division of Endocrinology,
                         Metabolism and Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine,
                         Keio University School of Medicine

Prof. Rui Amaral Mendes attained his DMD degree from the University of Porto. He proceeded with his studies at the VU Universiteit Amsterdam where he defended his doctoral thesis under the supervision of his mentor, Prof. Isaac van der Waal. As Professor of Oral Medicine, Oral Oncology and Oral Surgery of the Catholic University of Portugal he was appointed Clinical Director of the University Dental Clinic in 2011. In 2012 he was further appointed Chair of the DMD Program and Chair of the Post-Graduation Course in Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Pathology of the Catholic University of Portugal. He left all these position in August 2015 and became solely affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. He also held a position of Visiting Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Michigan until 2014. Fellow of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, he was actively involved in the V World Workshop on Oral Medicine, as member of the “Genetics/epigenetics of oral mucosal premalignancy” work group and is also member of the Research Interest Group "Head & Neck Oncology” of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. In June 2013 he was designated as one of the Chairs of the Osteonecrosis Section of the Oral Care Study Group, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of Oral Oncology (MASCC/ISOO). In December 2014 he was unanimously co-opted as member of the Executive Committee of the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) and recently he was elected Board Member of the International Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO) and Vice-President for Communications. He is an active reviewer of several scientific journals (“Oral Oncology”, “Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology”, “International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery”, “Oral Diseases”, “Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine”, etc.), served as member of the Editorial Board of “Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology” and is a currently Editorial Board Member for the prestigious journal “Oral Diseases”, Associate Editor for Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine of the “British Medical Journal - Case Reports” and Associate Editor of the “Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine” and Editor-In-Chief of the ”Journal of Carcinogenesis & Mutagenesis“ and. Between 2003 and 2013 he was actively collaborating, as a volunteer, with the Non- Governmental Organization for Development (NGOD) “Doctors of the World” integrating the medical team responsible for providing primary health care to the homeless population of the city of Porto and the illegal immigrants detained at the center of the Department of Immigration.

Fabio Caradonna, PhD, was born in Erice (TP-Italy) on the 31-7-1964. He is a biologist from 1987 discussing an experimental thesis in cancer cytogenetics and tooking a degree with maximum honors. He is PhD from 1992 (Cellular and Developmental Biology), Medical specialist from 1998 (Clinical Pathology) and assistant professor of Genetics from 2004. Like testified by his publication list, from 1987 up today he carried out (in Italy and at EMBL, Heidelberg) research work in cancer cytogenetics, mutagenesis, molecular genetics, polymorphisms in life styles, evolutionary genetics. In particular, in normal and cancer in vitro systems, he is studying DNA methylation changes, at genome, chromosome and gene level, induced by small molecules contained in foods. Recently he’s engaged as referee of strategic regional and national research projects. From 1992 he carried out teaching activity at University of Palermo concerning Genetics, Evolutionary genetics, Population genetics and, today, he is assistant professor of Genetics and Cytogenetics at the same University.

Dr Song Ze Ding is a Professor at Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University. He has been an Assistant Professor in Division of Molecular Oncology Institute of Genetic Medicine Hokkaido University in Sapporo Japan and Assistant Professor in Henan Provincial Hospital in Zhengzhou China. Dr Ding received his PhD degree in Department of Medicine Beijing Medical University in Beijing China in 1992 He has completed his Master of Medicine in Guangxi Medical University 1989 his Bachelor of Medicine from Henan University School of Medicine in China and trained as postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia Dr Ding’s research is focused on inflammation and cancer especially Helicobacter pylori infection induced gastric carcinogenesis He is serving as international journal reviewer for a number of reputed journals such as PLoS ONE Cancer Letter Trend in Microbiology Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology et al and has 23 publications

Dr. Arun Kumar Agnihotri, Additional Professor in the Department of the Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at S.S.R. Medical College, Mauritius. I completed my graduation in medicine (MBBS) from M.L.B. Medical College, in Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), India in 1994 and post-graduation (MD) in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology from M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), India (1996-1999). My thesis was titled ‘Epidemiological study of Dowry Death Cases with special reference to Burnt Cases in Allahabad Zone’ .I have also completed ‘Postgraduate Certificate course in Torture Medicine’ in the year 2000 and designated as ‘Torture Counselor’. After post-graduation, I joined All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India as a Senior Resident in 1999. Regarding clinical experience in this field, I have conducted postmortem of different types (e.g. Transport accidents, Firearms, Stabbing, Strangulation, Hanging, Poisoning, Skeleton Examination etc.) and have also examined many clinical cases such as those of Rape, Alcoholics, Assaults, Self-inflicted injuries, Age estimation, etc. I have also visited the scene of crime in some cases requested by the investigating officer in Delhi, India. In July 2002, I have joined as Assistant professor in Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SSR Medical College, Mauritius. He worked here as in-charge of the department and established it.

Dr. Jin Jun Luo, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAANEM, is an Associate Professor of Neurology and an adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology, and director of EMG and Neuromuscular Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Dr. Luo is board certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Medicine and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Luo is a member of the Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic medicine, and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.  Dr. Luo is currently holding an Editorship for many prestigious journals and serves an ad hoc reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed professional journals.  Dr. Luo is also a frequent contributor to neurology literature.  
Dr. Luo has broad research interests including clinical neurophysiology, general neurological diseases, metabolic and congenital neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Luo is also interested in translational neuroscience research.

Ming-Lung Yu graduated from the College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University in 1989. He completed his clinical training in the Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatology at the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in 1994. Since then, he has focused his research on viral hepatitis and liver disease, both of which are prevalent in Taiwan. After completing his PhD at Kaohsiung Medical University, Dr. Yu joined the faculty of the Department of Internal Medicine at this same institution as an Assistant Professor in 2000. He became Associate Professor in 2003, Professor of medicine in 2006 and was promoted to Distinguished Professor in 2013. A board-certified internist and gastroenterologist, he is recognised as a Clinical Principal Investigator (CPI) by the Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Investigators. In addition to his extensive teaching experience gained at the University Hospital, Professor Yu has published almost 200 articles in prestigious journals, including those on the molecular biology, viral kinetics, hepatocarcinogenesis and the optimization of antiviral treatment. He is the Academic Editor of PLoS ONE, Honorary Editors-in-Chief of World J Gastroenterol, Guest Editor of Hepatitis Research Treatment and Current Hepatitis Reports, member of Editorial Board of The Open Infectious Diseases J, and Advisory Editorial Board of The Korean J Hepatol. He also frequently serves as the reviewer of major international journals in Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology and hepatitis research, such as The Lancet, Gut, J Hepatol, Thorax, J Infect Disease, Antiviral Therapy, J Viral Hepatitis, Tissue Antigen, Translational Research, J Medical Virology, Liver International, J Gastroenterol Hepatol, and Hepatol International.

Dr. Ozgur Karcioglu has commenced his residency in Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine and graduated in 1998. He completed the Fellowship Program in “International Emergency Medicine” in Pennsylvania State University (2005). He has served as the chairman of the department in DEU (2005-2007). Then he has been in charge of the ED of Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital (2007-2009), and then faculty member in Acıbadem University (2009-15). In the meantime (2011), he has also participated in the refreshment work for the Joint Commission International (JCI) certification in the Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital. At the end of 2015 he started working in the Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Fatih, Istanbul. He has served as a founder and a board member of The Emergency Medical Association of Turkey (2007-2009). 111 articles of him were published in international journals. He has contributed in three books as editor, and authored 33 chapters. His book project entitled ‘Trauma Surgery’ is going on currently. He’s serving as a member of The Editorial Board in a number of journals. He’s also an instructor of the American Heart Association-based Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course. His research interests are resuscitation, advanced life support, pain management, airway emergencies, disaster medicine, trauma and toxicology.