Contributors
Editor(s):
Silvio Marcio Pegoraro Balzan
Vinícius Grando Gava
Contributor(s):
Eddie K. Abdalla, MD, FACS
Professor and Founding Chairman of Surgery, Chief of Surgical
Oncology and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Department of Surgery
Lebanese American University Medical Center - Rizk Hospital
Achrafieh, Lebanon
Rene Adam, MD, PhD
Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherce Médicale – Inserm
Paul Brousse Hospital, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Assistance Publique
Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris-Sud
Villejuif, France
Eloísa Amate, MD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain
Wellington Andraus, MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil
Francesco Ardito, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy
Silvio Marcio Pegoraro Balzan, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil;
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Emma Barron, BSC MB ChB
Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Jacques Belghiti, MD
Professor
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation
Hospital Beaujon - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris 7
Clichy, France
Valentina Bertuzzo, MD
General Surgery and Transplant Unit
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Nikhil Bhagat, MD
Interventional Radiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA
Luis Bredt, MD
Hospital Paul Brousse, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris,
Centre Hépato-Biliaire
Villejuif, France
Antoine Brouquet, MD
Department of Surgical Oncology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA
Kristoffer Watten Brudvik, MD, PhD
Department of Surgical Oncology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA
Joseph F. Buell, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery, Director
Tulane Transplant Abdominal Institute, Tulane Medical Center
Tulane University
New Orleans, USA
Fernando Burdio, MD
Department of General and Digestive Surgery
Unitat de Cirurgia Hepato-Bilio-Pancreàtica, Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, Spain
Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
The Dumont-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, USA
Bernardo Fernandes Canedo, MD
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil
Robert M. Cannon, MD
Department of Surgery
University of Louisville
Louisville, USA
Matteo Cescon, MD
General Surgery and Transplant Unit
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Michael Choti, MD, MBA
Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, USA
Gennaro Clemente, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy
Guido Costa, MD
Liver Surgery Unit
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Humanitas Cancer Center,
IRCCS
University of Milan
Milan, Italy
Ibrahim Dagher, MD, PhD
Head of Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Department of Surgery
Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud
Orsay, France
Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil
Michael D’Angelica, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA
Andre Ibrahim David, MD, PhD, MBA
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil
Rouzbeh Daylami, MD
Department of Surgery
University of California Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine
Sacramento, USA
Maurício de Oliveira, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Agostino Maria de Rose, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy
Safi Dokmak, MD
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation
Hospital Beaujon - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris 7
Clichy, France
Matteo Donadon, MD, PhD
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,
Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS
University of Milan.
Milan, Italy
François Durand, MD, PhD
Chief
Department of Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care, Hospital
Beaujon, University Denis Diderot, Paris VII
Clichy, France
Dominique Elias, MD, PhD
Department of Surgical Oncology
Gustave Roussy Institute
Villejuif, France
Hadj Omar El Malki, MD
Surgery Department “A”
Ibn Sina Hospital, University Mohammed Vth Souissi, School of
Medicine
Rabat, Morocco
Olivier Farges, MD, PhD
Professor of HPB Surgery
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation
Hospital Beaujon - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris 7
Clichy, France
Ryan C. Fields, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA
Yuman Fong, MD
Department of Surgery
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, USA
Claire Francoz, MD, PhD
Department of Hepatology and Liver Intensive Care
Hospital Beaujon, University Denis Diderot, Paris VII
Clichy, France
David Fuks, MD, PhD
Department of Digestive Surgery
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens
Amiens, France
James Garden, BSc, MB, ChB, MD, FRCSEd, FRCSC
(Hon) FRACS (Hon)
Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department of Clinical Surgery
Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Vinicius Grando Gava, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Surgery
Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil;
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Brice Gayet, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Digestive Diseases
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Paris, France
Jean-Francois H. Geschwind, MD
Chair
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, USA
Felice Giuliante, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy
Lee Grant, MBChB BA (Oxford), MRCS, FRCR
Department of Radiology
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton, United Kingdom
Gian Luca Grazi, MD, PhD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery
“Regina Elena” Cancer Institute
Rome, Italy
Julie G. Grossman, MD
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA
Takuya Hashimoto, MD
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic-Transplantation Surgery
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan
Paulo Herman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Gastroenterology
University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Emir Hoti, MD, FRCS
Hospital Paul Brousse, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris,
Centre Hépato-Biliaire
Villejuif, France;
Liver Transplant Unit
Saint Vincent’s University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Daniel Jaeck, MD PhD FRCS
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation, Hôpital de
Hautepierre – Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Fady M. Kaldas, MD
Department of Surgery
The Dumont-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, USA
Vijay P. Khatri, MB, ChB, FACS
Department of Surgery
University of California Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine,
Sacramento, USA
Dow-Mu Koh, MD, MRCP, FRCR
Department of Radiology
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton, United Kingdom
Ney Fuhrmann Leal, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Hao Lei, MD
Department of Surgery
National Yang-Ming University
Taipei, Taiwan
Albert Loh, MD
Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore, Singapore
Gustavo Felipe Luersen, MD
Department of Radiology
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Renato Micelli Lupinacci, MD, PhD
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Gastroenterology
University of São Paulo School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil
Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD, PhD
President
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic-Transplantation Surgery
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan
Kelvin K Ng, MS PhD FRCSEd (Gen)
Department of Surgery
Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Gennaro Nuzzo, MD
S1 Department of Surgery
Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart, School of Medicine
Rome, Italy
Elie Oussoultzoglou, MD
Department of Surgery
Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation
Hôpital de Hautepierre – Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Pascual Parilla, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain
Fabiano Perdigão, MD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Hospital Saint Antoine, University Rene Descartes
Paris, France
Patrick Pessaux, MD PhD
Department of Surgery
Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation - Hôpital de
Hautepierre - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Antonio Daniele Pinna, MD, PhD
General Surgery and Transplant Unit
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Pablo Ramírez, MD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain
Vikram Raut, MD
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver
Transplantation, Hospital Beaujon
Clichy, France
Jean-Marc Regimbeau, MD, PhD
Department of Digestive Surgery
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens
Amiens, France
Brice Robert, MD
Department of Radiology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens
Amiens, France
Ricardo Robles, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain
Francisco Sánchez-Bueno, MD
Department of Surgery
Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University
Hospital
Murcia, Spain
Olivier Scatton, MD, PhD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Hospital Saint Antoine, University Rene Descartes
Paris, France
Ivana Schmidtbauer, MD
Department of Gastroenterology
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil
Philip D. Schneider, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
University of California Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine
Sacramento, USA
Ailton Sepulveda, MD
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation,
Hospital Saint Antoine, University Rene Descartes
Paris, France
Amine Souadka, MD
Surgery Department “A”
Ibn Sina Hospital, University Mohammed Vth Souissi, School of
Medicine
Rabat, Morocco
Guido Torzilli, MD, PhD
Professor
Liver Surgery Unit, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,
Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS
University of Milan.
Milan, Italy
Dimitrios Tzanis, MD
Department of Digestive and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Hospital Antoine Beclere
Clamart, France
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD
Professor and Chief
Department of Surgical Oncology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, USA
Valerie Vilgrain, MD
Professor of Radiology
Hospital Beaujon – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
University Paris Denis Diderot
Paris, France
Mark G van Vledder, MD
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA
Hasan Yersiz, MD
Department of Surgery
The Dumont-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, USA
Stéphane Zalinski, MD
Department of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Hospital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
University Pierre et Marie Curie
Paris, France
