Editorial introductions

Abstract

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation was launched in 1996. It is part of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The field of organ transplantation is divided into 18 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Srinath ChinnakotlaSrinath ChinnakotlaDr Srinath Chinnakotla is a Professor of Surgery and Transplant Surgeon, University of Minnesota Medical School. He also serves as the Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at University of Minnesota M Health affiliated Hospitals. Dr Chinnakotla received his medical degree from Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research in 1990 and did his initial surgical training in India before relocating to the United States for a multi-organ Transplant Surgery Fellowship at the University Of Nebraska Medical Center. Prior to moving to Minneapolis. Dr Chinnakotla spent 10 years as staff transplant surgeon at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas. He also served as Surgical Director of Pediatric Liver and Intestinal Transplantation at Children's Medical Center from 2007–2010. Dr Chinnakotla has over 20 years of experience as a staff transplant surgeon and has performed over 900 liver transplants, in both adults and children. His special interests include pediatric transplantation, living donor transplantation, complex and high-risk liver transplants and multi-organ transplants. He is also nationally and internationally known for developing the technique of total pancreatectomy and islet auto transplantation for use in small pediatric patients. Dr Chinnakotla has published more than 130 peer reviewed articles as well as a number of book chapters and review articles. He is a reviewer for several scientific journals. He has given presentations on a wide range of transplant surgery topics nationally. He has served on the Board of Directors, UNOS/OPTN and as Councilor Region 7 UNOS. Dr Chinnakotla is a member of ASTS, Fellow of American College of Surgeons and Member of the Southern Surgical Association. On a personal note, he enjoys most being with his children and family. His hobbies include boating, fishing and complaining about Minnesota winters. Jonathan A. FridellJonathan A. FridellDr Jonathan A. Fridell, MD is the Chief of Abdominal Transplant Surgery at Indiana University (IU). Having completed medical school, surgical training and a Master's degree in Surgical Research (Xenotransplantation) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada and Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA, he joined the faculty at IU in 2002. He has actively participated in all aspects of the abdominal transplant program including adult and pediatric liver, kidney, intestine, multivisceral and pancreas transplantation. He is best known for his contributions in the field of pancreas transplantation. His research is mostly focused on outcomes following pancreas transplantation and he has authored over 150 manuscripts and book chapters and is currently the Deputy Editor for Pancreas and Islet Transplantation for the journal Clinical Transplantation and an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Fridell also has a long history of participation with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) including a double term as the Chair of the Pancreas Transplant Committee. Augusto LauroAugusto LauroDr Augusto Lauro, MD PhD FACS FRCS Eng is an Attending Surgeon (Consultant) working at St. Orsola University Hospital in Bologna and an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) working at La Sapienza University in Rome. He was deeply involved in adult small bowel-multivisceral transplantation from 2002 up to 2017, while since the last 3 years he has been devoted to the surgical intestinal rehabilitation (rescue) field. He has attended by podium and poster presentations the IRTA (Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association) meetings since 2005 and he has written so far 75 PubMed papers about intestinal rescue and transplantation.