Editor Roster & Editorial Board

The Annals Editor Roster and Editorial Board are composed of experts across the board topic areas of surgical oncology. The Editorial Board is structured into Editorial Sections that reflect the journal's content. Each section is led by a Section Editor who oversees the expert peer review of papers in that topic area. Editorial Board members are regular reviewers of the journal and are appointed for 3-year terms.

Editor-in-Chief

Charles M.Balch

Baltimore, Maryland

Executive Editor

Mark S. Roh

Orlando, Florida

Associate Editor

Kirby I. Bland

Birmingham, Alabama

Associate Editor

Murray F. Brennan

New York, New York

Associate Editor

Timothy J. Eberlein

St. Louis, MO

Associate Editor

Frederick Leslie Greene

Charlotte, North Carolina

Associate Editor

Donald L. Morton

Santa Monica, California

Associate Editor

John E. Niederhuber

Bethesda, Maryland

Associate Editor

Nicholas J. Petrelli

Newark, Delaware

Associate Editor

Raphael E. Pollock

Houston, TX

Deputy Editor

V. Suzanne Klimberg

Little Rock, Arkansas

Section Editor - Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Alessandro Gronchi

Section Editor - Breast Oncology

V. Suzanne Klimberg

Section Editor - Colorectal Cancer

Heidi Nelson

Section Editor - Endocrine Tumors

Alan Dackiw

Section Editor - Gastrointestinal Oncology

Steven A. Curley

Section Editor - Gynecologic Oncology

Larry J. Copeland

Section Editor - Head and Neck Oncology

Jeffrey N. Myers

Section Editor - Healthcare Policy and Outcomes

Frederick Greene

Section Editor - Hepatobiliary Tumors

Michael A. Choti

Section Editor - Medical Oncology

Jose Baselga

Section Editor - Melanomas

Kelly M. McMasters

Section Editor - Multimedia

Vijay Khatri

Section Editor - Neuro-Oncology

Ziya L. Gokaslan

Section Editor - Pancreatic Tumors

Andrew M. Lowy

Section Editor - Pediatric Oncology

Charles N. Paidas

Section Editor - Radiation Oncology

Thomas A. Buchholz

Section Editor - Reconstructive Oncology

Grant W. Carlson

Section Editor - Thoracic Oncology

Stephen Yang

Section Editor - Translational Research and Biomarkers

James C. Cusack

Section Editor - Urologic Oncology

Marston Linehan

Special Announcement: NEW IMPACT FACTOR OF 4.130

The 2009 Impact Factor for Annals of Surgical Oncology has risen to 4.130. The journal is now ranked 6 of 166 journals publishing in Thomson Reuters' (formerly ISI) subject category "Surgery," making it the top ranked oncology journal in surgery.

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