Editorial Board

Dr. Philip Smith Royal Liverpool University Hospital Liverpool, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-3978 @FrontGastro_BMJ Editorial office: info.fg@bmj.com

Dr. Smith is an Honorary Gastroenterologist with a particular interest in IBD, transition and nutrition. He is Editor in Chief of Frontline Gastroenterologist after previously being Deputy Editor and Trainee Editor. He is also the Digital and Education Editor of GUT.

Prof. Mark Beattie University of Southampton Southampton, UK orcid.org/00000003-4721-0577 Declaration of Interests, see here

Dr. Andrés Cárdenas University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-7873 @acv69cardenas

Dr. Cárdenas's main expertise and research interests are liver transplantation, cirrhosis, and its complications, as well as interventional procedures in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

Dr. Aditi Kumar Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-3173 @dr_aditi_kumar

Dr. Kumar is a Consultant Gastroenterologist with a sub-specialty interest in IBD and research.

Dr. Oliver Tavabie Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Leeds, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-4693-6632 @OTavabie

Dr. Tavabie's clinical and research interests are in liver failure syndromes and liver transplantation. He has a strong background in medical education having previously been on the MRCP exam board as well as being the BASL trainee representative.

Dr. Nuru Noor (Lead Associate Editor for IBD) University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK orcid.org/00000-0003-3426-6408

Dr. Noor is a Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology with a clinical focus on IBD and an academic interest in the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of clinical trials. He is particularly interested in bringing novel methodologies to the field of IBD to help improve outcomes for patients.

Dr. Jonathan Blackwell Edinburgh IBD Unit, NHS Lothian Lothian, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-3720 @JonnyBlackwell

Dr. Blackwell is a consultant luminal gastroenterologist specialising in IBD. He is passionate about teaching medicine and has an interest in Big Data research.

Dr. Alenka Brooks Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-7845 @alenkabrooks

Alenka has a specialist interest in IBD and young people with particular interest in healthcare transition. Alenka is Associate Medical Director for Young People's services and leads the IBD transition service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Dr. Aline Charabaty Sibley Memorial Hospital Washington, D.C, USA orcid.org/0000-0001-9810-3662 @DCharabaty

Dr Jennie Clough London, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-8618-3730 @jennie_clough

Dr. Clough is a ST7 Gastroenterology Trainee based in South London, with an interest in the pathogenesis of and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. She undertook a PhD examining the impact of a common Crohn's disease-associated genetic change on immune cell behaviour and treatment response in IBD patients.

Dr Rachel Cooney University Hospital Birmingham Birmingham, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-157X @rachelcooney7

Dr. Cooney is an IBD specialist with research and education focus.

Dr. Ben Disney University Hospital Coventry Coventry UK orcid.org/0000-0001-8803-5969 @DisneyBen

Dr. Disney is a Luminal Gastroenterologist with interests in inflammatory bowel disease, neurogastroenterology and bowel cancer screening.

Dr Beatriz Gros Reina Sofia University Hospital Cordoba, Spain orcid.org/0000-0002-5628-313X @bealoquebea

Dr. Gros is an IBD specialist working as a consultant gastroenterologist at Reina Sofía University Hospital in Cordoba, Spain. Passionate about IBD education and clinical research, she shares her knowledge through social media and her educational website www.ibd-eii.com. Her innovative approach has earned her a spot as a WHO Fides health influencer.

Prof. Bu'Hussain Hayee King's College Hospital London, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1670-8815 @DrBuHayee

Dr. Aditi Kumar Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-3173 @dr_aditi_kumar

Dr. Kumar is a Consultant Gastroenterologist with a sub-specialty interest in IBD and research.

Prof. Jimmmy K. Limdi Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust , Manchester and University of Manchester Manchester, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-1039-6251 @jklimdi

Prof. Limdi is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Head of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Section at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NE Sector) and Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology at the Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester. He is also Hon. Professor at the Manchester Metropolitan University and Deputy Director of Research &Innovation at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.

Dr. Joyce Wing Yan Mak The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China orcid.org/0000-0001-5221-7349 @wingyanjoyce

Dr. Mak is currently the President of the Hong Kong IBD Society and serves as a board member of the Asian Organisation of Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC). She has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals on inflammatory bowel disease and gut microbiota, including Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology and 3 book chapters on inflammatory bowel disease.

Associate Professor Jonathan Segal Royal Melbourne Hospital Melbourne, Australia orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-0316 @jonathansegal1985

Associate Professor Segal is a UK trained Gastroenterologist with a specialist interest in IBD and the ileoanal pouch. He emigrated to Australia in 2022 and prides himself in using his experience to help the next generation to thrive.

Dr. Lisa Sharkey (Lead Associate Editor for Nutrition, Small Bowel and Intestinal Failure) Kings College Hospital & Gulf Medical University Dubai, UAE orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-5t38X @lisa_shark

After completing her SpR rotation in the East of England, Dr Sharkey was a consultant Gastroenterologist in Cambridge for 8 years before relocating to Dubai in 2023. Her sub speciality interests are clinical nutrition, intestinal failure and intestinal transplant, as well as nutrition education.

Dr. Martyn Dibb Queens Medical Centre Nottingham, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-0316 @martyndibb

Dr. Dibb is a consultant luminal gastroenterologist with an interest in Nutrition and Intestinal Failure. He was a Consultant in Liverpool for 10 years before moving to become the clinical lead for intestinal failure in Nottingham.

Dr Francesca Moroni Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Aberdeen, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-8575 @drfrancimoroni

Dr Francesca Moroni is a consultant gastroenterologist with interest in nutrition and neuro-gastroenterology and motility disorders. She is the chair of BAPEN Scotland, the mentoring lead for BSG, a member of BSG SWiG committee and the Editor of SGG Digest This! webinars.

Dr Trevor Smith University Hospital Southampton Southampton, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-2946

Associate Professor Heidi Staudacher Monash University Melbourne, Australia

Heidi Staudacher is an advanced accredited practising dietitian and researcher based in Melbourne, Australia. She has a special interest in diet-microbiome interactions, diet treatments for DGBI, and diet treatments for mental health disorders.

Dr. Louise China (Lead Associate Editor for Hepatology) The Royal Free Hospital & UCL London, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-5870-2310 @DrLChina

Dr. China is a consultant Hepatologist with interests in portal hypertension and vascular liver disease who believes in establishing a culture of research for patient benefit ingrained within clinical practice. She thrives on new challenges and innovative problem solving which has led her to develop an academic portfolio in medical education and research undertaking national and international leadership roles in research and education.

Dr. Andrés Cárdenas University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-7873 @acv69cardenas

Dr. Cárdenas's main expertise and research interests are liver transplantation, cirrhosis, and its complications, as well as interventional procedures in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

Prof. CE Eapen Christian Medical College Vellore, India orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-2839

After completing MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine) and DM (Gastroenterology) at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Prof. Eapen has continued as a faculty member there and is currently Professor of Hepatology. He underwent specialized training for two years under Professor Elwyn Elias (Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham, UK) and one year under Professor Ian Roberts-Thomson (The Queen Elizabeth hospital, Adelaide, Australia).

Dr. Geri Keane Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, USA orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-4541 @GeriKeane

Dr. James Maurice North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1530-5328 @jamesbmaurice

Dr Maurice is a consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist at North Bristol. He trained in London, including advanced hepatology at the Royal Free, Kings and Imperial.

Prof. James O'Beirne Sunshine Coast University Hospital Queensland, Australia orcid.org/0000-0003-3400-2816 @drobeirne

Prof. O'Beirne trained in Hepatology in the UK. He relocated to Australia in 2016 and now leads the hepatology department at Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Dr. Oliver Tavabie Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Leeds, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-4693-6632 @OTavabie

Dr. Tavabie's clinical and research interests are in liver failure syndromes and liver transplantation. He has a strong background in medical education having previously been on the MRCP exam board as well as being the BASL trainee representative.

Prof. John Leeds (Lead Associate Editor for HPB) Freeman Hospital & Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-5140-6225 @Nendoscopy

Prof. Leeds is a pancreaticobiliary physician and endoscopist working in one of the highest volume centres in the UK, delivering high quality clinical service as well as training in pancreaticobiliary endoscopy and related research.

Dr. Noor Bekkali John Radcliffe, Oxford University Hospitals Oxford, UK orcid.org/0009-0004-1405-1084

Dr. Noor Bekkali completed her Gastroenterology training in 2015 at the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) in Amsterdam after completing her doctorate (PhD). Her training incorporated dedicated training in pancreatobiliary (PB) medicine at AMC and subsequent PB-endoscopy fellowships at the University College London Hospitals and the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle before accepting a consultant post at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford in 2018.

Dr. Eyad Gadour King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-1611

Dr. Gadour is a UK-trained consultant physician, currently working as a consultant gastroenterologist and associate professor of medicine. As the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Training Programme Director for Health Education England-North West Deanery, he demonstrated visionary leadership by helping to establish the training number for the Hepatology fellowship in Manchester for the first time. Eyad is an accomplished researcher with over 70 published abstracts, original research articles, meta-analyses, and reviews, making significant contributions to the field of gastroenterology.

Dr. Geri Keane Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, USA orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-4541 @GeriKeane

Dr James Ashton (Lead Associate Editor for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology) University of Southampton & Southampton Children’s Hospital Southampton, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-8198 @james__ashton

Dr. Ashton is an Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist in Southampton. His primary interests are on the genetic aetiology and prediction in inflammatory bowel disease, alongside the role of big data and artificial intelligence in translational research.

Dr. Alenka Brooks Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-7845 @alenkabrooks

Dr Susan Protheroe Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Birmingham, UK

Dr. Keith Siau (Lead Associate Editor for Endoscopy) Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Cornwall, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-9561 @drkeithsiau

Dr. Siau is a general gastroenterologist with interests in endoscopy training and therapeutic endoscopy. Affiliations with JAG, BSG Endoscopy, ESGE, UEG, EIO.

Dr. Omer Ahmad (Lead Associate Editor for A.I) University College Hospital London London, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-6498-481X @DrOmerAhmad

Dr. Ahmad is a consultant Gastroenterologist with a specialist practice in early detection and endoscopic treatment of luminal cancer. PhD from UCL entitled ‘Development and Implementation of AI in Colonoscopy’, pioneering the creation of artificial intelligence based endoscopic software in collaboration with computer scientists which is now being used internationally. Current research focuses on the clinical implementation of AI into routine practice which led to the award of major collaborative grant funding and supervises PhD students developing novel AI software.

Dr. Majidah Bukhari Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital Dubai, UAE

Dr. Shraddha Gulati King's College Hospital London, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-1394-011X @shraddha_gulati

Dr. Hasan Haboubi Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Wales, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7889 @CardiffGastro

Dr. Haboubi is a Consultant Gastroenterologist based in Cardiff with a special interest in Upper GI Disease, particularly therapeutic endoscopy in the oesophagus and stomach.

Prof. Bu'Hussain Hayee King's College Hospital London, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1670-8815 @DrBuHayee

Dr. Manmeet Matharoo St Mark's Hospital London North West Hospitals NHS Trust London, UK orcid.org/000-0003-1819-7377

Manmeet is a consultant Gastroenterologist at St Marks with a specialist interest in endoscopy patient safety and endoscopy training.

Dr Nisha Patel Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London, UK orcid.org/000-0003-1819-7377 @poodocnisha

Dr. Patel is an interventional endoscopist and Director of the West London Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. She has an academic interest in novel therapies for endoscopy including robotics and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Sharmila Subramaniam Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust Portsmouth, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-3104-7616 @Sharm_Sub

Dr. Subramaniam has a specialist clinical and research interest in advanced luminal endoscopy and endoscopic resection of early neoplasia having completed her PhD in this area. She is also the endoscopy training lead in her trust.

Prof. Alejandro Piscoya (Lead Associate Editor for Oesophagus and Gastroduodenal) Hospital Guillermo Kaelin de la Fuente Lima, Peru orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-2419 @alepiscoya

Prof. Piscoya is the Chair of the Guidelines Committee of World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO), Members of the Guidelines Committee and Academy of Educators of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), President of Panamerican Organization of Gastroenterology (OPGE) and President of Peruvia Society of Gastroenterology (SGP).

Dr. Hasan Haboubi Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Wales, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7889 @CardiffGastro

Dr. Haboubi is a Consultant Gastroenterologist based in Cardiff with a special interest in Upper GI Disease, particularly therapeutic endoscopy in the oesophagus and stomach.

Dr. Omer Ahmad (Lead Associate Editor for A.I) University College Hospital London London, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-6498-481X @DrOmerAhmad

Dr. Ahmad is a consultant Gastroenterologist with a specialist practice in early detection and endoscopic treatment of luminal cancer. PhD from UCL entitled ‘Development and Implementation of AI in Colonoscopy’, pioneering the creation of artificial intelligence based endoscopic software in collaboration with computer scientists which is now being used internationally. Current research focuses on the clinical implementation of AI into routine practice which led to the award of major collaborative grant funding and supervises PhD students developing novel AI software.

Dr. Shraddha Gulati King's College Hospital London, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-1394-011X @shraddha_gulati

Prof. Bu'Hussain Hayee King's College Hospital London, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-1670-8815 @DrBuHayee

Dr. Christopher J. Black (Lead Associate Editor for Neurogastroenterology) Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom orcid.org/0000-0001-5449-3603 @DrCJBlack

Dr. Black is a consultant gastroenterologist with an interest in Neurogastroenterology. His research is particularly focused on the diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and evidence-based medicine and meta-analysis in gastrointestinal diseases. He is co-author of the recent BSG guidelines on IBS and functional dyspepsia.

Dr. Ben Disney University Hospital Coventry Coventry UK orcid.org/0000-0001-8803-5969 @DisneyBen

Dr. Disney is a Luminal Gastroenterologist with interests in inflammatory bowel disease, neurogastroenterology and bowel cancer screening.

Dr. Dipesh Vasant Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester Manchester, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-2329-0616 @DipeshVasant

Dr. Vasant is a Neurogastroenterologist with an interest in integrated care and gut-brain therapies for GI motility disorders and runs a specialised lab. He is a co-author on two recent BSG guidelines in the management of DGBI.

Mr. Valerio Celentano (Lead Associate Editor for Colorectal Surgery) Chelsea and Westminster Hospital London, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-3562-9082 @VCsurgery

Mr. Kapil Sahnan St Mark's Hospital London, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-5752 @Ksahnan

Mr. Kapil Sahnan is a Consultant Surgeon at St Mark’s Hospital, London, and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Surgery & Cancer, at Imperial College London.

Miss Nicola Hodges St Mark's Hospital London, UK

Miss Hodges is a consultant colorectal surgeon with the complex cancer team at St Mark's hospital with an interest in the surgical management of patients with colorectal cancer.

Dr Anu Obaro (Lead Associate Editor for Radiology) St Mark's Hospital London, UK @anu_obaro

Dr. Jon Segal (Australia) (Lead AE for International) Royal Melbourne Hospital Melbourne, Australia orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-0316 @jonathansegal1985

Dr. Majidah Bukhari (UAE) Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital Dubai, UAE

Dr. Aline Charabaty (USA) Sibley Memorial Hospital Washington, D.C, USA orcid.org/0000-0001-9810-3662 @DCharabaty

Prof. CE Eapen (India) Christian Medical College Vellore, India orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-2839

Dr. Eyad Gadour (Saudi Arabia) King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-1611

Dr. Beatriz Gros (Spain) Reina Sofia University Hospital Cordoba, Spain orcid.org/0000-0002-5628-313X @bealoquebea

Dr. Geri Keane (USA) Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, USA orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-4541 @GeriKeane

Prof. Desmond Leddin (Canada) Dalhousie University Nova Scotia, Canada orcid.org/0009-0000-5315-0430 @DLeddin

Prof. James O’Beirne (Australia) Sunshine Coast University Hospital Queensland, Australia orcid.org/0000-0003-3400-2816 @drobeirne

Prof. Alejandro Piscoya (Peru) Hospital Guillermo Kaelin de la Fuente Lima, Peru orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-2419 @alepiscoya

Dr. Lisa Sharkey (UAE) Kings College Hospital & Gulf Medical University Dubai, UAE orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-5t38X @lisa_shark

Dr. Joyce Wing Yan Mak (Hong Kong) The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China orcid.org/0000-0001-5221-7349 @wingyanjoyce

Dr. Philip Dunne Glasgow Royal Infirmary, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Glasgow, UK orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-9663 @Dunnepdj

Dr. Dunne is a consultant with interests in endoscopy and hepatology - clinical research in portal hypertension.

Dr. Vivek Goodoory Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-9483-5604 @VivekGoodoory

Dr. Goodoory is a Gastroenterology registrar and endoscopy fellow in Leeds with an interest in medical education and research.

Dr. Hui Wan Hin Rex Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China orcid.org/0000-0001-7447-7539 @RexWHHui

Dr. Hui is a resident from Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. He has published >50 papers, with key research interests on the natural history and risk prediction in hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma

Dr. James Kennedy Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading, UK orcid.org/0000-0001-9335-0808 @DrJMKennedy

Dr. Kennedy is a Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine in the Thames Valley Deanery. He is currently taking time out of programme to pursue research into inflammatory bowel disease and the gut microbiome, working towards a PhD. He is currently a Todd-Bird Junior Research Fellow in Clinical Medicine at New College, University of Oxford.

Dr. Giovanna McGinty Southmed Hospital, North Bristol Trust Bristol, UK orcid.org/0000-0003-3953-5275 @sheiybani

Dr. McGinty is currently out of programme completing an endoscopy fellowship for more experience in HPB endoscopy at Southmead Hospital. She graduated at University of Birmingham and completed the majority of her training in the Severn Deanery. Her interests are hepatology, medical education and quality improvement. Outside of this, she is attempting the Couch to 5K and loves to play video games!

Dr. Aditi Kumar Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, UK

Dr. Oliver Tavabie Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Leeds, UK

Prof Dankmar Böhning University of Southampton Southampton, UK

Prof Caroline Sabin Royal Free and University College Medical School London, UK

Dr. Abhishek Chauhan University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK Prof. Anton Emmanuel University College London London, UK Prof. Alexander Ford University of Leeds Leeds, UK Prof. Michael Heneghan King’s College Hospital London, UK Prof. Christine Norton Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust & Bucks New University London, UK

Dr. Amrita Sethi Columbia University Medical Center New York, USA Prof. Reena Sidhu Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield, UK Prof. Siwan Thomas-Gibson Imperial College London London, UK Dr. Terry Wong Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital London, UK

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