Des is a clinical professor and consultant surgeon with a special interest in gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgery. His clinical and biological research (doctorate by thesis) training spanned Ireland and USA, finishing first place in the 2004 professional examination for completion of surgical training in UK and Ireland. Having completed a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Des returned to his alma mater to take up his current position in 2006. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and books and has been involved in journal publishing for 15 years. Des succeeds E. Hey Groves, Cecil Wakeley, H. H. G. Eastcott, Crawford Jamieson, David Carter, Chris Russell, Robin Williamson, John Farndon, John Murie, Derek Alderson, and Jonothan Earnshaw, who steered BJS as Editors-in-Chief from 1910-2020. 

Martyn is a consultant colorectal surgeon with an interest in advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy, and Honorary Associate Professor at Morriston Hospital and Swansea University Medical School. He also has an Honorary Senior Lectureship at the University of Edinburgh. Following medical school at Southampton University, Martyn’s surgical training was in England and Wales, including fellowships with the Swansea Pelvic Oncology Group and at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit, Leeds. He took up his current position in 2012. Martyn has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2018.

Robert is Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Bristol, Bristol Surgical Trials Centre and Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. He is an academic vascular surgeon in the Bristol, Bath, and Weston Vascular Network with a special interest in diabetes-related lower-limb complications and minimally invasive surgery. Research focuses include clinical trials, the new technology development, and evidence-based practice. Rob has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2015.

Niels completed medical school at Leiden University Medical School, the Netherlands then obtained a PhD in organ transplantation at the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam before surgical training. Having completed two clinical fellowships in HPB and peritoneal malignancy at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam and the Erasmus MC, Niels took up his current position as staff surgeon with a special interest in HPB and peritoneal malignancy at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in 2016. Niels has published over 175 peer-reviewed papers and was a BJS Open Associate Editor (2017–2020) before taking up the role of Editor at BJS in 2020.

Kjetil completed medical school at the University of Freiburg, Germany. After training in general surgery and gastrointestinal surgery at the Stavanger University Hospital in Norway, he has since worked as consultant surgeon with a focus on hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. With a PhD in translational and molecular cancer research, he has built up and is the lead for a translational research group and leads the Surgical Research Group at Stavanger University Hospital. He has been a Professor at the University of Bergen since 2011. He has lectured and travelled extensively around the world, done several clinical observerships and was visiting Professor and Honorary Consultant at the department of HPB surgery at the Royal Infirmary/University of Edinburgh in 2017/2018 and worked as consultant HPB surgeon at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, in 2023/2024. He is the chair of the Norwegian Gastrointestinal Cancer Group and chairs the education committee in E-AHPBA. His main research interest is in cancer biology and clinical outcomes in hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed papers, in addition to book chapters and edited books. Kjetil has been involved in journal publishing since 2004 and has been a BJS Editor since 2010.

Malin received her MD and then a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Oulu, Finland by 2001. From 2003–2005 she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Malin completed surgical training at Umeå University Hospital 2005–2012. She was appointed Professor of Surgery at Umeå University in 2013 where she headed the breast and endocrine surgery unit between 2012-2020. In 2021, she was appointed Professor of Surgery at the University of Helsinki. She is affiliated to both Umeå and Helsinki University Hospitals. Her research interests are breast and pancreatic cancer, tumour stroma, matrix biology and cancer biomarkers. Malin has published over 260 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and edited books, and has been a BJS Editor since 2014.

Paul is a consultant colorectal, pelvic, and peritoneal surgeon at The Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK. His clinical interests are in locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer, and peritoneal surface malignancy. He has trained in the UK and Australia, taking up his current post in 2021. He obtained his PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2015, with research interests in predicting and modifying response to adjuvant therapies, tumour microenvironment, and biomarker studies. Paul has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and joined the BJS team as an Associate Editor in 2022, and as an Editor in 2024.

Bas obtained his MD in 1997 and started a PhD program on molecular and clinical aspects of oesophageal cancer at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, completed with honours in 2001. In 2006 he was registered as general surgeon and completed a clinical and research fellowship (upper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery) at the Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia. Bas has been a staff surgeon at the Erasmus MC Rotterdam since 2008 where he is the program lead for oesophagogastric disease. His clinical interests are benign and malignant diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Bas has been an author on over 350 peer-reviewed papers and a BJS Editor since 2014.

Peter is a consultant colorectal surgeon in Edinburgh. He completed his undergraduate degree in Bristol before undertaking surgical training in the South of England and latterly in south-east Scotland. He completed a robotic colorectal fellowship at Sunderland Royal Hospital and an advanced cancer fellowship at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit, Leeds. He has been trainee representative on the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Research and Audit Committee and was President of The Dukes’ Club 2020-2021. He has a strong interest in academic surgery and translational research. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and is author of four surgical book chapters. He has completed an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship and PhD investigating the link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer for which he was awarded an RCS Hunterian Professorship.

Peter is a consultant colorectal surgeon in Edinburgh. He completed his undergraduate degree in Bristol before undertaking surgical training in the South of England and latterly in south-east Scotland. He completed a robotic colorectal fellowship at Sunderland Royal Hospital and an advanced cancer fellowship at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit, Leeds. He has been trainee representative on the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Research and Audit Committee and was President of The Dukes’ Club 2020-2021. He has a strong interest in academic surgery and translational research. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and is author of four surgical book chapters. He has completed an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship and PhD investigating the link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer for which he was awarded an RCS Hunterian Professorship.

Patricia is a consultant colorectal and robotic surgeon at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. She graduated from the University of Alcalá de Henares and completed her specialist surgical training in Spain, followed by a colorectal and robotic surgery fellowship in the UK, and an advanced robotic surgery fellowship in Santander, Spain. She obtained her PhD in 2018, focusing on pelvic floor disorders, and subsequently earned a Master’s degree in pelvic floor disorders. Her clinical and research interests include colorectal cancer, recurrent rectal cancer, diverticular disease, and robotic surgery. In addition to her clinical role, she is actively involved in teaching as an Associate Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. Patricia joined BJS and BJS Open as an Editor Assistant in July 2023 and was appointed Technology Advisor in July 2024.

Laura graduated from Medical School at the University of Padua in 2011 and completed her residency training in General Surgery at the Unit of General and Pancreatic Surgery of the University of Verona in 2019. Laura completed a Research Fellowship in Pancreatic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and obtained a PhD in inflammation, immunology and cancer at the University of Verona. She also earned a Master’s Degree in advanced biostatistics in 2022.

Laura is passionate for clinical research. Her research interests are mainly focused on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, pancreatic cystic neoplasms, and complications after pancreatic surgery.

Ville is an Adjunct Professor and a consultant gastrointestinal and HPB/transplant surgeon at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. He received a PhD in basic neuroscience in 2009 and finished his surgical training at University of Helsinki in 2014.  Ville is currently leading a research group focusing on clinical research and trials on colorectal, emergency and HPB/transplant surgery. Clinically he is busy with complex HPB/transplant and gastric cancer patients. Ville has published over 250 papers and book chapters. He served as a BJS Editor Assistant 2016–2017 and as an Editor for BJS Open 2018–2021 before taking up the current role. Ville succeeds Derek Alderson, who steered BJS Open as Editor-in-Chief during 2017–2021.

Katy has been a consultant vascular surgeon in the Somerset and North Devon Vascular Network since 2014. Following medical school at the University of Birmingham, she completed surgical training in the West Midlands and South West of England. Katy received her Medical Doctorate by thesis from the University of Birmingham on the outcomes from ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for chronic venous disease, particularly patient-reported outcomes. Katy first joined the BJS family as BJS Editor Assistant in 2015 and has been a BJS Open Editor since its launch in 2017 under the leadership of Derek Alderson.

Laura is a surgeon and post-doc researcher at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli in Rome. She trained in surgery at the Sant'Andrea Hospital of Rome and was a Clinical Fellow at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London in 2009. Laura completed her PhD studies in early 2013 with a thesis on translational medicine and since then has become a research enthusiast. In 2014 she was awarded a post-doc Fellowship position with the prominent Fondazione Veronesi with a project on microRNA in gastrointestinal oncology. Her main area of interest is gastrointestinal surgery and surgical oncology. She was Chair of the Young Board of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (YSICO) (2017–2019), Chair of the European Society of Surgical Oncology Young Alumni Club (2018–2020) SICO Secretary General (2019-2021), and she is currently part of the ESSO Board of Directors. Her studies range from clinical to translational investigations and surgical oncology. To date, she has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles. In 2016, Laura joined the BJS team as an Editor Assistant. She was later appointed Associate Editor at the newly launched BJS Open in 2018, and, subsequently BJS Open Editor in 2019.

Giovanni is a pancreas surgeon within the hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) and liver transplant surgery of the University of Padova, Italy.  He graduated in medicine at the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna in 2009 and received his training in surgery at the University of Verona until 2015. He has completed a Research Fellowship in pancreatology at the Massachusetts General Surgery of Harvard University, Boston, and a PhD in inflammation, immunology and cancer in 2018. He is fully dedicated to pancreas surgery within the surgical and clinical activities of the HPB liver transplant surgery unit of Padova University. Giovanni is currently leading several research groups focusing on clinical research and trials on pancreas surgery. The main areas of interests are pancreatic cancer and its precursors, pancreas surgery techniques and complications management / prevention. Giovanni has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He served as a BJS Editor Assistant before taking up the current role of BJS Open Editor.

Frank is a consultant colorectal surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter with a specialist interest in advanced disease and diverticulitis. Following medical school at Imperial College, he completed his surgical training in the Peninsula region (Southwest England) as well as fellowships in Aarhus and Barcelona. Frank received his Medical Doctorate by thesis from University College Dublin in colonic translational research including gastrointestinal physiology, complex gels and microbiome. Following this he completed a Masters in genomic medicine to support his current research interests in epigenetics. His editorial experience includes a year as BJS Editor Assistant and 3 years as Associate Editor of Colorectal Disease. 



Samira is a surgeon-scientist at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, USA, with a special interest in pancreatic and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours. She oversees a laboratory seeking to uncover new therapies for neuroendocrine tumours to improve patient survival and is clinically active as an endocrine surgeon. Samira received her medical training at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She completed her general surgery residency training at the University Hospitals of Geneva and received a master's degree in medical biostatistics at the University of Montreal, Canada. She completed her Endocrine Oncology Surgery Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health and was then on faculty at the University Hospitals of Geneva before being recruited to the NCI in 2018. In 2017, Samira joined the BJS team as an Editor Assistant, before becoming an Associate Editor on BJS Open in 2022.

*Dr Sadowski is serving in a personal capacity

Marcel is a surgeon-scientist at the Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. He earned his medical degree and PhD from the University of Zurich, focusing on tumour immunobiology and translational strategies to mitigate tumour hypoxia. He completed his surgical residency in Switzerland and Vienna, Austria. His clinical expertise includes oncological and functional upper GI surgery, kidney transplantation, and abdominal wall surgery. His research focuses on functional disorders following resectional upper GI surgery, patient outcomes in gastric and oesophageal cancer, and the perioperative analysis of volatile organic compounds for predicting treatment responses. Marcel joined the BJS family as an Editorial Assistant in 2022 and became an Associate Editor for BJS Open in 2023.