Editorial Team

The IJMS's Editorial Team is formed by the Executive Committee of IJMS, the Editorial Board, and the Editors which is formed by Associate Editors and Student Editors. The IJMS has also Ancillary Positions necessary to keep the Journal functioning.


Executive Committee

They are responsible for the leadership and supervision of the Journal and its activities. Together with the Associate Editors, they make a decision about each submission and present them to the Editorial Board.

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Editor in Chief

Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, MD, MSc, PhD.
Department of Ophthalmology, Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Scientific Editor

Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, MD, PhD(c).
"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Department of Hematology, Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania
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Deputy Editor

Ciara Egan, BSc.
Medical Student, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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Editorial Board

Senior researchers with a recognized trajectory mentoring, supporting, and training early-career scientists and researchers, who are willing to participate in the IJMS, providing advice or support, and recommending reviewers. They are experts in several different fields related to medicine but have a special interest in promoting research among medical students. They have the final decision over an article publication. Their approval is required for the publication of each issue.

alternatetext Abdel Kareem Azab, PhD.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX, USA
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alternatetext Abdelrahman I. Abushouk, MD.
Internal Medicine Resident, Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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alternatetext Abhishekh Ashok, MBBS PhD.
Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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alternatetext Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC, FRCPC.
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Full Professor, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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alternatetext Amelia Maria Găman, MD, PhD.
Professor of Pathophysiology, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania; Senior Specialist in Internal Medicine and Hematology, Clinic of Hematology, Filantropia City Hospital, Craiova, Romania
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alternatetext Americo Peña, MD.
Advanced Fellowship in Aortic Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, San Pablo Clinic, Lima, Perú
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alternatetext Atanas G. Atanasov, PhD.
Department of Molecular Biology, Professor and Head of Department, Polish Academy of Sciences. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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alternatetext Bogdan Socea, MD, PhD.
10 Clinical Department - General Surgery, Senior Surgeon, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Sf. Pantelimon Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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alternatetext Cain C. T. Clark, BSc, MSc, PhD.
Assistant Professor, Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, Coventry University. Senior Research Fellow, Warwickshire Institute for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (WISDEM), University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, UK
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alternatetext Camelia Cristina Diaconu, MD, PhD, FESC, FACP, FEFIM FACC.
Associate Professor, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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alternatetext Eshetu Girma, MPH, PhD.
Health Promotion and Health Communication, School of Public Health, Associate Professor, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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alternatetext Herney Andrés García-Perdomo, MD, MSc, EdD, PhD, FACS.
Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Professor, Department of Urology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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alternatetext Jorge Enrique Gomez-Marin, MD, MSc, PhD.
Faculty of Health, Professor and Director, Center of Biomedical Research, University of Quindío, Armenia, Colombia
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alternatetext Juan Carlos Puyana, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FACCP.
School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Translational Science, Director for Global Health-Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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alternatetext Juliana Bonilla-Velez, MD.
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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alternatetext Mark Zafereo, MD, FACS.
Section Chief, Head & Neck Endocrine Surgery, Associate Professor, Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA
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alternatetext Matouš Hrdinka, MSc, PhD.
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinic Subjects, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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alternatetext Mhairi Copland, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath (UK), MRCP (UK).
Mhairi Copland is a Professor of Translational Haematology (Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre) University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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alternatetext Mohamed M. Gad, MD.
Department of Internal Medicine, Resident Doctor, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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alternatetext Paul MacDaragh Ryan, MD, BCh, PhD.
Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada
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alternatetext Rahul Kashyap, MD.
Department of Anesthesiology, Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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alternatetext Srinivas Vinod Saladi, PhD.
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Scientist, Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, MA, USA
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alternatetext William C. Cho, PhD.
Department of Clinical Oncology, Senior Researcher, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Editors

Associate Editors

They are medical students and recently graduated physicians with an h-index of 5 or above or publications indexed in the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) and demonstrated experience reviewing articles as Student Editors of IJMS. They are in charge of the editorial process, supervising the Student Editors' work, selecting external peer-reviewers, and making recommendations for decisions based on the reviews.

alternatetext Adnan Mujanovic, MD
PhD student, University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Emphasis: Neurology, Stroke, Neuroradiology
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alternatetext André Yvan Zolo Ossou, MD, MSc.
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Emphasis: Global Surgery, Neurosurgery, Global Neurosurgery, Emergency Medicine, Public Health, Neuro oncology, Medical eduction
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alternatetext Kiera Liblik, BSc (H).
Medical student, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Emphasis: Cardiology, Infectious Disease, Women's Health, Medical Education
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alternatetext Lorraine Arabang Sebopelo
University of Botswana, Faculty of Medicne, Gaborone, Botswna
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alternatetext Mohamed Fahmy Doheim, MD.
Clinical Research Fellow, UPMC Stroke Institute, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Emphasis: Vascular and interventional neurology, Neurogenerative diseases, Neuro-ophthalmology, Clinical research methods
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alternatetext Mohammad Amin Khazeei Tabari
Medical student, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Emphasis: Molecular biology, Cancer and oncology, COVID-19
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alternatetext Najdat Bazarbashi, MD.
Cardiovascular Disease fellow, Department of Cardiology, Georgetown University-WHC, Washington, D.C., USA
Emphasis: Cardiology, Medical education
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alternatetext Nguyen Tran Minh Duc
Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, HCM, Vietnam
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alternatetext Sohaib Haseeb
Medical student, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Emphasis: Cardiology
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alternatetext Vincent Kipkorir, Bsc.
Medical student, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences, Kenia
Emphasis: Medicine, Surgery, Cardiac Biology, COVID-19
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Junior Associate Editors

They are medical students and recently graduated physicians with an h-index below 5, with publications indexed in the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) and demonstrated experience reviewing articles as Student Editors of IJMS. They are in charge of the editorial process and their training as Associate Editors is carried out with constant guidance of the Executive Committeee.

alternatetext Andrea Cuschieri
Medical student, University of Malta
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alternatetext Madeleine J. Cox, MD.
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Emphasis: Women's health, Pediatrics, Rural/remote medicine, Family medicine, Women in medicine, Ethics in medicine, Environmental medicine, Global health
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alternatetext Sushil Dahal, MBBS.
Medical Officer, Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital, Nepal
Emphasis: Surgery, Pre-hospital care, Trauma
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Student Editors

Medical students and recently graduated physicians from all around the globe. They have completed the Web of Science Academy courses of introduction to Peer-Review, Reviewing in the Sciences, Good citation behavior, and Co-reviewing with a Mentor, and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) courses on ethics in editorial process, to be considered for the position. The team of Student Editors is composed on Full Student Editors and Junior Student Editors. Full student editors have publications in National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the US (PubMed). They are in charge of reviewing articles in the first round of revisions under the supervision of an Associate Editor or the Executive Committee. 

Student Editors

Agnes Zanotto Manoel
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil

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Ahmed Nahian
Medical Student, LECOM at Seton Hill

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Alinawaz Khan
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

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Amara Kandimalla

Medical student, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences

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Amna Zaheer

Medical student, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Pakistan

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Andre Alves
MD student, University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine

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Arwa Nogdalla

Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan

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Ayesha khanam

Research Assistant, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

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Balqees Mohamed

University of Khartoum-Faculty of medicine (MBBS)

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Caleb M Allred

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Cher Phoh Wen
Medical Student, International Medical University, Malaysia

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Chloe Carrington
Medical Student, University of Queensland-Ochsner

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Daniel Jeremiah Oluwatomi Itodo.
Medical Student, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria.

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Darbar shane Bhupendra

Medical Student, University of Nairobi, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Derlyne Omwoyo
Medical student, Faculty of Health Sciences, Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya

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Dzhaner Bashchobanov
Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia

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Eleni Georgiadi

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Emmanuel Chileshe Phiri

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Enock Chomba

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Esraa Kamal
MBBS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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Esraa Y. Salem
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt

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Esther Bassey

 Student of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Nigeria

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Etsubdink Getu

Medical Student, School of medicine, Addis Ababa University,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

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Hamail Iqbal
Medical Student, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

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Hamrish Kumar Rajakumar
Medical Student, Government Medical College, Omandurar

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Himal Karki

Intern Doctor, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences.

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Ibrahim Abdullah S Albalawi
Medical Student, College of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

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Islam Kourampi
Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

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Jaber Husam Jaradat
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University, Al-Karak, Jordan

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Jeffrey Mathew Boby
Medical Student, Government Medical College, Kozhikode

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Jonaviva Anthony

Medical Student, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo)

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Khansa Khan

Medical Student, Northwest School of Medicine

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Kevouy Reid
Foundation Doctor, Spanish Town Hospital

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Kovvuru Ashrita
Medical student, Osmania medical College

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Krish Patel

Intern, C. U. Shah Medical College and Hospital, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India

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Lourdes Adriana Medina Gaona
Medical Resident, Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera, Medical Resident

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Luc Nwamekang Belinga

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Mahfuza Anan
Medical Student, Bangladesh Medical College

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Malaz Hassan Dafaalla Idrees
MD, University of Khartoum, Faculty of medicine

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Mauricio Alejandro Saldaña Ruiz
MD, School of Medicine UANL

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Merna Estreed

Medical Student, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya

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Minahil Iqbal
Medical Student, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore

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Mohammed Imad

Medical Student, Clinical Elective, Zagazig University Hospital, Egypt, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds (Abu Diss) University, AUG Branch, Palestine

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Mostafa Meshref

 

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Nathan Kinfemichael

Medical Student, Myungsung Medical College, faculty of medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Olaitan Komolafe

Medical Student, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

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Omer A. Mohammed

 

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Omar A. S. Aljbour
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box 108, Gaza, State of Palestine

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Pauras Mhatre
Medical Student, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India

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Preeyati Chopra
MD, Graduate of Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab.

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Poliana Zanotto Manoel
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil

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Prajjwol Luitel
MBBS, Institute Of Medicine (IOM), Maharajgunj Medical Campus (MMC), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Praveen Bharath Saravanan
MBBS Doctor, K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchirappalli, India

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Rabia Bega

MBBS from Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan in 2021.

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Rayan Mohammed
Medical doctor,

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Richard Suteja

Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia

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Rochana Acharya
Medical Graduate, B.P.K.I.H.S, Nepal

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Romana Riyaz

 

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Sajjad Ahmed Khan
Medical Student, Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital, Morang, Nepal

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Salman Zahir
Medical Intern, Northwest General Hospital and Research Center, Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Sanah Mahajan
Medical Student, Government Medical College Jammu

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Sawsane Ghaddar

Medical Student, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences

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Sayan Sarkar
Medical Student, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

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Sharjeel Chaudhry
BDS, Doctor, Dow University of Health Sciences

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Shreya Sirivolu
Medical Student, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

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Siddhant Govekar
Medical Student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, Inda

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Sreenidhi Prakash

Medical Student, Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute

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Srushti Sarode

Medical Student, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India

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Tania Kazi
Medical Student, McMaster University

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Tangmi Djabo Eric Adrien

MD, MSc(c), Research Director, Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons

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Tiago Sousa
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-370 Coimbra, Portugal

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Umulkhairah Arama

Medical student at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

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Varsha Sathyabal
Medical student, Government medical college, Omandurar Government estate

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Viviana Cortiana
Medical Student, University of Bologna, Bologna. Italy

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Wah Praise

MD, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.

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Zubair Ahmed
FMH college of medicine and dentistry

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Junior Student Editors


Anurenj S Kumar
Medical student, Yerevan State Medical University

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Aqsa Saad

Medical Student, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi & AEIRC-Malir University. Karachi, Pakistan.

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Castañón Gómez Marco Antonio
Medical Student, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

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Faisal Nageyle
Medical Student, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences

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Faithfulness Omotosho
Medical Student, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

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Gelila Fikru Hailemaraim

Medical Student, Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Addisababa University, Addisababa, Ethiopia

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Jose Rodrigue Gomes
Medical Student, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto

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Juan Pablo Medina Gaona
Medical Student, Intituto Tecnonógico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City

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King Mwila

Medical Student, Copperbelt University School of Medicine

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Mahin Qudeer Sheikh
Medical Student, Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital,Lahore,Pakistan

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Malina Cernatescu
Medical Student, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T Popa" Iasi

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Manali Sarkar
Intern, MGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai

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Maria Antonia Restrepo
Medical Student, University of Quindio, Armenia, Colombia

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Marsha Zacharia
MBBS, Sree Uthradom Thirunal Academy of Medical Sciences

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Mirna Mustafa

Medical Student, Faculty of medicine, Al Quds university, Palestine

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Ojaswi Phal Desai
Medical Student, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

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Prabhav Tekam

Medical Student, Government Medical College,Nagpur

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Rachit Shah
Medical Intern, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chatrapatti Shiavji Maharaja Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India

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Radu Marinescu
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Rola Nabil Mohareb

Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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Saloni Dedhia

Intern, Department of Physiotherapy, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital

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Sebastian Serna Rivera
Medical Student, University of Quindio. Armenia, Colombia

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Sebesi Hanna

Medical Student, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

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Sebestyén-Dósa Réka
Medical Student, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

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Ancillary Positions

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Moez Mohammed Ibrahim Bashir
University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan
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Editorial Assistant Managers

Julián A. Zapata Ríos
Medical student, Universidad del Valle; Research Assistant, SCISCO Foundation, Cali, Colombia.
alternatetext Natalia Piamba Galindo
Business and Administration student, Universidad Santiago de Cali; Administrative personnel, SCISCO Foundation, Cali, Colombia

Social Media Managers

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Sajjad Ali
MBBS Student, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
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alternatetext Social Network Manager: YouTube
Rita Fernanda Campo Jimenez
Medical Student, Rafael Nuñez University Corporation in Cartagena, Colombia
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alternatetext Social Network Manager: LinkedIn
Ahmed Nahian
California Baptist University-Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Riverside, USA
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alternatetext Social Network Manager: Instagram
Muskan Chopra
Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India
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Graphic Design

alternatetext Mahfuza Anan
MBBS Student, Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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In-House Writer
Laeeqa Manji
Medical Student, Department of Clinical Medicine, International Education School, China Medical University, China
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alternatetext In-House Writer
Amy Phelan
University College Dublin, Ireland
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Founding Members

Americo Peña-Oscuvilca

Juliana Bonilla-Velez

Christian Adrian Lopez-Castillo



Past Editors in Chief

2011: Americo Peña Oscuvilca

2012: Juliana Bonilla-Velez



IJMS Alumni

Click here to see the list of IJMS Alumni by year and position