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
- Editorial Board
- Editors
- Ancillary Positions
- Founding Members, Past Editors in Chief & Alumni
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, University of Colorado, USA. Ophthalmology Service, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. View Profile |
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Scientific Editor (outgoing) 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 View Profile |
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Scientific Editor (incoming) Abdulbasit Opeyemi MuiliLadoke Akintola University of Technology, Ibadan, Nigeria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1739-6913 Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
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Deputy Editor Sajjad Ahmed KhanMedical Student, Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital, Morang, Nepal View Profile |
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Student Editor in Chief PrateekMedical Student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
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Student Editor in Chief Manali SarkarPhysician recently graduated (≤3 years), MGM Medical College Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
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.
| Abdel Kareem Azab, PhD. Department of Radiation Oncology, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX, USA View Profile |
Abdelrahman I. Abushouk, MD. Internal Medicine Resident, Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA View Profile |
| Abhishekh Ashok, MBBS PhD. Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK View Profile |
Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC, FRCPC. Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Full Professor, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada View Profile |
| 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 View Profile |
Américo Peña Oscuvilca, MD, MS Professor, Department of Human Medicine, Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Huacho, Peru View Profile |
| Atanas G. Atanasov, PhD. Department of Molecular Biology, Professor and Head of Department, Polish Academy of Sciences. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria View Profile |
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 View Profile |
| 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 View Profile |
Camelia Cristina Diaconu, MD, PhD, FESC, FACP, FEFIM, FACC. Associate Professor, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania View Profile |
| Eshetu Girma, MPH, PhD. Health Promotion and Health Communication, School of Public Health, Associate Professor, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia View Profile |
Herney Andrés García-Perdomo, MD, MSc, EdD, PhD, FACS. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Professor, Department of Urology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia View Profile |
| Jorge Enrique Gomez-Marin, MD, MSc, PhD. Faculty of Health, Professor and Director, Center of Biomedical Research, University of Quindío, Armenia, Colombia View Profile |
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 View Profile |
| Juliana Bonilla-Velez, MD. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA View Profile |
Mark Zafereo, MD, FACS. Section Chief, Head & Neck Endocrine Surgery, Associate Professor, Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA View Profile |
| Matouš Hrdinka, MSc, PhD. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinic Subjects, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic View Profile |
Mhairi Copland, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath (UK), MRCP (UK). Professor of Translational Haematology (Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre), University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK View Profile |
| Mohamed M. Gad, MD. Department of Internal Medicine, Resident Doctor, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA View Profile |
Paul MacDaragh Ryan, MD, BCh, PhD. Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada View Profile |
| Rahul Kashyap, MD. Department of Anesthesiology, Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA View Profile |
Srinivas Vinod Saladi, PhD. Department of Otology and Laryngology, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Scientist, Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, MA, USA View Profile |
| William C. Cho, PhD. Department of Clinical Oncology, Senior Researcher, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China View Profile |
Javad Sharifi-Rad, PhD. Faculty of Medicine, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador View Profile |
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.
| Hamidreza Ghasemirad Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Yazd, Yazd, Iran ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Marcarious Moorkereh Tantuoyir Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Tehran, Iran ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mathew Mbwogge Ngime Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Universal scientific education and research network: sari, mazandaran, IR ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
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.
| Anjali Mediboina Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), West Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim, California, USA, Anaheim, CA, USA ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Chloe C Carrington Medical student, University of Queensland-Ochsner, New Orleans, Louisiana, US ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Chun-Yu Yueh Medical student, China Medical Univeristy (Taiwan), Taichung City, N/A, Taiwan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Erfan Hashemi Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Mazandaran, Iran ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Hamrish Kumar Rajakumar Medical student, Government Medical College, Omandurar, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Himanshu Jindal Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ishwor Thapaliya Medical student, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Julia Mimi Kwape Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), University of Botswana, Gaborone, Kweneng District, Botswana ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Maria Bozika Medical student, University of Patras, Patras, Achaia, Greece ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mauricio Alejandro Saldana Ruiz Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Facultad de Medicina UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Natalie Kearn Medical student, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada ORCID: Link |
| Pincheng Luo Medical student, University of Galway, Galway, County Galway, Ireland ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Praveen Bharath Saravanan Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Richard Christian Suteja Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Stanley Chinedu Eneh Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Community Health Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Tyler Hepler Medical student, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Viviana Cortiana Medical student, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
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
| Aditi Saini Medical student, Max Healthcare, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Aditya Ojha Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Afzal Parvez Khan Medical student, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ahmed Nahian Medical student, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Alinawaz Khan Medical student, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, New Delhi, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Amara Kandimalla Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, College of Health Sciences, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Amir Arshia Emam Jomeh Medical student, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Anirudhha Roy Medical student, JIS School of Medical Science and Research, Santragachi, West Bengal, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Armaan Otaal Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Arnav Ranjan Medical student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Arwaa Chaudhry Medical student, Federal Medical College, Islamabad, ICT, Islamabad, Pakistan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Carlo Cossa Medical student, Humanitas University, Milan, Lombardy, Italy ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Caroline Gatwiri Gitonga Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, College of Health Sciences, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Christabel Ijeoma Uche-Orji Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Curiace Théodule Coffi HINNILO Medical student, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Biology, Benin ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Darren Junior Medical student, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Despoina Ioannou Medical student, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Eleanor Roy Medical student, University of Nicosia, Chicago, IL, USA ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Emmanuel MOULADJE TCHUELA Medical student, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Cigli, Turkey ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Gabrielle McLaren Medical student, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, St. Andrew, Jamaica ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Galia Tajelsir Fadulemula Mohammed Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ghee Khang Ong Medical student, IMU University, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Hafiz Shahbaz Zahoor Medical student, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Hala Bakro Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), The University of Aleppo, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Syria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Hanna Tsehay Abebe Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Hariharan Seshadri Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Hatice Akbay Medical student, Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Himanshu S Jog Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Inioluwa John Joshua Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Jolly Akor Thomas Medical student, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Karima Boughambouz Medical student, University of Algiers I - Faculty of Medicine, Algiers, Château neuf, Algeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Kassiani Maria Nastouli Medical student, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Achaia, Greece ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Lessa Alessandra Mendez Lara Medical student, Universidad Veracruzana, Campus Minatitlán, Minatitlán, Veracruz, México ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Lina Adwer Medical student, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Maanya Mehra Medical student, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (University of Delhi), New Delhi, Delhi, India ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mahiderekal Mengistu Berkit Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Malaz Hassan Dafaalla Idrees Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Malaz Mohammed Idrees Abdalmotalib Medical student, Khartoum University, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Manthan Dhingra Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mohamed Fouad Sheikheldin Atta Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mohamed Yousif Elamin Medical student, University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mohammad Aquib Medical student, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India ORCID: Link |
| Mohammed Shoyaib Khazi Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Navodaya Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Raichur, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mohd Murtuza Medical student, Government Medical College, Suryapet, Suryapet, Telangana, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Moses Hangula Stefanus Medical student, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Namira Khan Khakwani Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Oluwabukunmi Ifeoluwa Onipede Medical student, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Om Saran Kodeeswaran Medical student, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Oranut Chatsirisakul Medical student, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Oxiris Yexalén García González Medical student, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Prabhav Pramod Tekam Medical student, Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Rahaf Kibrit Medical student, BAU, Beirut, Lebanon ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Rishikesh R Magaji Medical student, BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Rorisang Panzirah-Mabaka Medical student, University of Botswana, Gaborone, South-East, Botswana ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Rutam Bhalendu Vaishnav Medical student, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Saarim Bari Medical student, University of Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sahasyaa Adalarasan Medical student, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Samah Seif Eldawla Ibrahim Medical student, University of Khartoum Faculty of Pharmacy, Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sameena Tabassum Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India ORCID: Link |
| Samia A Ali Medical student, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sanjay Kumar Sudhakar Medical student, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sanskriti Chapagain Medical student, Devdaha Medical College and Research Institute, Rupandehi, Lumbini, Nepal ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sarvesh Ajay Zope Medical student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sayali Sandeep Kulkarni Medical student, Georgian National University SEU, Tbilisi, Faculty of Medicine, Georgia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Shameema Alam Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Dubai Medical University, Dubai, UAE ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Shrideavi Murugan Medical student, Government Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Simone Laguardia Medical student, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Lombardy, Italy ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sneha Vishwas Bhingardive Medical student, Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Somnath Panda Medical student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Taha Kassim Dohadwala Medical student, David Tvildiani Medical University, Tbilisi, Department of Medicine, Georgia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Tebyan Abdelwahab Suliman Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), AlNeelain University, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Temilola Victoria Aderemi Medical student, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Trisha Chandra Mohan Medical student, BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Uashar Badakhshan Medical student, University of Exeter, Exeter, England, United Kingdom ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Utkarsha Tiwari Medical student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Varsha Coimbatore Sathyabal Medical student, Government Medical College, Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Weam Mohamed Meargni Ahmed Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Yashwanth Chowdary Yellanki Medical student, Shri B M Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, BLDE(DU), Vijayapura, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Yuvraj Rananajay Singh Medical student, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
Junior Student Editors
Junior Student Editors are outstanding medical students and recent graduates from around the world who have demonstrated leadership and a strong interest in research and scientific publishing. Although they do not yet have publications indexed in the National Library of Medicine (PubMed), they have completed the required training through the Web of Science Academy courses, including Introduction to Peer Review, Reviewing in the Sciences, Good Citation Behavior, and Co-reviewing with a Mentor. They have also completed ethics training through the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Junior Student Editors support the editorial process under the guidance of Full Student Editors and Associate Editors, helping ensure a rigorous and ethical peer-review process while continuing to develop their skills as future researchers and editors.
| Aayush Anand Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Abdelmoula Hashim Abdelmagid Mohamed Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Abdelwahab Taher Zahra Medical student, Horus University Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Abdullahi Auwalu Medical student, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Abhilash Veerendra Kumar Medical student, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Adarsh Vel Medical student, Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ahmed A. Mosa Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), College of Medicine, University of Zakho, Duhok, Iraq ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Aikaterini Berdeka Medical student, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Aisha Almaghribi Medical student, Libyan International Medical University, Benghazi, Libya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Aishwarya Madasamy Swaminathan Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Alan Mammen Oommen Medical student, Government Medical College Thrissur, Thrissur, Kerala, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Alessandra Bonardi Medical student, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Alexia Darina Brutaru Medical student, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ana Lucía Palomo Fuentes Medical student, San Carlos de Guatemala University, Guatemala City, Guatemala ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Angela Rose Joju Medical student, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Moldova ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Anmol Sandeep Bhat Medical student, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Anushka Debmallik Medical student, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Anushree Dey Medical student, IPGME&R & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Aqsa Ibrahim Medical student, Central Park Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Arthur Antônio Silva Maia Medical student, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Aseel Adil Ahmed Abdelhafiz Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Atika Zainab Medical student, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Avika Chandra Medical student, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Thrissur, Kerala, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Berra Nuran Baloglu Medical student, Yuksek Ihtisas University, Ankara, Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Bhaskar Kambhampati Medical student, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Biniam Jemjem Medical student, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Brinda Patel Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Caleb Karani Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Carlos De Rosenzweig Villegas Medical student, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Chiagoziem Stanley Offiah Medical student, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Chioma Maryann Udeh Medical student, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Cyprian Terrance Owusu-Ansah Medical student, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| David Tevzadze Medical student, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sahansa Viharinie Medical student, Tbilisi State Medical University, Saburtalo, Tbilisi, Georgia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Dyutika Kantamneni Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ehikhametalor Jared Oseghale Medical student, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Elroy Clayvaughn Campbell Medical student, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Kingston & St. Andrew, Jamaica ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Enas Kamal Abdalaziz Seyed Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Esha Sankhala Medical student, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Farheen Kooliyattayil Medical student, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Faris Abdul Nassar Kallayil Medical student, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Thrissur, Kerala, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Fatima Fadhil Alreshawee Medical student, Almuthanna University, Samawa, Almuthanna, Iraq ORCID: Link |
| Francesca Laggetta Medical student, Humanitas University, Milan, Lombardy, Italy ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Grace Chika Muga Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Hana Kabil Medical student, University of Queensland-Ochsner, Brisbane & New Orleans, Queensland & Louisiana, Australia & USA ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Hannah Ng Medical student, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong / China ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Harishri Suresh Babu Medical student, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Helder Jesus Dias-Ramirez Medical student, Luis Razetti, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Huria Alzena Riaz Medical student, Dubai Medical University, Dubai, UAE ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ifeoluwani Wuraola Dosunmu Medical student, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Ilham Ismael Ibrahim Medical student, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Inam Ur Rahman Medical student, Harvard College of Commerce and Science Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Irene Faith Jemima Christopher Medical student, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Isha Rajendra Nagle Medical student, Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Institute of Health Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Jana Hicham Badrani Medical student, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Jarin Tanjim Medical student, Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Jasleen Kaur Medical student, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Jenisha Amar Somvanshi Medical student, Parul Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Vadodara, Gujarat, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Jeshaiah Mabeya Ogato Medical student, University of Nairobi-Medical School, Nairobi, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Jesse Mwega Mung'athia Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Joseph Sahadat Medical student, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Justin Nathen Federigan Medical student, Second Clinical School (Tongji Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Kashish Javed Akhtar Medical student, Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Khalid Bin Amir Medical student, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Kinnera Lakshmi Dhanwada Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Lavanya Meena Medical student, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Leela Lakshmi Sai Srinivas Parasa Medical student, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Lina Mandour Medical student, Mohamed VI University of Sciences and Health, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Logeswari Sivakumar Medical student, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Loveth Owero Bella-Omunagbe Medical student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Macharla Lekhana Medical student, The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mahnoor Fatima Medical student, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogura, Rajshahi, Bangladesh ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Maliha Quadry Medical student, Dr. VRK Women’s Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Maouche Imane Medical student, Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Maria Antonia Restrepo Duque Medical student, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mariam Ayman Elbestawy Medical student, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Mariam Saeed Yassin Medical student, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Marioly Dahinira Herrera Ancieta Medical student, University of Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Maxwell Masese Omwamba Medical student, University of Nairobi, Utawala, Nairobi, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mehwish Shoaib Medical student, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Menja Jefason Kitaya Medical student, Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Miguel David Gaimari Medical student, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mikel Garces Medical student, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mitushi Gupta Medical student, Government Medical College, Patiala, Patiala, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mohammed Ahmad Fayyaz Thokan Medical student, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - MUB, Busaiteen, Muharraq, Bahrain ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mohnish Sukadhare Medical student, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Monica Karanth Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Father Muller Medical College, Kundapura, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Mudasir Rehman Neil Shahid Medical student, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Myra Menezes Medical student, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Naba Mahdi Ahmed Medical student, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| NagaVenkata Priya Sri Harshitha Somarouthu Medical student, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Nailah Fathima Binu Medical student, Government Medical College Thrissur, Thrissur, Kerala, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Natasha Chulu Medical student, The University of Zambia Ridgeway Campus, Lusaka, Medicine, Zambia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Nino Dilsiz Medical student, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Niya Ajit Mahale Medical student, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Noon Essam Aldeen Awad Salih Medical student, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Medicine, Sudan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Olakunle Ebunoluwa Oladuji Medical student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Om Pandey Medical student, Chirayu Medical College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Onyinyechi Toluwani Osisiogu Medical student, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Paiwast Tariq Ahmed Medical student, University of Sulaimani, College of Medicine, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Pankaj K Kotadia Medical student, Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Peter Akinropo Olayiwola Medical student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Peter Nganga Wambu Medical student, Moi University - College of Health Sciences, Eldoret, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Pratyush Karan Medical student, IPGME&R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Priscilla Afriyie Adomako Medical student, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana ORCID: Link |
| Priyanka Nayak Medical student, TMSS Medical College, Bogura, Rajshahi, Bangladesh ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Rafael Sandro Rodrigues Manrique Medical student, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Rajiv Yussuf Ali Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Randa Mohammedelhadi Agbna Mohammed Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Omdurman Islamic University, Cairo, Giza, Egypt ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Rashina Shanani Warnakulasuriya Fernando Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Grodno State Medical University, Grodno, Grodno State, Belarus ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Riya Sarah Mathew Medical student, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova ORCID: Link |
| Roshni Subramaniyan Medical student, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Ruth Jepkorir Tai Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Sadhgun Amulya Sobti Medical student, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sahil Aryal Medical student, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Koshi, Nepal ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sai Jithesh Udayakumar Medical student, Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Sai Sathwika Duggineni Medical student, E.S.I.C Medical College and Hospital, K.K. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ORCID: Link |
| Saishreya Kishore Medical student, Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Sakshin Sakthivel Medical student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Samoya Rattray Medical student, University of the West Indies, Mona, St Andrew, Kingston, Jamaica ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Sanchit Sanjeev Roy Medical student, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sanjivani Dilip Borkar Medical student, GMC Nagpur, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sanskriti Bhaumik Medical student, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sheharyar Saleem Medical student, Amna Inayat Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Shreya Sinha Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Sitaljeel Hassan Shinabou Medical student, National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan ORCID: Link |
| Sofia Zahoor Medical student, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sohil Aryal Medical student, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Koshi, Nepal ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sulaf Muath Daraghmeh Medical student, Arab American University Palestine (AAUP), Ramallah, Palestine ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Sumeet Bhardwaj Medical student, Kansas City University, Fremont, California, USA ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Supriya Chandassu Medical student, AIMS, Mandya, Karnataka, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Swastika Mandal Medical student, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Swastika Poudel Medical student, Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Tanishqa Sheth Physician recently graduated (≤3 years), KJ Somaiya Medical College and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, United States ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Tovia Chimemerie Ubah Medical student, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Umulkhairah Onyioiza Arama Medical student, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Vetha Janane Sashikumar Medical student, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, Las Piñas City, Metro Manila, Philippines ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Wisdom Nmerichukwuka Ogbonna Medical student, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Yvonne Chepkirui Medical student, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kenya ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link |
| Zahra Kothawala Medical student, BJ Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link |
| Zainab Kutubuddin Moiyadi Medical student, Bombay Hospital College of Nursing, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
| Zhan Xuan Chong Medical student, IMU University, Bukit Jalil, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link |
Ancilliary Positions
These positions support the editorial, communications, and outreach missions of the IJMS. They include medical and non-medical students with specialized roles in communications, marketing, social media, and writing. Each member contributes to strengthening the visibility and operations of the journal under the supervision and guidance of the Executive Committee.
| Kassiani-Maria Nastouli Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Achaia, Greece ORCID: Link Web of Science: Link Google Scholar: Link Role: Director of Communications View Profile |
TBD Marketing Manager |
| Sajjad Ali MBBS Student, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan Role: Social Network Manager: X View Profile |
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Camilo Agamez Blanco Medical student, Cartagena's University, Cartagena, Colombia Role: Social Network Manager: YouTube View Profile |
| Ahmed Nahian California Baptist University-Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Riverside, USA Role: Social Network Manager: LinkedIn View Profile |
Muskan Chopra Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India Role: Social Network Manager: Instagram View Profile |
| Mahfuza Anan MBBS Student, Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh View Profile |
Laeeqa Manji Medical Student, Department of Clinical Medicine, International Education School, China Medical University, China Role: In-House Writer View Profile |
| Amy Phelan University College Dublin, Ireland Role: In-House Writer View Profile |
Founding Members & Editorial Alumni
The International Journal of Medical Students (IJMS) was founded by a group of pioneering medical students who envisioned a global platform for student-led scientific publishing. Since then, IJMS has become the longest-standing, continuously publishing, peer-reviewed journal for medical students in the world.
Founding Members
- Dr. Américo Peña-Oscuvilca
Founding Editor-in-Chief (2010–2013)
José F. Sanchez Carrión University, Peru
As the first Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Peña-Oscuvilca led the creation of the journal’s editorial structure, peer-review process, and international collaborations. His leadership set the foundation for IJMS's global mission and high editorial standards. - Dr. Juliana Bonilla-Velez
Deputy Editor (2010 & 2012 Cohorts)
University of Valle, Colombia
Dr. Bonilla-Velez was essential in shaping the journal’s early vision and fostering leadership development within the editorial team. She has gone on to become a physician-scientist and pediatric otolaryngologist in the U.S. - Dr. Christian Lopez-Castillo
Scientific Editor (2010 Cohort)
University of Quindío, Colombia
Dr. Lopez-Castillo helped establish the journal’s initial scientific review framework and editorial policies, contributing to its long-term sustainability.
Editors-in-Chief
Since its founding, IJMS has had only three Editors-in-Chief, each serving multi-year terms that ensured continuity, mentorship, and long-term vision:
- Dr. Américo Peña-Oscuvilca, MD, MSc (2010–2012)
- Dr. Juliana Bonilla-Velez, MD, MSc (2013)
- Dr. Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, MD, MSc, PhD (2014–present)
Editorial Alumni
The IJMS editorial team is supported by a global network of alumni who have served as Student Editors, Associate Editors, and Executive Committee members. These individuals have gone on to pursue successful careers in medicine, research, and academia.
Explore the full list of past editorial team members in our Editorial Alumni Archive.




