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(c).
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 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 need to have scientific publications indexed in the NLM and complete the Web of Science Academy courses of introduction to Peer-Review, Reviewing in the Sciences, Good citation behavior, and Co-reviewing with a Mentor, to be considered for the position. They are in charge of reviewing articles in the first round of revisions under the supervision of an Associate Editor or the Executive Committee.

alternatetext Abdul Basith K M
Intern (MBBS) at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
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alternatetext Abdelrahman M Makram
MPH candidate; First-year resident, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, October 6 University Hospital, Giza, Egypt.
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alternatetext Adrien Tangmi
Université Technologique Bel Campus (Bel Campus University of Technology), Democratic Republic of the Congo
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alternatetext Ahmed Nahian, BS.
California Baptist University-Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Riverside, USA
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alternatetext Alice Muritu
Medical Student, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences
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alternatetext Alisha Poppen
Medical student, University College Cork
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alternatetext Amaan Javed*
University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi), Delhi, India
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alternatetext Andrea Cuschieri
Medical student, University of Malta
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alternatetext Arkadeep Dhali, MD.
Resident, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, School of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Kolkata, India
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alternatetext Arwa Nogdalla
Medical Student in Al-Neelain University, Khartoum,Sudan
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alternatetext Ashwini Ramesh Patankar*
Resident Doctor, Dr. D Y Patil Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India
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alternatetext Bahadar Singh Srichawla, MS.
Resident Physician, Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, United States
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alternatetext Berjo Dongmo Takoutsing
MD, Association of Future AFrican Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon
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alternatetext Carlos de la Cruz-de la Cruz
Resident, Internal Medicine, Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico
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alternatetext Cesare Mercalli
Medical student, Faculty of Health, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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alternatetext David Morcos
University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Medicine
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alternatetext David Ulrich Dalle
North Ossetia State Medical Academy
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alternatetext Dennis Ochieng
Medical Student, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences
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alternatetext Diego Carrion Alvarez
Medical Student, Department of Basic Sciences, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
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alternatetext Ebraheem Albazee, MD.
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations (KIMS), Kuwait City, Kuwait
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alternatetext Emmanuel Phiri
Medical student, The Copperbelt University Micheal Chilufya Sata School of medicine in Ndola, Zambia
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alternatetext Esther Bassey
University of Uyo, Nigeria
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alternatetext Eugenia M. Ramos-Dávila, MD.
Resident, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
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alternatetext Fatima Elbasri
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum University, Sudan
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alternatetext Gaurav Mittal
Mahatma Gandhi Institute Of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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alternatetext Hayat Abdoallah
Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum University, Sudan
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alternatetext Iqra Nawaz
MEdical Student, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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alternatetext Jonaviva Anthony Thomas
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo)
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alternatetext Joseph Tonge
Academic Unit of Medical Education, The University of Sheffield, UK
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alternatetext Kainat Jahangir
Medical Student, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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alternatetext Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed
University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Sudan.
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alternatetext Khulud Nurani
Medical Student, University of Nairobi, Kenya
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alternatetext Lahari Sangaraju
P.E.S Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
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alternatetext Lakshmi Venkata Simhachalam Kutikuppala
MBBS Student, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation (KIMS&RF), Andhra Pradesh, India
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alternatetext Leah Komer, BSc, MB BCh BAO Candidate.
PGY-2, Psychiatry resident, the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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alternatetext Lourdes Adriana Medina Gaona
Medical Student, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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alternatetext Malaz Abdallah
MBBS University of Khartoum, Medical Researcher, Research Reviewer, Teaching Assistant at Biochemistry Department, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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alternatetext Malina Cernatescu
Grigore T Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi Romania
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alternatetext Manas Pustake
Medical Intern, Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai, India. GCSRT Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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alternatetext Marc Ronald Schneider
Medical student, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria
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alternatetext Marcel Lucas Chee*
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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alternatetext Marina Shatskikh
Medical Student, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland
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alternatetext Michael Tavolieri
Medical Student, University College Cork, School of Medicine, Ireland
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alternatetext Moez Mohammed Ibrahim Bashir
University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan
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alternatetext Mohamed Elzemety
Medical Doctor, Young Experts: Tech for Health
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alternatetext Mohamed Hoosen Suleman*
Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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alternatetext Mohammad Arfat Ganiyani
Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai, India
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alternatetext Muhammad Romail Manan
Medical student. Services Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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alternatetext Neontle Sakaiwa
Medical student, University of Botswana School of Medicine, Gaborone, Botswana
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alternatetext Noel Odero
Medical Student, University of Nairobi, Kenya
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alternatetext Nikoleta Tellios
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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alternatetext Patricio Guillermo Garcia Espinosa
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, México
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alternatetext Prakash Gupta
MD, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation College of Medicine, Philippines
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alternatetext Rachna Shekhar
MBBS, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka
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alternatetext Randa Ahmed Abdalrheem
Medical student, University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan
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alternatetext Rebecca Ndumba Murerwa
MD, University of Nairobi; ReMed Kenya. Kenya
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alternatetext Richard Christian Suteja*
Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia
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alternatetext Ron Hang-Long Li
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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alternatetext Sebastian Diebel*
Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Nairn Centre, Ontario, Canada
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alternatetext Shane Darbar
Medical student, Bachelor’s degree in Human Anatomy at the University of Nairobi, Kenya
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alternatetext Shuchi Abhishek
Medical student, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, India
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alternatetext Shuo-Yan Gau
School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
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alternatetext Stephane Nguembu
Higher Institute of Health Sciences of Bangangte, Université des Montagnes
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alternatetext Theophilous Barasa
Medical Student, Kenyatta University
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alternatetext Viviana Cortiana
Medical Student, University of Bologna, Italy
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alternatetext Wah Praise Senyuyi
Medical student, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.
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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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alternatetext Marketing Manager
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Editorial Assistant Managers

alternatetext Ana Maria Morales
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), 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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Founder Members

Americo Peña-Oscuvilca

Juliana Bonilla-Velez

Christian Adrian Lopez-Castillo



IJMS Alumni

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