Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Yoshifumi Kotake, MD, PhD, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology at Toho University School of Medicine and Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Kotake also serves as the Director of the Intensive Care Unit, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center.




Deputy Editor

Moritoki Egi, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Japan

Associate Professor of the Division of Anesthesiology, Department of Surgery Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Dr. Egi also serves as a Deputy Director of the Emergency and Critical Care Center and Intensive Care Unit of Kobe University Hospital.


Nobuaki Shime, MD, PhD, Hiroshima University, Japan
Professor and Chair of the Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Medical School, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Dr. Shime also serves as a Director of the Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Center and Intensive Care Unit, and Deputy hospital director of the Hiroshima University Hospital.

Takeshi Suzuki,MD, PhD, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan
Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Dr. Suzuki also serves as the Director of the Intensive Care Unit, Tokai University Hospital.




Senior Editor

Satoshi Gando, MD, PhD, Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital, Japan

Hiroshi Morisaki, MD, PhD, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan


Advisory Board
Yaseen Arabi, MD, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Jan Bakker, MD, PhD, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Netherlands
Jigeeshu Divatia, MD, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
Younsuck Koh, MD, PhD, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, South Korea
Jeffrey Lipman, MD, University of Queensland, Australia
John Marshall, MD, PhD, St. Michael's Hospital, Canada
Jason Phua, MD, MRCP, National University Hospital, Singapore
Nelson Nai-Shun Tsoi, MD, MBBS, The University of Hong Kong, China 
Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium


Associate Editors
Fumimasa Amaya, MD, PhD, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
Hiroyuki Ohbe, MD, MPH, PhD, Tohoku University, Japan
Junji Kumasawa, MD, DrPH, Sakai City Medical Center, Japan
Kent Doi, MD, PhD, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Kiyoshi Moriyama, MD, PhD, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Japan
Takeshi Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Japan
Tatsuya Kawasaki, MD, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Japan
Yoshitaka Aoki, MD, PhD, Hamamatsu University Hospital, Japan


Statistical Advisors
Takayuki Abe, MD, PhD, Yokohama City University, Japan
Chieko Okuda, MD, PhD, Yokohama University of Pharmacy, Japan

Editorial Board
Antonio Artigas, MD, PhD, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, MBBS, MMed, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Bernard Cholley, MD, PhD, Hôpital Européen Georges, France 
Bin Du, MD, PhD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Jonathan Elmer, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
Mohammad Omar Faruq, MD, United Hospital Ltd, Bangladesh
Lui Forni, MD, PhD, Western Sussex Hospitals Trust, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, United Kingdom
Motoki Fujita, MD, PhD, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Japan 
Elena Galli, MD, PhD, Pontchaillou University Hospital,France
Eric Hoste, MD, PhD, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
Yu Inata, MD, PhD, Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus, USA
Shinichi Kai,MD, PhD, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
Yohei Komaru, MD,PhD, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Daisuke Kudo, MD, PhD, Tohoku University, Japan
Alexander Kulier, MD, MBA, Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen, Austria
Jiro Kurata, MD, PhD, Jikei University, Japan
Jan Hau Lee, MD, MBBS, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
Lowell Ling, MD, MBBS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Suraphong Lorsomradee, MD, PhD, Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand
Shinya Miura, MD, MPH, PhD, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan
Taka-aki Nakada, MD, PhD, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Akira Nishisaki, MD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Shinichiro Ohshimo, MD, PhD, Hiroshima University, Japan
Hiromu Okano, MD, St.Luke's International Hospital, Japan
Anthony Olivero, MD, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, USA
Surender Rajasekaran, MD, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, USA
Masaaki Sakuraya, MD, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Japan
Hirotaka Sawano, MD, PhD, Senri Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka Saiseikai Senri Hospital, Japan
Akihiro Shirakabe, MD, PhD, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Japan
Peter E. Spronk, MD, PhD, Gelre Hospitals, Netherlands
Gee Young Suh, MD, PhD, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, South Korea
Chikashi Takeda, MD, PhD, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
Tomonori Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital, Japan