The American Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed journal designed for the general surgeon who performs abdominal, cancer, vascular, head and neck, breast, colorectal, and other forms of surgery. AJS is the official journal of 7 major surgical societies* and publishes their official papers as well as independently submitted clinical studies, editorials, reviews, brief reports, correspondence and book reviews.
The American Journal of Surgery is the Official Publication of:
The Southwestern Surgical Congress
The North Pacific Surgical Association
The Association for Surgical Education
The Association of Women Surgeons
Midwest Surgical Association
The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS)

 clinical and experimental surgery
review articles
surgical pharmacology articles
brief reports.

Editor-in-Chief
K.I. Bland, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Associate Editors
L.D. Britt, MD, MPH
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
E.C. Ellison, MD
Columbus, Ohio, United States
J.E. Fischer, MD
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
R.J. Weigel, MD, PhD
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
M.E. Zenilman, MD
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
H.C. Polk, Jr., MD
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Editorial Advisory Board
S. Bahrami, PhD
Vienna, Austria
C.M. Balch, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
P.S. Barie, MD, MBA
New York, New York, United States
M. Basson, MD, PhD
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
R.D. Beauchamp, MD
Nashville, TN
H.G. Beger, MD
Ulm, Germany
K.E. Behrns, MD
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
D.H. Berger, MD
Houston, Texas, United States
H. Bismuth, MD
Villejuif, France
J.M. Cavaillon, PhD
Paris, France
I.H. Chaudry, PhD
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
M.A. Choti, MD, MBA
Dallas, Texas, United States
W.G. Cioffi, MD
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
O.H. Clark, MD
San Francisco, California, United States
J.R. Clarke, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
A.L. Cochran, MD, MA
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Lord A. Darzi, MD
London, England, United Kingdom
S.A. De Jong, MD
Chicago, Illinois, United States
R.P. DeMatteo, MD
New York, New York, United States
E.A. Deitch, MD
Newark, New Jersey, United States
C.W. Deveney, MD
Portland, Oregon, United States
D.E. Eckhoff, MD
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
J.S. Economou, MD, PhD
Los Angeles, California, United States
J.E. Espat, MD
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
D.B. Evans, MD
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
D.V. Feliciano, MD
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
J.W. Fleshman, MD
Dallas, Texas, United States
L.M. Flint, Jr., MD
Evanston, Illinois, United States
E.W. Fonkalsrud, MD
Los Angeles, California, United States
D.E. Fry, MD
Chicago, Illinois, USA
S. Galandiuk, MD
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
O. J. Garden, MD
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
S. Grobmyer, MD, FACS
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
W.S. Helton, MD
Seattle, Washington, United States
J.G. Hunter, MD
Portland, Oregon, United States
K. Itani, MD
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
L.R. Kaiser, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
S. Kaiser, MD
New York, New York, USA
M.M. Kemeny, MD
Jamaica, New York, United States
V.S. Klimberg, MD
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
R. Kozar, MD, PhD
Houston, Texas, USA
T.M. Krummel, MD
Stanford, California, United States
F. Lacaine, MD
Paris, France
E.H. Livingston, MD
Chicago, Illinois, USA
T.G. Lynch, MD
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
M.A. Malangoni, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
R.C.G. Martin, II, MD, PhD
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
D.W. McFadden, MD
Farmington, Connecticut, United States
C.R. McHenry, MD
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
J.W. Meredith, MD
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
T. Miller, MD
Richmond, Virginia, United States
S. Mizrahi, MD
Be'er Sheva, Israel
F.A. Moore, MD
Gainesville, Florida, United States
D.M. Nagorney, MD
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
M.B. Orringer, MD
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
H.L. Pachter, MD
New York, New York, United States
N.D. Perrier, MD
Houston, Texas, United States
J.L. Ponsky, MD
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
M.C. Posner, MD
Chicago, Illinois, United States
A.B. Reed, MD
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
P. Reissman, MD
Jerusalem, Israel
J. Richman, MD, PhD
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
A.S. Rosemurgy, MD
Tampa, Florida, United States
G.S. Rozycki, MD
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
L.W. Rue, III, MD
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
G.A. Sarosi, Jr., MD
Gainesville, Florida, United States
M.G. Sarr, MD
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
P.J. Schenarts, MD, FACS
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
D.M. Schroder, MD
Grosse Point Shores, Michigan, United States
R.A. Schwarz, MD
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
C.E.H. Scott-Conner, MD
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
S.F. Sener, MD
Los Angeles, California, United States
K.W. Sharp, MD
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
E.A. Shaughnessy, MD, PhD
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
E. D. Staren, MD, PhD
Zion, Illinois, USA
S. Steinemann, MD
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
R.M. Stewart, MD
San Antonio, Texas, United States
R.W. Strong, MD
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J. Thompson, MD
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
C.M. Townsend, MD
Galveston, Texas, United States
M.M. Urist, MD
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
J.T. Vetto, MD
Portland, Oregon, United States
S.M. Vickers, MD
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
B.W. Warner, MD
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
R.M. Zollinger, Jr., MD
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Society Representatives
M. Crandall, MD, MPH
Northwestern University
C.P. Delaney, MD, PhD
CLEVELAND CLINIC
C. Hollands, MD
Association of Women Surgeons, Chicago, United States
L. Killewich, MD, PhD
Association of Women Surgeons
J.C. Mayberry, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
C.L. Scaife, MD
Southwestern Surgical Congress, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
P.L. Turner, MD
Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Norfolk, United States
Managing Editor
C.A. Moore
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Emeritus Members of the Editorial Advisory Board
L. C. Carey, MD
Tampa, FL
I. Cohn, Jr., MD
New Orleans, LA
D. E. Detmer, MD
Charlottesville, VA
R. H. Egdahl, MD
Boston, MA
A. Fingerhut, MD
Chambourcy, France
A. S. Ketcham, MD
Miami, FL
F.G. Moody, MD
Houston, Texas
E.E. Moore, MD
Denver, CO
D. L. Nahrwold, MD
Chicago, IL
J.S. Najarian, MD
Minneapolis, Minnesota
J. F. Patino, MD
Bogota, Colombia
E. E. Peacock, Jr., MD
Chapel Hill, NC
L. F. Rikkers, MD
Madison, WI
G.F. Sheldon, MD
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
H. H. Stone, MD
Phoenix, AZ
R.K. Tompkins, MD
Santa Monica, CA