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Providing an international forum for research in gastroenterology, United European Gastroenterology Journal (UEG Journal) publishes original peer reviewed articles which describe basic research, translational and clinical studies of interest to gastroenterologists and researchers in related fields.


Articles from across all fields of gastroenterology are welcomed by the Editors, including luminal, liver and pancreatic diseases, endoscopy, gastrointestinal surgery, digestive oncology, as well as paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. Published article types include original research, reviews, guidelines papers, and news items related to United European Gastroenterology.

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Joost PH Drenth, MD, PhD, FRCP, AE Radboud UMC, Netherlands
Associate Editors
Dr Gabriele Capurso, MD, PhD   Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Italy
Dr Fernando Magro, MD, PhD    University of Porto, Portugal
Associate Professor Deirdre McNamara, MD, FRCP, FRCPI     The University of Dublin, Ireland
Professor Alexander Meining, MD, PhD     University Hospital Wurzburg, Germany
Professor Christophe Moreno, MD, PhD    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Professor Hidekazu Suzuki, MD, PhD, FACG, AGAF, RFF  Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan
International Editors
Professor Qiang Cai, MD, PhD    Emory University School of Medicine
Professor Alexander Engel, MD, PhD, FRACS, EBSQ The University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Max J. Schmulson, MD, RFF National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Editorial Advisory Board
Professor Marianna Arvanitakis, PhD  Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Professor Qasim Aziz, PhD, FRCP       Queen Mary University of London, UK
Professor Guido Costamagna, MD, FACG  Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
Dr Enrique De Madaria, MD, PhD      Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain
Professor Emeritus Doug Drossman, MD   University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Professor Mohamad Eloubeidi, MD    American University of Beirut School of Medicine, Lebanon
Dr Gwenny Fuhler, PhD, MSc      Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
Associate Professor Kok Ann Gwee, PhD, FAMS, FRCP    National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr Cesare Hassan, MD, PhD Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Italy
Professor Richard Hunt, FRCP, FRCPC, MACG, MWGO    McMaster University, Canada
Professor Michael Jones, PhD, A.STAT, C.STAT Macquarie University, Australia
Professor Arthur Kaser, MD, FRCP, FMedSci     University of Cambridge, UK
Associate Professor John Kellow, MD, MBBS, FRACP       The University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Markus Lerch, MD, FRCP    University of Greifswald, Germany
Dr Alessandra Mangia, MD  Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Italy
Dr Hendrik Manner, MD      HSK Wiesbaden, Germany
Professor Helmut Neumann, MD, PhD, FASGE  University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Associate Professor Maria Papp, MD, PhD University of Debrecen, Hungary
Associate Professor Maria Pellisé, MD, PhD      Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain
Professor Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, MD, PhD     University Hospital of Nancy Gastroenterology and Inserm U954, France
Professor Vincenzo Stanghellini, MD  University of Bologna, Italy
Professor Stephan Vavricka, MD Triemli Hospital, Switzerland
Professor Michael Vieth, MD       University of Bayreuth, Germany
Professor Cihan Yurdaydin, MD  Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Professor Frank Zerbib, MD, PhD       CHU Bordeaux, France
Professor PH Zhou, MD, PhD, FASGE Fudan University, China
UEG Trainee Editors
Vicenzo Cardinale University Sapienza Of Rome, Italy
Milena Di Leo Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre, Italy
Julien Kirchgesner Saint Antoine Hospital, France
Laura Kivelä   Tampere University Hospital, Finland
Keith Siau      Royal College of Physicians, UK
Lucas Wauters      University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium