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Founding Editor-in-Chief<\/h5>

Seyed Ali Malek-Hosseini<\/em>, Department of Transplantation, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran<\/p>

Co-Editors<\/h5>

Karim Vessal<\/em>, Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences; Department of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Bijan Eghtesad<\/em>, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States<\/p>

Section Editors<\/h5>

Mitra Mahdavi-Mazdeh<\/em>, Iranian Tissue Bank and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Jamshid Roozbeh<\/em>, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran<\/p>

Associate Editors<\/h5>

Ali Bahador<\/em>, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Bita Geramizadeh<\/em>, Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Farhad Handjani<\/em>, Department of Dermatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Mohammad Bagher Khosravi<\/em>, Department of Anesthesiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Reza Malekzadeh<\/em>, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali Akbar Nekooeian<\/em>, Department of Pharmacology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Saman Nikeghbalian<\/em>, Department of Transplantation, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Heshmatollah Salahi<\/em>, Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Mehdi Salehipour<\/em>, Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran<\/p>

Editorial Board Members<\/h5>

Ezzatollah Abdi<\/em>, Department of Transplantation Surgery, Iran
Kareem Abuelmagd<\/em>, Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Center, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Ismail H. Al-Abdullah<\/em>, Clinical Islet Transplant Laboratory, Southern California Islet Cell Resource Center, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Malcolm Alison<\/em>, Centre for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Nabil Mohsin Al-Lawati<\/em>, Department of Transplantation Surgery, Oman
Mustafa Al-Musawi<\/em>, Organ Transplantation Center, Kuwait
Ali Alobaidli<\/em>, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ignacio Anegon<\/em>, INSERM, Nantes, France
Kamran Bagheri Lankarani<\/em>, Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Hossein Baharvand<\/em>, Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, University of Science and Culture, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Antoine Barbari<\/em>, Renal Transplant Unit, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Bahar Bastani<\/em>, Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University Hospital, United States
Taieb Ben Abdallah<\/em>, Department of Transplantation Surgery, Tunisia
Anthony Ben Cosimi<\/em>, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States
Dieter Broering<\/em>, Organ Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Behrooz Broumand<\/em>, Department of Nephrology, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Jeremy Chapman<\/em>, Westmead Clinical School and Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia
Hamid Reza Davari<\/em>, Department of Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Francis Delmonico<\/em>, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
James Eason<\/em>, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Vincent Emery<\/em>, University of Surrey; Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, United Kingdom
Iraj Fazel<\/em>, Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences; Department of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
John Fung<\/em>, Transplant Institute, United States
Osama Gaber<\/em>, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Weill Cornell Medical College, United States
Mohammad Reza Ganji<\/em>, Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Nasrollah Ghahramani<\/em>, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, United States
Ahad Ghods<\/em>, Division of Nephrology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mehmet Haberal<\/em>, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
Koroush Haghighi<\/em>, Prince of Wales and St Vincent Hospitals, Australia
Nadey Hakim<\/em>, Imperial College London, St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, United Kingdom
Nigel Heaton<\/em>, Institute of Liver Studies, King\u2019s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Kazem Hosseini Asl<\/em>, Department of Transplantation Surgery, Iran
Mohammad Hadi Imanieh<\/em>, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Hamdi Karakayali<\/em>, Organ Transplantation Center, Turkey
Jan Lerut<\/em>, University Hospitals Saint-Luc and UCL Transplant Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Mahboob Lessanpezeshki<\/em>, Division of Nephrology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Malekzadeh<\/em>, Pediatric Nephrology, UCLA Medical Center, United States
Marwan Masri<\/em>, Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Darius Mirza<\/em>, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ferdinand Muehlbacher<\/em>, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Nader Najafian<\/em>, Transplant Research Center, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, United States
Nosratollah Nezakatgoo<\/em>, Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Tennessee Medical College, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Behrooz Nikbin<\/em>, Department of Immunology and Molecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali Nobakht<\/em>, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jacques Pirenne<\/em>, Department of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Gholamreza Pourmand<\/em>, Iran
Khosrow Rahbar<\/em>, Division of Nephrology, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Asghar Rastegar<\/em>, Yale School of Medicine, United States
Bassam Saeed<\/em>, Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, Syrian Arab Republic
Catherine Sarraf<\/em>, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Mohamed H. Sayegh<\/em>, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, United States
Faissal Shaheen<\/em>, Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia
Hosein Shokouh-Amiri<\/em>, Willis-Knighton \/ LSUHSC Regional Transplant Program, United States
Nasser Simforoush<\/em>, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Gazi Zibari<\/em>, Christus Health Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana, United States<\/p>

Editorial Staff<\/h5>

Sedigheh Esfandiarnezhad<\/em>
Fatemeh Masjedi<\/em>, Nephro-Urology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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