Editorial Board Member - JSOC

Jimmy SO
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Surgery
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Health System
Singapore
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr Jimmy So is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Senior Consultant Surgeon and Director, Upper GI Surgery Service & Center for Obesity Management and Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Hospital (NUH) and Head, Upper GI Tumour Group, National University Cancer Institute of Singapore (NCIS). Dr. So received his surgical training in National University Hospital, Singapore, and underwent a fellowship training in surgical endoscopy at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Dr Jimmy So’s special interests are in gastroesophageal cancer, minimally invasive surgery, GI endoscopy, surgery for obesity and diabetes mellitus. He has published over 85 peer reviewed scientific papers and received many research grants for his research work on these topics. His research work received a Gold award at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Healthcare Group of Singapore in 2008, and Poster of Distinction at Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, 2010. He was invited to give lectures at scientific meetings of International Gastric Cancer Association (IGCA), Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA), Korean Gastric Cancer Association, and, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery. He served as editor for Journal of Gastric Cancer, and peer reviewer for many journals including British Journal of Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy. He was the founding chairman of the 1st Asia Pacific Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress in 2006.
Other Editorial Board Members - JSOC

Richard Simman
Department of Surgery
Wright State University Boonshoft School
United States

Peter Schemmer
Department of General -, Visceral- and Transplant Surgery
University Hospital of Heidelberg
Germany

Rajiv Mahendru
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
BPS Govt Medical college for Women
India

J. Philip Boudreaux
Department of Surgery
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
United States

MARK LAFTAVI
Department of Surgery
State University of New York at Buffalo
United States

Domenico Rubello
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Centre
Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital
Italy

KELLI BULLARD DUNN
Department of Surgery
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
University of Louisville School of Medicine
United States

Gregory Kouraklis
National and Kapodistrian University
President of Athens Medical Society
Greece