Takashi Sakamoto is at the Colorectal Division, Cancer Institute Hospital for the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research. He completed his Master of Public Health (MPH) studies in clinical epidemiology and public health at the University of Tokyo. He received his medical degree from Kobe University's Faculty of Medicine. He has published several papers in journals and is the first author of real-world database research. He has been the primary author of publications in the Annals of Surgery, British Journal of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, and HPB journal. His interests include machine learning, propensity score, acute mesenteric ischemia, gallstone disease, inguinal hernia, colorectal surgery, and rectal surgery. He is a member of the Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Surgery (JSGS), Japanese Surgical Society (JSS), Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSG), Japanese Gastroenterological Endoscopic Society (JGES), Japanese Association for Infectious Disease (JIC), Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) and Society for Clinical Epidemiology.
Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk works as a general cardiovascular disease fellow at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, United States. He completed his undergraduate medical training at the prestigious King Edward Medical University in Pakistan in 2011. He finished his internal medicine residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St Luke's West Hospital, NY. He has been involved in research projects at the premier Mount Sinai hospital. He researched anti-arrhythmic drugs, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, functional Mitral regurgitation, and interventional treatment of pulmonary embolism. Clinically, he has been involved in the comprehensive management of patients with coronary artery disease, rhythm disorder, and advanced cardiomyopathies. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), American Medical Association (AMA), American College of Physicians (ACP), and European Society of Cardiology (ESC). He is also a member of the Royal College of the United Kingdom (MRCP).
Mahboob Alam is an Associate Professor at the Medicine-Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, United States. He is also the Associate Program Director at the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship (Medicine/Cardiology), at Baylor College of Medicine. He earned a BS in Medical College (2002) from the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Houston, TX, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Washington, DC, the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and ABIM Foundation. His research interests include interventional cardiology, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiogenic shock, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and peripheral arterial disease.
Chayakrit Krittanawong is a Cardiologist specializing in precision medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States. He is also a reviewer at Nature Cardiovascular Research, London, UK. He studied for the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at the NYU Langone Medical Center and the Cardiology Fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine. He has been the primary author of publications in Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), European Heart Journal, JAMA Cardiology, Nature Review Cardiology, JACC Imaging, Heart, and BMJ Innovation. He serves as a reviewer for multiple journals, including The Lancet, Nature Genetics, Annals of Internal Medicine, Circulation, JACC, JAMA Cardiology, Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), Lancet Digital Health, JACC Imaging, JACC Cardiovascular Interventions and Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME). He serves on the ACC Guidelines and Documents Task Forces on the Solution Set.
