Editorial Board

Associate Editor
Didem Sanver, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
Didem joined the BMC series in August 2022. She holds an MSc in Bionanotechnology from the University of Sheffield and completed her PhD with an award of Research Excellence in a joint project between Food Science, Nutrition and Chemistry departments from the University of Leeds. Coming from a multidisciplinary research background in life sciences, she also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Clinical Allergy and Immunology department at Imperial College London. She is passionate about serving the scientific community as an editor and supports openness and transparency in research publishing. Didem is based at the London office.



Assistant Editors
Charisma Kevaley, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Manuscript Editors
Nikhil Ghate, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, MTech, BTech, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India


Senior Editorial Board Members

Joshua Barzilay, MD, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, USA
 

Srikhant Bellary, MD, FRCP, Aston University, UK
Dr Bellary is a Reader in Metabolic Medicine at the Aston University and an Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. He graduated from Osmania University, India and subsequently completed higher  specialist training in Diabetes Endocrinology in the United Kingdom. He was awarded the MD Degree in Medicine by the University of Birmingham, UK for his research in type 2 diabetes in south Asians.      His clinical interests include obesity and  diabetic kidney disease and has been instrumental in developing new care models for  diabetes. His research interests include epidemiology of  type 2 diabetes, diabetic kidney disease, new therapies for diabetes and metabolic ageing. He was one of the lead investigators of the UK Asian Diabetes Study. He is the Chief Investigator for Type 2 diabetes in Youth (T2DMY) Study and UK Chief Investigator for the Semaglutide and Renal Outcomes (FLOW) study besides being a Principal Investigator for several type 2 diabetes studies. He has published over a hundred papers in several reputed journals. Dr Bellary is a senior editor for BMC Endocrine Disorders and an Associate Editor for Therapeutic advances in Diabetes and Endocrinology. He is also the chair of Pan Birmingham Diabetes Network and works closely with Diabetes UK. He was one of the  12 National Diabetes UK  clinical  champions in 2014. 

Flavio Cadegiani, PhD, Federal University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
Flávio Cadegiani is a board certified Endocrinologist with Ph.D. in Clinical Endocrinology. His areas of expertise include adrenal disorders, obesity, endocrinology of physical activity and fatigue-related conditions. He has focused his studies on fatigue-related conditions, in particular a systematic review in which he debunked the existence of a pseudo-disease termed as 'adrenal fatigue', and conducted one of the largest studies on Sports Endocrinology, named 'Endocrine and Metabolic Responses on Overtraining Syndrome (EROS) Study', His book 'Overtraining Syndrome in Athletes - A Comprehensive Review and New Perspectives' was recently published by Springer Nature.

Nadia Sawicka-Gutaj, Medical University of Poznan, Poland
I am the Associate Professor in the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine at the Poznan Univeristy of Medical Sciences in Poland. I graduated cum laude from Medical Faculty in Poznan University of Medical Sciences in 2010. I am an internal medicine specialist and endocrinologist. I am also the Associate Dean for Clinical Courses of Medicine Program and Coordinator of Internal Medicine Course and Endocrinology Course for English-speaking students. I am a co-author of app. 65 articles and app. 40 conference abstracts.  My H-index is 10  and IF app. 150. In 2016-2021 I was a member of Executive Committee of Polish Society of Endocrinology and a chair of Young Polish Endocrinologists. My main scientific interests are related to thyroid dysfunction, thyroid cancers, pituitary disorders, Graves’ orbitopathy, hypogonadism,  health-related quality of life.

Editorial Board Members
Faria Afsana, MBBS, DEM, MD, BIRDEM, Bangladesh
Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash, PhD, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Halis Akturk, University of Colorado, USA
Nayyereh Aminisani, PhD, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Amutha Anandakumar, PhD, Dr. phil., Madras Diabetic Research Foundation, India
Aleksandra Araszkiewicz, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Georgia Argyrakopoulou, Athens Medical Center, Greece
Dimiter Avtanski, PhD, Northwell Health, USA
Zahra Bahadoran, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Iran
Muthuswamy Balasubramanyam, PhD, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), India
Arnab Banerjee, PhD, Bits Pilani k. K. Birla Goa campus, India
Mohammed Bashir, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation , Qatar
Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla, Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, Mexico
Dwaipayan Bharadwaj, Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, CSIR, India
Gourav Bhardwaj, PhD, University of Iowa, USA
Fabio Bioletto, MD, University of Turin, Italy
Georgios Boutzios, National University of Athens, Greece
Carmine Bruno, MD, Catholic University of Rome, Italy
Valeria Calcaterra, University of Pavia, Italy
Pietro Giorgio Caló, MD, University of Cagliari, Italy
Alejandro Campos, MD, Boston Medical Center, USA
Biagio Cangiano, Researcher, University of Milan, Italy
Yuan-Jia Chen, MD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Marcio Concepción-Zavaleta, Endocrinologist at Clínica Stella Maris, Peru
Andrea Corsello, PhD, Ospedale Isola Tiberina - Gemelli Isola, Italy
Luca D'Onofrio, PhD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Adrian Daly, MD, PhD, University of Liege, Belgium
Liza Das, MD, DM, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), India
Mario Detomas, MD, Uniersity Hospital of Würzburg, Germany
Rima Dhillon-Smith, University of Birmingham, UK
Panagiotis Drakopoulos, PhD, UZ Brussel, Belgium
Emre Durcan, MD, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Turkey
João Felício, PhD, Federal University of Pará, Brazil
Kristy Fakes, PhD, University of Newcastle, UK
Sandra Mara Ferreira, PhD, University State of Campinas, Brazil
Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, PhD, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Mexico
Asghar Ghasemi, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Iran
Kakali Ghoshal, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Deepali Gupta, Ut Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Roger Gutiérrez-Juárez, MD, PhD, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
A.B.M. Kamrul Hasan, MD, Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh
Birgit Harbeck, Priv. Doz, Dr. med., University of Hamburg/Amedes experts Hamburg, Germany
Rowan Hardy, University of Birmingham, UK
Ranjani Harish, PhD, MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION, India
Jonida Haxhi, MD, PhD, Univeristy of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Jieyu He, MD, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Yoichiro Hirakawa, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan
Violeta Iotova, PhD, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria
Silvia Ippolito, ASST PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII, Italy
Milan Jovanovic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Serbia
Sadishkumar Kamalanathan, Dr. med., Jawaharlal Institute of Postgrad Med Education & Research, India
Hiraku Kameda, MD, PhD, Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan
Zuleyha Karaca, Erciyes University Medical School, Turkey
Jean Claude Katte, MD, PhD, University of Exeter, UK
Muhammed Kizilgul, UHS Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Aleksandra Klisic, MD, PhD, University of Montenegro-Faculty of Medicine, Podgorica, Montenegro
Alexander Kokkinos, Athens University Medical School, Greece
Maria Koltowska-Haggstrom, Uppsala University, Sweden
Digsu Koye, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Maniselvan Kuppusamy, PhD, University of Virginia, USA
Giulia Lanzolla, MD, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Daniela Laudisio, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy
Gaetano Leto, MBBS, MD, SAPIENZA University of Rome - Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases - Polo Pontino of Latina, Italy
Pietro locantore, MD, phD, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Italy
Robin Maskey, MD,FICP,FACP,FRCP,Fellowship in Endocrionology, B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
Minh Tam Le, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam
Ping Yein Lee, MMed, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Tian Li, MD, Fourth Military Medical University, China
Ming Li, MD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), China
Da Li, PhD, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China
Yongze Li, PhD, The First Hospital of China Medical University, China
Ruifang Li-Gao, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Yingli Lu, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Fei Luo, MD, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Kabirullah Lutfy, Western University, USA
Ernesto Maddaloni, MD, University Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
Swayamsidha Mangaraj, MD, Siksha O Anusandhan University, India
Yuanjie Mao, MD, PhD, Ohio University, USA
Daniela Melis, University of Salerno, Italy
Eka Melson, MBBCh, MRCP, MSc, Imperial College London, UK
Deng Mingqun, Beijing Hospital, China
Marianna Minnetti, MD, PhD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Nimesh Mody, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Ramkumar Mohan, University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Kabelo Mokgalaboni, Masters degree in Medical Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa
Pasquale Mone, MD Ph.D., University of Molise, Italy
Shankar Munusamy, Drake University, USA
Giovanna Muscogiuri, University Federico II Naples, Italy
So Nagai, Hokkaido University, Japan
Akinobu Nakamura, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Annarita Nappi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Mohd Imtiaz Nawaz, PhD, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Giribabu Nelli, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Hiroshi Nomoto, MD, PhD, Hokkaido University, Japan
Geoffrey Omuse, Dr. med., Aga Khan University Hospital, Kenya
Fernanda Ortis, PhD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Francesco Panzuto, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Nikoloas Papanas, PhD, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Rosa Maria Paragliola, Unicamillus - Saint Camillus University of Health Sciences, Italy
Nikolaos Perakakis, Dr. med., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA
Sofia Perez-Calahorra, MSc, Zaragoza University, Spain
Antonino Di Pino, University of Catania, Italy
Andra Piciu, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Somasundram Pillay, Senior PhD, PhD, FCP(SA), MMed,MBChB (UZKN), University of KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa
Djordje Popovic, PhD, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Ramesh Pothuraju, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Sjaak Pouwels, MD, PhD, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Netherlands
Gabriella Pugliese, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy
Dyah Purnamasari, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Devarajan Rathish, MBBS, SCHP, DFM, MPH, MPhil, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Elham Razmpoosh, PhD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jordi Reverter, Germans Trias I Pujol University Hospital, Spain
Ntethelelo Sibiya, PhD, Rhodes University, South Africa
Banshi Saboo, Diacare-Diabetes Care and Hormone Clinic, India
Rakesh Kumar Sahay, MBBS, MD, DM, Osmania Medical College, India
Yoshifumi Saisho, MD, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Shabana Saleem, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Gaetano Santulli, MD, PhD, FAHA, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Debmalya Sanyal, MBBS, DTMH, MD, Wbhus And School of Medicine and Public Health University Of Newcastle, Australia.
Osei Sarfo-Kantaka, Dr. med., Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Teresa Maria Seccia, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Franz Sesti, MD, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Kripa Shankar, PhD, UTSouthwestern Medical Center, USA
Xingming Shi, PhD, Augusta University, USA
Bang Sun, MD, PhD, Beijing Friendship Hospital, China
Magdalena Szopa, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Dicky Tahapary, MD, PHD, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Ehsaneh Taheri, PhD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Iran
Maria Laura Tanda, University of Insubria, Italy
Petros Thomakos, PhD, Diabetes Center and Clinic, Hygeia Hospital, Greece
Serap Turan, Marmara University School of Medicine, Turkey
Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre, MD, DSc, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Aleksandra Uruska, PhD, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Neftali Eduardo Antonio Villa, MD, PhD, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Ludovica Verde, Master degree, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Weihao Wang, MD, Beijing Hospital, China
Malgorzata Wasniewska, Dr. med., University of Messina, Italy
Song Wen, Dr, MS, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, China
Ben Wheeler, MBCHB, DCH, CCE, University of Otago, New Zealand
Ronald Man Yeung Wong, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Clare Wotton, MSc, University of Oxford, UK
Daisuke Yabe, MD, PhD, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Japan
Cui Zhang, MD, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China
Vera Zdravkovic, PhD, University Children's Hospital, Serbia
Zhiming Zhu, Daping Hospital, China
Ouliana Ziouzenkova, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Yang Zou, Master, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, China


Editorial Advisors 
Miguel Goncalves, UK Research & Innovation, UK
Chao Chun Zou, Zhejiang University, China