**Meet the editors**

Hesham Abdeldayem, Professor of Surgery and Vice Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Research at the National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt. He has graduated from Kasr Elaini School of Medicine in 1987, where he was appointed as a resident of General Surgery and Assistant Lecturer of Microbiology. Prof. Abdeldayem joined the National Liver Institute in 1993.

He has several publications in the field of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and liver transplantation. He was appointed as a Member of InTech's Editorial Advisory Board, and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Surgery.

Ahmed Elshaarawy, Professor of Clinical Pathology and Dean of the National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt. He has graduated from the School of Medicine, Benha University in 1981, where he was appointed as a resident of Clinical Pathology, after which he moved to the National Liver Institute in 1988 as an Assistant Lecturer in Clinical Pathology. There he was promoted

to a position of Lecturer, Assistant Professor and lastly, to Professor of Clinical Pathology. Prof. Elshaarawy has contributed to many research projects and publications in the field of clinical pathology, liver diseases, liver transplantation and stem cells.

Tary Salman, Professor of Hepatology and Vice Dean for Community and Environmental Service, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt. She has graduated from the School of Medicine, Alexandria University in 1985, where she was appointed as a resident of Tropical Medicine, after which she moved to the National Liver Institute in 1990 as an assistant

Lecturer in Hepatology. There Prof. Salman was promoted to a position of Lecturer, Assistant Professor and lastly, to Professor of Hepatology. She contributed in many research projects and publications in the field of liver diseases and transplantation.
