**Meet the editors**

Editor, Dr. Michael S. Firstenberg is a board-certified thoracic surgeon actively practicing adult cardiac surgery at the Summa Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio. He serves as an Associate Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He attended Case Western Reserve University for Medical School, received his general surgery training at University Hospitals in Cleveland, and

completed a fellowship in thoracic surgery at the Ohio State University. He also obtained advanced training in heart failure surgical therapies at the Cleveland Clinic.

Co-Editor, Dr. Stanislaw P. Stawicki leads the Department of Research & Innovation and co-directs the Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship and the IRB at St. Luke's University Health Network. A specialist in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care & Neurocritical Care, he co-authored >490 scholarly publications, including 5 books. He is a member of numerous editorial boards. His

areas of expertise include patient safety, academic leadership, mentorship, trauma, critical care, injury prevention, and sonography.
