EDITORIAL BOARD

Chief Editor	JAFFAR M ALBAREEQ DLO, RCP, RCS
	Chief Editor's Publications
Assistant Chief Editors	FAYEK A AL HILLI PhD (Path), Professor of Pathology, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
Senior Editors	SAEED AL HINDI FRCSI, Assisstant Professor of Surgery, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain PROF. MARTIN T. CORBALLY FRCS, MRCPI (Assoc), Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, RCSI-MUB, Chief of Medical Staff, King Hamad University Hospital HESHAM YOUSIF ALI HASSAN FRCS, Assistant Professor of ENT Surgery, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain OMAR SHARIF MD, Consultant, Gastroenterologist, King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain PROF. WILLIAM CASEY MBBCh, BAO, DM (UK), Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Physiology, RCSI-MUB, Director of ICU, King Hamad University Hospital Reem Albareeq MD, MRCSI, CABU, Consultant urology/urogynecology, Bahrain Rani Al Agha Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Abdulrahman AlMannai MB BCh BAO, Board resident in the ENT department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain. Fatema A. Redha Isa Hasan OB GYN Specialist, Governmental Hospital, Bahrain Resan Badran Cardiac Center: Senior Consultant Cardiologist Cardiac Center: Senior Consultant Cardiologist Cardiac Center: Cardiac Surgeon Neal khakis Cardiac Center: Consultant Cardiologist Mudassar Iqbal Arain PharmD, PhD, Post-Doc, RPh University of California San Diego USA
Emeritus Editors	MOHAMED BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA MD, Consultant Diabetologist and Chairman of Supreme Council of Health, Bahrain FAISAL AL-MOUSAWI FRCS, President, Royal College of Surgeon of Ireland, Bahrain-Medical University HASSAN H ALARAYED FRCS, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Ibn-AlNafees Hospital, Bahrain
Overseas Editors	J K DHALIWAL FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist MOHINDER SINGH FRCS, Consultant Ophthalmologist   PROF. EAMON TIERNEY FFARCSI, ICU Consultant    FALAH R ALSHAMMARI (Bsc, MDPH, PhD (Dental Public Health/Community dentistry)), The University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia     Abdalla A Malki FRCS, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Editorial Office Executive (Issue editor)	SAEED AL HINDI MD, MSc FRCSI, Assisstant Professor of Surgery Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain

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