The 3rd Editorial Board Meeting of Artificial Intelligence Surgery Successfully Held

On March 22nd, 2023, the 3rd Editorial Board meeting of Artificial Intelligence Surgery (AIS) was successfully held online. Thirty Editorial Board members (EB members) with strong academic backgrounds were in attendance.

Firstly, Prof. Andrew A. Gumbs, the Editor-in-Chief, summarized the journal's achievements in 2022 and expressed his gratitude to all the EB members. Then, in the free discussion, Prof. Gumbs presented the future development strategies of the journal, including Special Issues, publications, webinars, and awards. Most of the EB members put forward constructive suggestions for attracting submissions and enhancing academic influence.

On behalf of the Editorial Office, we would like to express our deep gratitude to all respected EB members. Your invaluable insights and opinions have played a vital role in advancing academic excellence and innovation within our journal. Under the professional guidance of the Editor-in-Chief and the continuous support of the EB members, AIS is poised to achieve new heights in 2023.

Attendees list:
Brice Gayet, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), University Paris Descartes, Paris, France. 
Andrew A. Gumbs, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Poissy-St-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy, France.
Adrian Park, Department of Surgery, the Earl Simulation to Advance Innovation and Learning Center, Anne Arundel Health System, Annapolis, MD, USA. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sharona Ross, Southeastern Center for Digestive Disorders and Pancreatic Cancer, Florida Hospital Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA. Digestive Health Institute, AdventHealth Tampa, Tampa, Fl, USA.
Lee Swanström, IHU-Strasbourg, France. Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University Oregon, Portland, OR, USA.
Clarissa Ferrari, Head of Research and Clinical Trials Office, Poliambulanza Institute Hospital Foundation, via Bissolati, Brescia, Italy.
Michel Gagner, Department of Surgery, Westmount Square Surgical Center, Quebec, Westmount, Canada.
Eyad Elyan, School of Computing Science and Digital Media, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
Isabella Frigerio, Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy.
W. Konrad Karcz, Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
S. Vincent Grasso, Family Christian Health Center, Harvey, IL, United States.
Alfredo Illanes, INKA-Application Driven Research, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Takeaki Ishizawa, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Stephen Kavic, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Marialuisa Lugaresi, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Michele Masetti, Department of Specialist Surgery, Division of General and Emergency Surgery, Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Luca Milone, Department of Surgery, Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.
Zbigniew Nawrat, Fundacja Rozwoju Kardiochirurgii, Zabrze, Zabrze, Poland.
Carla Pugh, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Stefanie Speidel, Division of Translational Surgical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Vivian Strong, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Lequan Yu, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jawad Ali, Department of Surgery, Ascension Health, Austin, TX, USA.
Hengrui Liang, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University/The National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Rafik Margaryan, Cardiac Surgery Department, Ospedale Del Cuore Fondazioen G Monasterio, Massa, Italy.
Heba Taher, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Manana Gogol, Department of General and Metabolic Surgery, St.John the Merciful Private Clinic, European University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Jaime Vilaca, Department of General Surgery, Hospital da Luz, Porto, Portugal. Escola de Medicina, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Martin Wagner, Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany.
Taiga Wakabayashi, Center for Advanced Treatment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
Note: The list is arranged in no particular order.

Respectfully submitted by the Editorial Office of AIS