Nam Kyu Kim, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, FRCS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.Kenichi Sugihara, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University. President, Khojinkai Daiichi Hospital, Japan.Jin-Tung Liang, M.D., Ph.D., Vice-chairman, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.