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Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Ahmed A. Shokeir MD, PhD - Professor & Chairman of Urology Department, Mansoura University, Egypt
Co-editors
Adel Elbakry MD - Professor of Urology, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Mohammad Abufaraj MD - Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Jordan, Jordan
Technical Editor
Sharon Hollingsworth - Hollingsworth Biomedical Editing, Scotland
Section Editors
Andrology / Sexual Medicine
Tom F. Lue MD - Professor and Vice Chair of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Ahmed El-Sakka MD - Professor & Chairman of Urology Department, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Laparoscopy / Robotics
Louis R. Kavoussi MD - Chairman of Urology, The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, Northwell Health, USA
Jihad Kaouk MD - Associate Professor of Surgery, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic, USA
Oncology / Reconstruction
Nabil K. Bissada MD - Director of Department of Urology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Hassan Abol-Enein MD, PhD - Professor of Urology & Nephrology, Mansoura University, Egypt
Renal Transplantation
Markus Giessing MD - Senior Consultant in Urology, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany
Hassan Ibrahim MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA
Stones / Endourology
Demetrius H. Bagley MD - Professor of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Noor Buchholz MD - Director U-merge Ltd. (Urology in Emerging Countries), UK
Voiding Dysfunction / Female Urology
Gamal Ghoniem MD - Professor of Clinical Urology and Vice Chairman, University of California Irvine (UCI), USA
Fawzy Farag MD, PhD - Consultant and Associate Professor of Urology, Sohag University Hospital, Egypt
Uroscience
Michael J. Droller MD - Professor of Urology and Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai Medical Center,USA
Editorial Board
O.M. Aboumarzouk MD - Consultant in Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Paul Abrams MD - Professor of Urology, University of Bristol, UK
Osama Abu Farha MD - Professor of Urology, Tanta University, Egypt
Sameh R. Abul-Ezz MD - Professor of Nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Adel Al Dayel MD - Consultant Urologist and Chairman of the Urology Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Alenzi - Kuwait
I.S. Al-Azzawi MD - Professor of Urology, Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq
Reem B. Aldamanhori MD - Professor of Urology, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Sabah A. Alkadhi MD - Professor of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Al Wakra Hospital, Qatar
Mohammed Salim Al-Marhoon MD, PhD - Senior Consultant Urological Surgeon, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Ibrahim Hussen Alnono MD - Professor of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Sana'a University, Yemen
Mohammed A. Alom MD - Head of Urology Department, Al Abbassieen Hospital, Damascus, Syria
Mohammed A. Atta MD - Professor of Urology, Alexandria University, Egypt
Ibrahim Hussein Al-Ali Bani-Hani MD - Professor of Surgery and Urology, King Abdulla University Hospital, Jordan
Douglas Canning MD - Chief of the Division of Urology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Peter Carroll MD - Professor of Urology, University of California – San Francisco, USA
C. Chapple - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sheffield, and Sheffield Hallam University, UK
F.M.J. Debruyne MD - Professor of Urology, Andros Men’s Health Institutes, Netherlands
Mahesh Desai MD - Medical Director, Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, India
Mohammed Eissa MD - Professor of Urology, Cairo University, Egypt
Abdel El-Kassaby MD - Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Ain Shams University, Egypt
A.R. EL-Nahas MD - Professor of Urology, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt
Ahmed M. Elshal MD - Assistant Professor of Urology, Mansoura University, Egypt
Amr Fergany MD - Professor of Urology, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Robert Flanigan MD - rofessor of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, USA
K. Fouda Neel MD - Professor of Urology, King Saud University, Saudi Arabi
Francesco Montorsi MD - Professor & Chairman of the Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
Osama Gaber MD - Vice Chairman of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Mohamed A. Ghoneim MD - Professor Emeritus of Urology, Mansoura University, Egypt
Khald Hafez MD, PhD - Professor of Urologic Oncology, University of Michigan, USA
Lukman Hakim MD, MHA, PhD - Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga/Universitas Airlangga Teaching Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Axel Heidenreich MD - Professor of Urology and Chairman and Director of the Department of Urology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Terry Hensle MD - Consulting Paediatric Urologist, Hackensack University Medical Center, USA
Harry W. Kerr MD - Professor of Urology, University of California Medical Center, USA
A. Horchani MD - Professor of Urology, La Rabta Hospital, Tunisia
Manaf Al Hashimi MBChB, FICMS, FEBU, FECSM - Consultant Urology, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
F. Ibrahim MD - Professor of Urology, Upper Nile University, Sudan
Yasin Idweini MD - Chairman of Urology Department, Al-Bashir Hospital, Jordan
Michel E. Jabbour MD - Professor of Clinical Surgery, Chief of Urology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Balamand University, Lebanon
Gerald H. Jordan MD - Professor of Urology, Virginia University, USA
Ismail Khalaf MD - Professor of Urology, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Raja B. Khauli MD - Professor of Urology, American University in Beirut, Lebanon
Tan V. Le MD - Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Department of Andrology and Urology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
John A. Libertino MD - Chair of Urology Department, Lahey Clinic, USA
M. Marberger MD - Professor & Chairman of the Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Jack W. McAninch MD - Professor of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
M. Menon MD - Director, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System, USA
Michael E. Mitchell MD - Professor of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Ahmed Morsy MD - Professor of Urology, Cairo University, Egypt
H.A. Mosli MD - Professor of Urology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Said Moudouni MD - Professor of Urology, CHU Marrakech, Morocco
Sherif Mourad MD - Professor of Urology, Ain Shams University and Katameya Clinic for Medical Services, Egypt
P. Mouriquand MD - Professor of Urology, Hôpital Mère-Enfants - Groupement Hospitalier Est, France
Omar Moussa PhD - Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Rien J. Nijman MD - Consultant Urologist, Martini Ziekenhuis, Netherlands
Enzo Palminteri MD - Professor of Urology, Centre for Urethral and Genital Reconstruction, Italy
A. Papatsoris MD - Professor of Urology, University of Athens/Sismanoglio General Hospital, Greece
Ridwan Shabsigh MD - Director of Division of Urology, Maimonides Medical Center, USA
Mahmoud Shalaby MD - Professor of Urology, Assuit University, Egypt
Mostafa Shamaa MD - Professor of Urology, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Lamine Smida MD - Professor of Urology, Tanit Medical, Tunisia
Arthur D. Smith MD - Chairman Emeritus, The Arthur Smith Institute of Urology, USA
Joseph A. Smith MD - Professor of Urology, Vanderbilt University, USA
A. Stenzl MD - Professor of Urology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Jamsheer Talati MD - Professor of Urology, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Emil Tanagho - Emeritus Professor of Urology, University of California - San Francisco, USA
A.M. Traish PhD - Emeritus Professor of Urology, Boston University, USA
Hendrik Van Poppel MD, PhD - Chairman of the Department of Urology, University of Leuven, Belgium
Ralph W. de Vere White MD - Emeritus Professor of Urology, UC Davis Cancer Center, USA
M.P. Wirth MD - Professor of Urology, University of Dresden, Germany
A.A. Yassin MD - Professor of Urology, Dresden International University, Germany
Mohammed S. Abomelha MD - Consultant Urologist, Advanced Medical Center for Specialities, Saudi Arabia
Abdulla Al-Ansari MD - Deputy Chief of Medical, Academic & Research Affairs, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Ibrahim Al Oraifi MD - Director General, Eastern Province Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Khaleel Alawadi MD - Senior Consultant Urologist, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
Ahmed Mansour MD - Assistant Professor, UT Health San Antonio, USA
Ahmed A. Shokeir MD, PhD - Professor & Chairman of Urology Department, Mansoura University, Egypt
Co-editors
Adel Elbakry MD - Professor of Urology, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Mohammad Abufaraj MD - Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Jordan, Jordan
Technical Editor
Sharon Hollingsworth - Hollingsworth Biomedical Editing, Scotland
Section Editors
Andrology / Sexual Medicine
Tom F. Lue MD - Professor and Vice Chair of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Ahmed El-Sakka MD - Professor & Chairman of Urology Department, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Laparoscopy / Robotics
Louis R. Kavoussi MD - Chairman of Urology, The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, Northwell Health, USA
Jihad Kaouk MD - Associate Professor of Surgery, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic, USA
Oncology / Reconstruction
Nabil K. Bissada MD - Director of Department of Urology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Hassan Abol-Enein MD, PhD - Professor of Urology & Nephrology, Mansoura University, Egypt
Renal Transplantation
Markus Giessing MD - Senior Consultant in Urology, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany
Hassan Ibrahim MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA
Stones / Endourology
Demetrius H. Bagley MD - Professor of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Noor Buchholz MD - Director U-merge Ltd. (Urology in Emerging Countries), UK
Voiding Dysfunction / Female Urology
Gamal Ghoniem MD - Professor of Clinical Urology and Vice Chairman, University of California Irvine (UCI), USA
Fawzy Farag MD, PhD - Consultant and Associate Professor of Urology, Sohag University Hospital, Egypt
Uroscience
Michael J. Droller MD - Professor of Urology and Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai Medical Center,USA
Editorial Board
O.M. Aboumarzouk MD - Consultant in Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Paul Abrams MD - Professor of Urology, University of Bristol, UK
Osama Abu Farha MD - Professor of Urology, Tanta University, Egypt
Sameh R. Abul-Ezz MD - Professor of Nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Adel Al Dayel MD - Consultant Urologist and Chairman of the Urology Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Alenzi - Kuwait
I.S. Al-Azzawi MD - Professor of Urology, Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq
Reem B. Aldamanhori MD - Professor of Urology, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Sabah A. Alkadhi MD - Professor of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Al Wakra Hospital, Qatar
Mohammed Salim Al-Marhoon MD, PhD - Senior Consultant Urological Surgeon, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Ibrahim Hussen Alnono MD - Professor of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Sana'a University, Yemen
Mohammed A. Alom MD - Head of Urology Department, Al Abbassieen Hospital, Damascus, Syria
Mohammed A. Atta MD - Professor of Urology, Alexandria University, Egypt
Ibrahim Hussein Al-Ali Bani-Hani MD - Professor of Surgery and Urology, King Abdulla University Hospital, Jordan
Douglas Canning MD - Chief of the Division of Urology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Peter Carroll MD - Professor of Urology, University of California – San Francisco, USA
Selahittin Çayan MD, FECSM - Professor of Urology, University of Mersin School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Andrology Section, 33343-Mersin, Turkey
A.K. Chamssuddin - Byroni Hospital, SyriaC. Chapple - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sheffield, and Sheffield Hallam University, UK
F.M.J. Debruyne MD - Professor of Urology, Andros Men’s Health Institutes, Netherlands
Mahesh Desai MD - Medical Director, Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, India
Mohammed Eissa MD - Professor of Urology, Cairo University, Egypt
Abdel El-Kassaby MD - Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Ain Shams University, Egypt
A.R. EL-Nahas MD - Professor of Urology, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt
Ahmed M. Elshal MD - Assistant Professor of Urology, Mansoura University, Egypt
Amr Fergany MD - Professor of Urology, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Robert Flanigan MD - rofessor of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, USA
K. Fouda Neel MD - Professor of Urology, King Saud University, Saudi Arabi
Francesco Montorsi MD - Professor & Chairman of the Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy
Osama Gaber MD - Vice Chairman of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Mohamed A. Ghoneim MD - Professor Emeritus of Urology, Mansoura University, Egypt
Khald Hafez MD, PhD - Professor of Urologic Oncology, University of Michigan, USA
Lukman Hakim MD, MHA, PhD - Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga/Universitas Airlangga Teaching Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Ahmed Harraz MD - MAssociate Professor of Urology, Mansoura University, Egypt
W. Hassen - Tawam Hospital, UAEAxel Heidenreich MD - Professor of Urology and Chairman and Director of the Department of Urology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Terry Hensle MD - Consulting Paediatric Urologist, Hackensack University Medical Center, USA
Harry W. Kerr MD - Professor of Urology, University of California Medical Center, USA
A. Horchani MD - Professor of Urology, La Rabta Hospital, Tunisia
Manaf Al Hashimi MBChB, FICMS, FEBU, FECSM - Consultant Urology, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
F. Ibrahim MD - Professor of Urology, Upper Nile University, Sudan
Yasin Idweini MD - Chairman of Urology Department, Al-Bashir Hospital, Jordan
Michel E. Jabbour MD - Professor of Clinical Surgery, Chief of Urology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Balamand University, Lebanon
Gerald H. Jordan MD - Professor of Urology, Virginia University, USA
Ismail Khalaf MD - Professor of Urology, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Raja B. Khauli MD - Professor of Urology, American University in Beirut, Lebanon
Tan V. Le MD - Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Department of Andrology and Urology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
John A. Libertino MD - Chair of Urology Department, Lahey Clinic, USA
M. Marberger MD - Professor & Chairman of the Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Jack W. McAninch MD - Professor of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
M. Menon MD - Director, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System, USA
Michael E. Mitchell MD - Professor of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Ahmed Morsy MD - Professor of Urology, Cairo University, Egypt
H.A. Mosli MD - Professor of Urology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Said Moudouni MD - Professor of Urology, CHU Marrakech, Morocco
Sherif Mourad MD - Professor of Urology, Ain Shams University and Katameya Clinic for Medical Services, Egypt
P. Mouriquand MD - Professor of Urology, Hôpital Mère-Enfants - Groupement Hospitalier Est, France
Omar Moussa PhD - Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Rien J. Nijman MD - Consultant Urologist, Martini Ziekenhuis, Netherlands
Enzo Palminteri MD - Professor of Urology, Centre for Urethral and Genital Reconstruction, Italy
A. Papatsoris MD - Professor of Urology, University of Athens/Sismanoglio General Hospital, Greece
Germar-Michael Pinggera MD - Univ. Prof.hc.(RAU), PLL.M, FECSM, Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020- Innsbruck, Austria
Amarnath Rambhatla MD - Director of Men's Health, Program Director Andrology Fellowship, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI, USA
Randall Rowland MD - Professor of Urology, University of Kentucky, USA
F. Saad MD - Professor of Urology, Gulf Medical University School of Medicine, UAERidwan Shabsigh MD - Director of Division of Urology, Maimonides Medical Center, USA
Mahmoud Shalaby MD - Professor of Urology, Assuit University, Egypt
Mostafa Shamaa MD - Professor of Urology, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Lamine Smida MD - Professor of Urology, Tanit Medical, Tunisia
Arthur D. Smith MD - Chairman Emeritus, The Arthur Smith Institute of Urology, USA
Joseph A. Smith MD - Professor of Urology, Vanderbilt University, USA
A. Stenzl MD - Professor of Urology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Jamsheer Talati MD - Professor of Urology, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Emil Tanagho - Emeritus Professor of Urology, University of California - San Francisco, USA
A.M. Traish PhD - Emeritus Professor of Urology, Boston University, USA
Hendrik Van Poppel MD, PhD - Chairman of the Department of Urology, University of Leuven, Belgium
Ralph W. de Vere White MD - Emeritus Professor of Urology, UC Davis Cancer Center, USA
M.P. Wirth MD - Professor of Urology, University of Dresden, Germany
A.A. Yassin MD - Professor of Urology, Dresden International University, Germany
Mohammed S. Abomelha MD - Consultant Urologist, Advanced Medical Center for Specialities, Saudi Arabia
Abdulla Al-Ansari MD - Deputy Chief of Medical, Academic & Research Affairs, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Ibrahim Al Oraifi MD - Director General, Eastern Province Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Khaleel Alawadi MD - Senior Consultant Urologist, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
Ahmed Mansour MD - Assistant Professor, UT Health San Antonio, USA