The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Satoshi Shiono to the Editorial Board.

After working as a chief of Thoracic Surgery at Yamagata Prefectural Central hospital, he became Associate Professor in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University. Dr. Shiono's medical interests include multi-disciplinary treatment for lung cancer, sublobar resection for lung cancer, surgical pathology, perioperative management, and pulmonary metastasis. [Extracted from the article]