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Dr James Mountford
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Leader
Dr James Mountford is Director of Quality at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He worked initially as an NHS doctor, then in consulting. From 2005-2007, he was a Commonwealth Fund Health Foundation Harkness Fellow based in Massachusetts General Hospital, and at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), both in Boston, USA. Before moving to the Royal Free, he was Director of Quality at UCL Partners, an academic health sciences partnership serving a population of 3 million in and around London. He sits on the board of AQuA, the improvement partnership based in north-west England. In March 2020 he was seconded to work as the Chief of Quality and Learning at the NHS Nightingale Hospital London, opened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Richard Hurley
Features and Debates Editor – The BMJ
Richard Hurley is The BMJs features and debates editor, responsible for our head to head debates; features, and essays. He’s particularly interested in poverty, migration, doctor assisted dying and illicit drug policy and their impact on health.
Dr Declan Walsh
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
A pioneer in palliative medicine, Dr Declan Walsh is an internationally renowned physician, researcher, educator and administrator. He developed the first palliative care programme in the United States. In recognition of his achievements, he received the John Mendelsohn Award from MD Anderson Cancer Centre, a lifetime achievement award from the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer and a Visionary Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Professor Ganesan Karthikeyan
Editor-in-Chief Open Heart
Professor Karthikeyan is a clinical, interventional cardiologist and a Senior International Fellow of the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Canada, as well as Professor of Cardiology at AIIMS. His research is mainly focused on cardiovascular diseases affecting low and middle income countries, including valvular heart disease, particularly rheumatic heart disease (RHD), mechanical valve thrombosis, anticoagulation, and indigenous drug-eluting stents.
Professor Yu-Chuan Jack Li
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Professor Yu-Chuan Jack Li is a researcher of artificial intelligence in medicine and medical informatics, and a practising dermatologist. He is currently Dean and distinguished professor at the College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University and the Chief of Dermatology at the Centre for Cosmetic and Laser, Paipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital. Professor Li has also served as President of the Asia-Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI), and President-elect of International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).
Professor Anna Maria Geretti
Editor-in-Chief of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Anna Maria Geretti, MD, PhD, FRCPath, is Professor of Virology & Infectious Diseases at the Institute of Infection & Global Health of the University of Liverpool, and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. She trained in Italy, the Netherlands and the UK and has a special interest in HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, editorials, reviews and book chapters, runs capacity building programmes for resource-limited countries and enthusiastically shares her expertise to train doctors and scientists.
