Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the JCM 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The JCM Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to JCM. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the JCM and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. George Imataka
Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
Research Interests: acute encephalopathy; encephalitis; brain hypothermia; gaming disorder

Dr. Emmanouil Kapetanakis
Locum Thoracic and ICU Consultant, General Hospital of Piraeus “Tzaneio”, Athens, Greece
Research Interests: thoracic oncologic surgery; thoracic malignancies; minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery (VATS); pleuroscopy—medical thoracoscopy; post-graduate education; COVID-19

Dr. Petros Ioannou
Department of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Research Interests: clinical microbiology; infectious diseases; endocarditis; mycoses; fungal infections

Dr. Zenon Pogorelić
Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Split, Split, Croatia
Research Interests: laparoscopy; pediatric surgery; minimally invasive surgery; pediatric urology; testis; appendicitis; thoracoscopic surgery; testicular torsion; neonatal surgery; esophageal atresia; varicocele; acute scrotum; surgical infection

Dr. Rafał Watrowski
Faculty of Medicine (Faculty Associate), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Research Interests: gynecologic surgery; gynecologic oncology; surgical complications; laparoscopy

The Prize for Each Winner:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in JCM in 2024 after peer review;
– A certificate.

Kind regards,
JCM Editorial Office