We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jacob Rosenberg as the new Co-ordinating Editor of Cochrane Colorectal Cancer at the Herlev Hospital and University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Professor Rosenberg has authored or co-authored nearly 800 publications, including 706 scientific articles, 53 book chapters, and 26 textbooks, and has delivered several hundred scientific lectures internationally and within Denmark. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, US. He has been Editor in Chief for Ugeskrift for Læger and the Danish Medical Journal for 13 years and associate editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Surgery for 2 years. He was also a member of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) for 7 years and is past president of The Royal Copenhagen Medical Society.
Professor Rosenberg said: “I am delighted to take this position and look very much forward to the work. Cochrane Colorectal Cancer has currently a broad scope covering various issues within abdominal surgery. My goal is to streamline the editorial process, to continue the great work of enhancing the quality of the reviews, and to increase awareness and importance of the publications from our Cochrane Review Croup."