The Annals Reviewers of the Year

Now in its fourth year, the Reviewer of the Year award is announced annually to recognize an outstanding peer reviewer for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. From its inception, the Editorial Board felt highlighting a winner in each of the three main disciplines—Adult Cardiac, General Thoracic, and Congenital Heart Surgery—was warranted, as well as highlighting one trainee/resident award winner. As of this year, we have expanded to include a winner in the field of Perioperative/Critical Care.

In recognition of those who consistently provided a combination of high-quality, thorough, and professional reviews in a timely manner, The Annals named the following outstanding recipients for 2023: 

General Thoracic: 

Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD, from Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA

Adult Cardiac: 

Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, from Texas Health Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

Congenital: 

Karthik V. Ramakrishnan, MD, from Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN

Perioperative/Critical Care: 

Michael C. Grant, MD, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Trainee: 

M. Mujeeb Zubair, MD, from the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Reviewing for The Annals is at once an act of generosity, a responsibility, as well as a privilege, and this year’s winners highlight the tremendous support we receive from our peers in the cardiothoracic surgical community. This important work helps our authors do better studies and write better papers, and we celebrate their efforts in safeguarding the quality and integrity of scholarly communication through peer review. We are thankful for their contributions to our scientific field.

If you wish to become further engaged in peer reviewing for The Annals, please join our “Reviewer Volunteer” program, and our Senior Editors will be able to recognize your interest when they are handling manuscripts that may be applicable to your areas of expertise. For more information on Annals’ “Reviewer Volunteer” program and to express your interest in joining, please contact theannals@sts.org. 

Additionally, Elsevier now supports a Volunteer to Review opportunity through Reviewer Hub, which upon registration allows researchers to indicate their interest in reviewing for any Elsevier title, including The Annals. With this new feature linked to a user’s Scopus and Reviewer Hub profile, editors can search for and select these candidate reviewers seamlessly within our internal peer review system. 
 

View Reviewer Guidelines