Prof. Dr. Franco Roviello is a Full Professor of General Surgery, Director of the Division of General and Oncologic Surgery at Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte Hospital Siena, University of Siena, and Head of the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Program of the University of Siena. Board Member of the International Gastric Cancer Association, President-Elect of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO), and member of the Italian Society of Surgery. Since 2012 he has been Associate Editor for upper gastrointestinal surgery of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO). He is a founding member and coordinator of GIRCG (Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer).