Prof. Dr. Pietro Andreone graduated from the University of Bologna (Italy) School of Medicine and Surgery in 1980 and completed his training in Internal Medicine. In 1989 he was appointed at the Department of Internal Medicine as Assistant Professor and from 2005 he is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine. From 1991 he is the leader of an active research group in the field of Hepatology. His group has had continuous funding from the Italian Ministry of Scientific Research, the Ministry of Health, and the University-Region Emilia Romagna research programs. His areas of research are the diseases of the liver with a special interest in chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver immunology, liver transplantation, and liver stem cells.