Robert Flisiak is a professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology at the Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland. He received his medical education at the Medical University of Białystok, completing training in internal medicine (1988) and infectious diseases (1991). From 1991 to 1992, he undertook research training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, alongside additional clinical training in London and Salzburg. He is currently the President of the Polish Association of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, the President of the Central European Hepatologic Collaboration, the President of the Polish Expert Group for HBV, and the former President of the Polish Association for the Study of the Liver. His scientific work has focused on infectious diseases and hepatology.