Jean-Luc Van Laethem is the Head of the Digestive Oncology Clinic within the Gastroenterology department of the Erasme Hospital (ULB). Since 2013, he has also been the Head of the Medical Oncology Department and Coordinator of the Oncological Care Program at the Erasme Hospital. He is currently chairman of the Pancreatic Task Force of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), as well as a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Digestive Oncology. He is also a member of the Teaching College for the Certificate in Gastroenterology and a lecturer at ULB. His research keywords include pancreatic cancer; distal pancreatectomy; pancreatic neoplasia; and pancreas physiology.