Prof. Dr. Antonio Gasbarrini is a Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Director of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, the Complex Operating Unit of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, and CEMAD (Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digrente) of the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli IRCCS in Rome. He received his medical degree in 1988 from the University of Bologna and is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy. He was a Clinical and Research Fellow in Gastroenterology at the Liver Transplantation Department of the University of Pittsburgh (USA) from 1990 to 1993. From 2006 to 2008, he was a Secretary of the Italian Association for Liver Study (AISF). From 2008 to 2011: President of the Italian Foundation for Research in Hepatology (FIRE); from 2010 to 2015: coordinator of Alliance Against Hepatitis (ACE). From 2017 to 2019, he was vice president of the Italian Digestive Disease Foundation. He is a board member of the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group (EHMSG) and the European Association of Gastroenterology Endoscopy and Nutrition (EAGEN). He is a member of the scientific committee of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) and the Italian Celiac Association (AIC).