Prof. Dr. Roberto Salvia is currently a full professor of Surgery and the executive chief of the Verona Pancreas Institute. He qualified in Medicine (MD degree) in 1991 at the University of Verona and received his certification in General Surgery in 1997. Furthermore, in 2002, he attained a Ph.D. degree in Pancreatic Sciences. He completed a research fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, USA. Prof. Salvia served as an attending surgeon at the Unit of Pancreatic Surgery at the University of Verona Hospital Trust. He is president of the European Digestive Surgery (EDS) Society and secretary of the European–African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (EAHPBA). He is the editor-in-chief of Digestive Surgery. His experience covers all surgical diseases of the pancreas but is particularly relevant to the field of cystic neoplasms and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.