Prof. Dr. Manuel Perez-Miranda is the Head of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega Valladolid, Spain. He received a Specialty Diploma in Gastroenterolgy from the Spanish Ministry of Health in 1995 after training at Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid,1991–1994, and advanced endoscopy training at Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, and Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice, Poland,1995–1996. His areas of interest include interventional pancreatobiliary and GI endoscopy, ERCP, EUS, and metal stents, with a major focus on interventional therapeutic EUS, the development of novel therapies, and postgraduate advanced endoscopy training.