Prof. Maria Assunta Zocco achieved her degree in Medicine and Surgery and finished her training in internal medicine at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. Then, she worked as a research fellow at the George-August University Göttingen. She also completed her Ph.D. in the Physiopathology of Nutrition and Metabolism at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. She was appointed a Clinical Fellow in Hepatology and Internal Ultrasound at the S. Orsola Malpighi University of Bologna in 2007. Her areas of research and interest include abdominal ultrasound, color Doppler ultrasound of the liver, ultrasound with contrast medium, pancreatic ultrasound, ultrasound of the intestinal loops, ultrasound-guided interventional procedures, hepatology and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.