Prof. Des Winter is a Clinical Full Professor at the UCD School of Medicine and is a Consultant Surgeon at St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group. He graduated with an MBBS from University College Dublin and completed a fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. His research interests are physiology, microbiology, and basic cellular processes in intestinal disease. He serves as an editor for the British Journal of Surgery, an international advisory board member for the Archives of Surgery, and an editorial board member for the Irish Journal of Medical Science.