Prof. Dr. Rocco Maurizio Zagari earned his medical doctorate. from the School of Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy, in 1998 and completed his degree of “Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.” in 2013 at the University of Leeds, UK. Since 2021, he has served as a full professor of gastroenterology at the Department of Medical Sciences and Surgery, University of Bologna. He is the Head of the Gastro-Esophageal Organic Diseases Unit of the S. Orsola Hospital of Bologna. His main interest is in diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract, in particular gastro-esophageal reflux disease and complications (Barrett's esophagus), dyspepsia, H. pylori infection, autoimmune gastritis, and precancerous conditions and lesions of the stomach.