Dr. Julio Iglesias-Garcia is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), and Head of the Endoscopy Unit at the Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is also the vice-president of EUROEUS, a member of the Scientific Committee of ESGE and a treasurer of the Spanish Society of Gastroenterology (SEPD). He received his Ph.D. in medicine from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela in 2011. His research interests include endoscopic ultrasonography; pancreatic diseases; gastrointestinal cancers; and acute and chronic pancreatitis Special Issue Information.