Prof. Alexander Giakoustidis is an assistant professor of surgery at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (July 2023 to present), consultant surgeon at the Surgical Oncology Clinic and Gallbladder Clinic (May 2020 to present), and consultant hepato-pancreato-biliary and gastrointestinal general surgeon at the Iatriko Interbalkan Medical Centre, Thessaloniki and Iatriko Psychico Athens, Greece (October 2019 to present). He was trained in general surgery in Greece (GMC Specialist Register) and had an overseas study leave at the Liver Transplantation Department, King's College, UK. He then pursued a higher specialization in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and worked in world-known HPB centers in the UK and France such as the Pancreatic Unit in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, the HPB unit at Hammersmith Hospital Imperial College Healthcare (London), the academic Department of Surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital (London), the Royal London Hospital (London), the Royal Free Hospital (London), and Henri Mondor Hospital (Paris). His main interests are hepato-pancreato-biliary, gastrointestinal, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery. He has published extensively in major surgical and hepatology international journals. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Transplantation Surgery, Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has lectured in a great number of conferences and countries, including China, where he was made a visiting professor at Taizhou University Hospital.