Prof. K. Strupas is Professor of Surgery and Transplantation at Vilnius University, a lead-ing panreatobiliary and transplant surgeon in the country of Lithuania with specific inter-est in pancreas diseases, pathophysiology, mechanisms, surgical and non-surgical treat-ments. Prof. Strupas has over 30 years experience in treating the most challenging pancre-atic, liver cases in the country, while establishing a robust surgical research program in the country. Under his leadership, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics is the only cen-ter in the country performing simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. The liver transplantation program has been ranked #1 in the country and among Baltic states for many years. Prof. Strupas has expertise in acute liver failure, molecular mechanisms that play important role in the disease course of steatosis. Thanks to Prof.Strupas in 2019 Center for Visceral Medicine Translational Research was started.