Christos Dervenis, MD, PhD, FRCS,  was holding the position of Professor of Surgery at the Medical School University of Cyprus. He is currently Head of HPB Surgery at Metropolitan Hospital, Athens Greece. In addition, he has served as a visiting Professor of Surgery to several international academic institutes, including the Mayo Clinic Medical School, Rochester, MN and Yale University, CT USA; the University of Lund, Sweden; the University of Verona, Italy; and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Athens, Professor Dervenis completed postgraduate training in Athens and then at the St. James’ Hospital in London, UK. Professor Dervenis has served as President of the EAHPB Association and the Hellenic HPB Association. He was also on the board of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). He has been vice president of the HPB division of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)  and President of the European Digestive Surgery. In addition, Professor Dervenis has was, and he still is, member of the editorial boards in number of scientific journals including British Journal of Surgery, Pancreatology, the IHPBA journal HPB, and HPB Surgery. He is a founder member of the ESPAC and ISGPS research groups, and he has received a number of awards and distinctions for his scientific and clinical work. He has been invited as speaker in more than 250 international universities and congresses. Professor Dervenis is the editor of 3 books in the field of HPB surgery and has published over 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals, with  more than  60000  citations and h-index of 83.