Ludovico Abenavoli is an Associate Professor of gastroenterology at the Department of Health Sciences, University “Magna Græcia”, Catanzaro (Italy). Since 2012, he is invited professor at the University of Batna (Algeria), since 2015, he is inviting professor at the University of Novi Sad (Serbia), and since 2016, he is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University “Iuliu Hatieganu” of Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Between 2012 and 2015, he was board member of University Gastroenterology Education Committee (UNIGASTRO), and between 2013 and 2017, he was board member of Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy (S.I.G.E.). Ludovico Abenavoli is the author of 144 publications in peer-reviewed international Journals in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. His main contributions include: the treatment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic liver diseases, the evaluation of health effects of Mediterranean diet, the epidemiology of liver diseases.