Senior Editor

Professor Antonio Gasbarrini is the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and a Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. He is also the Director of the Unit of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli IRCCS. Graduating with honors in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Bologna in 1988, Professor Gasbarrini is a specialist in both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy. He furthered his expertise as a Clinical and Research Fellow in Gastroenterology at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) from 1990 to 1993. Professor Gasbarrini holds editorial roles in various international scientific journals and is a member of several scientific societies. He has served in leadership roles for associations such as the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver, the Italian Foundation for Research in Hepatology, and the Alliance against Hepatitis. With numerous awards and over 1300 publications, Professor Gasbarrini's research focuses on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy of gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic diseases. In recent years, he has developed a particular focus on the role of the intestinal microbiota in the health and pathogenesis of digestive system diseases and in innovative methods for characterizing and modulating it, including fecal microbiota transplantation. He is the principal investigator of numerous trials in the field of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, hepatitis, liver tumors, irritable bowel syndrome, and dysbiosis.

Gut microbiome, Microorganisms, Fecal microbiota transplantation, Clostridium infections; Gastrointestinal tract, Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, Hepatitis, Liver tumors, Irritable bowel syndrome, Dysbiosis