Prof. Fusaroli graduated from the University of Bologna, Italy, with MD degree with distinction in 1994. Later during the same year, he became Italian Board-certified and started his fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, which was completed by 1998. He was then recruited to the University of Bologna in 2000 as Assistant Researcher and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2006 and to Associate Professor in 2015. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) represents his main interest both for patients care and clinical research. He is also active in operative endoscopy and hepatology. He is now director of the gastrointestinal unit in the hospital of Imola, nearby Bologna. In this location he developed since 2002 the first EUS program that facilitated multidisciplinary approaches to the diagnosis of various gastrointestinal diseases. He became an expert in pancreaticobiliary and gut wall benign and malignant conditions, contributing significantly to early diagnosis and improved staging. Additionally, he developed contrast harmonic EUS with contrast agents, transforming it from a prototype technique to a well-established one. Prof. Fusaroli lectured worldwide and participated in courses and live demonstrations, including the 2011 ASGE state of the art lecture on EUS at DDW. Prof. Fusaroli authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal publications. He is member of the editorial boards of the journals Endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound. He has served on several academic and organizational committees of EUS and gastroenterological societies. He is director of the Master in “Advanced Endoscopy” and Professor of the “Specialization School in Gastroenterology”, at the University of Bologna. He is international member of AGA and ASGE. Current research activities focus on: Endoscopic ultrasonography in pancreatic cystic and solid tumors -Contrast harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography -Endoscopic ultrasonography-elastography -Therapeutic lower GI endoscopy.