Giorgos Bamias, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, GI Unit, 3rd Academic Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens 11526, Greece. 1989: M.D. degree, Athens University, Greece. 1989-1991: Medical Officer, Greek Army, Greece. 1991-1992: Community Physician, ”Ano Kalentini” Health Center, Arta, Greece. 1993-1995: Resident, Internal Medicine, Sismanoglion Hospital, Athens. 1996-2000: Fellow in Gastroenterology, Sismanoglion Hospital, Athens. 2000: Doctoral Thesis with ‘Honors’, University of Athens, Greece: ‘Molecular Characterization of High Level Aminoglycoside Resistant Enterococcus faecalis’. 2000-2001: Post-doctoral fellow, Gastroenterology, University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA. 2001: Research Associate, Gastroenterology, UVa, Charlottesville, VA. 2003: Research instructor, Gastroenterology, UVa, Charlottesville, VA. 2004: Assistant Professor in Research in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, UVa, Charlottesville, VA. 2006- now: Consultant in Gastroenterology, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece.