**Meet the editor**

Dr. Luis Rodrigo, PhD, is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Oviedo, Spain. He studied in the School of Medicine of Madrid University and obtained his PhD in Medicine in 1975. He has been the Head of Gastroenterology at the University Hospital Central of Asturias since 1996, Titular Professor at the Oviedo University since 1983, and Full-Time Professor since

2010. He has published a total of 255 scientific papers in English and 282 in Spanish. His total Impact Factor is 1581.96, total citation numbers are 5696, and the h-index is 39. He has written a total of 58 chapters and eight edited books about "Treatment in gastroenterological diseases" and the other digestive and liver diseases. He has participated in 50 clinical trials, in 15 as main investigator.
