Prof. Dadang Makmun, MD, PhD, FACG was born in Bandung on November 19th, 1959. He graduated as a Medical Doctor from Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia in 1983, became a consultant of Gastroentero-hepatology in 2001, and finished his PhD in 2011. He attended Early Gastric Cancer and Gastrointestinal Related Tumor Course in Japan from December 2000 to March 2001. He also attended some advanced endoscopy courses in Japan, Thailand, and India. Currently, he is a Professor of Medicine in Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia as well as the Head Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia/Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Jakarta. Prof. Dadang Makmun is the President of Indonesian Society of Gastroenterology and one of the Editorial Board Members of World Journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (WJGE). His fields of expertise are pancreatobiliary, upper and lower GI malignancy, and IBD. He is also a Research Committee Member of World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) and the coordinator of Indonesian Telemedicine Network which is affiliated to Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN).