Dr. Neumann is Professor of Medicine and director of endoscopy at the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Medical Center Mainz in Germany. He is actively involved in basic and clinical research in the areas of advanced endoscopic imaging. His main research focus is inflammatory bowel disease, infectious colitis, colon polyps and Barrett´s esophagus. Dr. Neumann has received a number of awards for clinical excellence and acts as a reviewer for various journals including Nature, The Lancet, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Endoscopy. Dr. Neumann acts as Associate Editor for Digestive Endoscopy and Digestive and Liver Disease and as Editorial Board Member of Endoscopy, United European Journal and The Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy. He has also been assigned as a member of the ASGE International Committee and a Fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE). His contribution to the field of endoscopy is officially recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE). Dr. Neumann has published over 160 articles in the field of advanced endoscopic imaging and on new and emerging endoscopic devices. His scientific research was published in high-rated journals, including Nature, Lancet Oncology, Nature Medicine, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Endoscopy. Besides, he holds multiple patents on advanced endoscopic imaging techniques.