Prof. Kenshi Yao is currently Professor and the Head of Department of Endoscopy at Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan. He is specialized in advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy. Prof. Yao received his M.D. degree from Kyushu University in 1983. He subsequently obtained his PhD degree from Fukuoka University in 1997. Prof. Yao was awarded the Academic Honorary Award of Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society in 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2013.