Dato’ Dr S. Mahendra Raj graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1982 and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology in Glasgow. He has published extensively on the morbidity of intestinal helminthiasis and on aspects of Helicobacter pylori infection.. He is currently a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He is a Past president of the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and has served on a number of national panels including the credentialing sub-committee of the National Specialist Register for Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He has been the Scientific chairman of a number of Scientific meetings including the Asia Pacific Digestive Week. He has long experience in the teaching of internal medicine and gastroenterology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is an examiner in postgraduate specialty examinations.