Roberto de la Plaza Llamas was born in 1966. Research and Professional Experience: Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at Complutense University of Madrid 1990; Specialist in General and Digestive Surgery in 1997; General and Digestive Consultant Surgeon in different Spanish hospitals since 1998. Currently General and Digestive Surgeon. Head of Endocrinology, Oesophageal-Gastric and Abdominal Wall Surgery Section. Department of Surgery. Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara. Spain. Clinical Professor in Health Sciences, Department of Surgery. University of Alcalá. Spain. I am author or co-author of more 80 articles in national and international journals and more than 300 communications and posters in different national and international congresses and sixteen book chapters. Member of the Editorial Board of ten Medical Journals.

Roberto de la Plaza Llamas Research Interests are Oncologic surgery, Endocrine surgery, Esophagogastric Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Abdominal wall Surgery, Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery and Morbidity