Dr. Ioannidis is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He studied medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated in 2005. He received his MSC in “Medical Research Methodology” in 2008 from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in “Surgery of Liver, Biliary Tree and Pancreas” from the Democritus University of Thrace in 2016. He received his PhD degree in 2014 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as valedictorian for his thesis “The effect of combined administration of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in ulcerative colitis. Experimental study in rats.” He is a General Surgeon with a special interest in laparoscopic surgery and surgical oncology and also in surgical infections, acute care surgery, nutrition, ERAS, and vascular access. He has received fellowships for EAES, ESSO, EPC, ESCP, and ACS and has published more than 180 articles with more than 3000 citations and an H-index of 28