BÉLA HUNYADY, MD, Ph.D., Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Specialties: internal medicine, gastroenterology, clinical pharmacology. Full professor at the University of Pécs, Hungary, head of Department of Gastroenterology, at Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital, Kaposvár, Hungary. His clinical and scientific activities include liver cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, other chronic liver diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, acid-related disorders, therapeutic endoscopy procedures. The previous president of the Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology, past and elected president of the Hepatology Section of the Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology, member of the Advisory Committee of Hungarian Board of Gastroenterology, co-chair of the Hungarian National Hepatitis Committee.