Marc Miserez is Professor of Surgery and Head of Clinic in the Department of Abdominal Surgery at the University Hospitals of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He has a specific interest in abdominal wall surgery, pediatric abdominal surgery, and training in laparoscopic surgery. He is Past-President of the European Hernia Society (EHS) and the Belgian Association for Pediatric Surgery BELAPS. He is Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow), Honorary Member of the Asia Pacific Hernia Society and Fouding President of the Belgian chapter of the EHS. Between 2011 and 2018 he was European Editor-in-Chief of Hernia, the World Journal of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery. He is currently member of the EC Expert Panel in the field of Medical Devices for “General and Plastic Surgery and Dentistry” and Vice-Chair of the Subgroup “Surgical Implants and General Surgery” He coauthored more than 140 peer reviewed publications.