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Bas Wijnhoven (born in 1970) went to medical school in Utrecht the Netherlands. After obtaining his MD in 1997 he started a PhD program on molecular and clinical aspects of oesophageal cancer at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. In 2001 he received his PhD with honor. In the year 2006 he was registered as general surgeon. From 2006 till 2008 he worked as a researcher and surgeon at the Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Center, Adelaide, Australia. Within these two years he enjoyed a fellowship in upper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliairy surgery. Since 2008 he is appointed as staff surgeon at the Erasmus MC Rotterdam and is program leader on oesophageal and gastric diseases. His clinical interests are benign and malignant diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Research is focused on studies on clinical outcome after surgery for gastric and oesophageal cancer and the molecular biology of Barrett’s oesophagus and adenocarcinoma. In close collaboration with other departments within the Erasmus MC, preclinical and clinical studies on neoadjuvant treatment for oesophageal and gastric cardia cancer are another area of great interest. Dr. Wijnhoven is interested in medical publishing and since 2014 he is full-editor for BJS (British Journal of Surgery). He has authored and co-authored over 250 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals.