Dr. Sarfaraz Jalil Baig , MS, FRCS FMBS FIAGES FALS is the Director of Digestive Surgery Clinic based out of Belle Vue Hospital, and CMRI Hospital Kolkata, India with more than 22 years of experience.He specialises in laparoscopic, bariatrics, hernia, AWR, hiatal, biliary and colorectal surgery.He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles in various national and international journals. He is the Editor of a book - “Newer Concepts and Procedures in Hernia Surgery - an Atlas” and “Management of Nutritional and Metabolic Complications of Bariatric surgery” by Springer. He has authored a book on 'Nutrition, Obesity and Bariatric Surgery and co-authored a number of monographs on “Diseases of Common Bile Duct” and “Liver Surgery”. He has authored chapters in books of international repute such as Essentials of Mini-One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass by Springer.He is the Secretary of HSI (Hernia Society of India), an EC member of IAGES (Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons), ex EC member of IASG (Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology), and Treasurer of OSSI (Obesity Surgeons Society in India). He is the Global Coordinator for TUGS- Hernia Division Following his passion for teaching and training, he has been responsible for organizing a number of national level conferences and workshops. He runs training courses on MAS, bariatric and hernia at his center and has trained more than 200 surgeons from across the globe. He is one of the pioneers of AWR and bariatric surgery in India. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Bariatric Surgery and is on the editorial board of Journal of Minimal Access of Surgery.