Dr. Amjad Parvaiz is a visiting consultant surgeon at Poole NHS Foundation Trust in the UK and is Head of the Laparoscopic and Robotic Colorectal Unit at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. He holds a personal chair at the University of Portsmouth affiliated with the Faculty of Health Science in Portsmouth, UK. He is also Director and Founding Member of the European Academy of Robotic Colorectal Surgery (EARCS) since 2014