Eric M Pauli, MD FACS FASGE FEBS-AWR (Hon) is the David L. Nahrwold Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a fellowship trained surgical endoscopist and abdominal wall surgeon. He is the author of more than 150 peer reviewed publications and invited manuscripts, 44 book chapters and has edited 4 textbooks of surgery. He has delivered more than 400 invited lectures on a national and international level on a wide array of surgical topics