Palle Bekker Jeppesen, is Associate and Clinical Professor, MD, Dr.med/Sci, PhD, dls., at the Department of Transplantation and Digestive Diseases, Section of Intestinal Failure 3-16-3, Rigshospitalet, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His major research interests include patients with short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure with focus on novel therapies for their management, rehabilitation and care. Professor Jeppesen graduated in medicine from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1989 and completed his residency in medical gastroenterology at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. He completed his PhD thesis; The significance of the fatty acid chain-length for the clinical effect in the enteral and parenteral nutrition in patients with malabsorption in 1998 and his Doctor’s Degree; Intestinal insufficiency and failure, in 2003. PBJ has published > 150 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters within this field, with more than 6000 citations and an H index > 45.