Yudong Qiu received his Bachelor’s degree in Nanjing Medical University in 1990, and his Master’s degree and Doctorate from Naval Medical University in 1997 and 2000, respectively. He was a visiting scholar at Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital from 2002 to 2003. In 2002, he was appointed as Associate Chief Physician in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and was promoted to Chief Physician in 2009. Currently, he serves as the Deputy Director of General Surgery Department, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and Hepatobiliary Research Institute of Nanjing University. His research interests include precise conversion therapy of pancreatic and biliary cancer, surgical treatment of complex pancreatic and biliary diseases, basic and clinical research of pancreatic cancer.