'As a mentor, your expectation should be that your mentees in their career will accomplish more than you have'. An interview with Peter A. Banks, MD, Director, Center for Pancreatic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA. Interview by Martín E. Fernández-Zapico

Abstract

Dr. Peter Banks has made an outstanding contribution to the understanding of pancreatic diseases. His exceptional achievements in the field of pancreatitis were seminal for the characterization of the pathogenesis of pancreatic diseases as well as its diagnosis and therapy. In this interview, Dr. Banks shares with Pancreatology his experience as a pancreatic researcher.