It is my great honor to serve as the president of the Asian Neurogastroenterology an Motility Association(ANMA) for the next three years, effective April 2020. Twelve years have already passed since the establishment of ANMA on March 21, 2008.

Over that time, by holding an academic congress in an Asian city every two years, ANMA has provided a valuable forum for presenting the results of research on functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and...