Kenneth F Binmoeller, MD is the Founder and Director of Interventional Endoscopy Services (IES) at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Launched in 2001, the program has become the premier referral center in Northern California and greater region for patients requiring complex endoscopic therapy. His training and professional positions have been split between the United States and Europe. He attended medical school at the University of Freiburg in Germany and the University of Bern in Switzerland, followed by internal medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and gastroenterology fellowship training at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. He held University appointments at the Regional Hospital Cimiez in Nice, France (1990-1991), University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany (1991-1998), and UCSD Medical Center in San Diego (1998 to 2001). Dr Binmoeller lists three career-long passions: Endoscopy, Innovation, and Teaching. He is a "universal endoscopist" with expertise in all aspects of interventional endoscopy, thanks to the breadth of the intense mentorship he received while working with Dr Nib Soehendra in Hamburg, Germany. His practice of endoscopy has inspired innovation to improve outcomes and enable new procedures. He holds over 50 patents for endoscopic technologies. He is the founder of Xlumena Inc and inventor of the AXIOS lumen-apposing stent, acquired in April 2015 by Boston Scientific. He has trained and mentored endoscopists from all corners of the world. He has authored more than 200 publications and coauthored the book "Therapeutic Endoscopy: Color Atlas of Operative Techniques" with Dr Nib Soehendra. He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). In 2013 the ASGE honored Dr Binmoeller with the Master Endoscopist of the Year Award.