Pradeep Vaideeswar completed his post-graduation in the subject of pathology in 1990 from Bombay University, India. After his appointment as Assistant Professor (5 years), Associate Professor (13 years) and Additional Professor (14 years), he currently holds the position of Professor since 2022 in the Department of Pathology, Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai, India. He completed a specialization in cardiovascular and pulmonary/thoracic pathology with a fellowship in cardiovascular pathology at Toronto General Hospital (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and held a post of visiting clinician in pulmonary pathology at the Mayo Clinic (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA). Dr Vaideeswar has authored/ co-authored more than 100 papers for platform presentations/posters and has 226 international/ national publications to his credit. He participated in around 219 presentations as a faculty member in conferences, workshops, CMEs and slide seminars. He is a life member of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (IAPM), Pediatric Cardiology Society, Society for Human and Animal Mycologists, Indian Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine and served the IAPM as its President (2019); Vice-President (2018); Secretary (2014 – 2016) and Joint Secretary (2011 – 2013). He is a current councilor of the Asia-Australasia Pulmonary Pathology Society. Dr. Vaideeswar is an Associate Editor of the Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology and Member, Editorial Board of Cardiovascular Pathology and Postgraduate Journal of Medicine, and a reviewer for several national and international journals in pathology, pulmonary medicine, cardiology and cardiac surgery.