Associate Professor Hugh McGregor is a General Surgeon based in Brisbane, Australia, with subspecialty expertise in laparoscopic and robotic hernia surgery and an academic appointment at the University of Queensland. A particular focus of his work is the prevention, assessment, and management of chronic groin pain, including inguinodynia following hernia repair. He is President of the Australia and New Zealand Hernia Society, was Convenor of ANZHernia24 and ANZHernia25, and will convene ANZHernia27, the Society's flagship annual scientific meeting.