Jacques Bergman was born in 1965 and qualified from the University of Utrecht in 1991. He undertook his PhD-training, dedicated to the endoscopic management of gallstone disease, in Amsterdam. He was trained in Gastroenterology in Den Bosch and Amsterdam and was appointed Consultant Gastroenterologist, at Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam in 2001 and appointed as Associate Professor in 2005. Since June 2011 he is professor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at the University of Amsterdam.

Dr. Bergman is the head of the AMC esophageal research team, which conducts endoscopic imaging studies using high resolution endoscopy, optical chromoscopy, and volumetric laser endomicroscopy as well as developing computer assisted detection tools for these applications. In addition, the group has a strong focus on the endoscopic treatment of early neoplasia in the upper digestive tract using endoscopic resection and endoscopic ablation techniques. Dr Bergman also heads a research team involved in the use of duodenal mucosal resurfacing for treatment of metabolic syndrome.