Dr. Andrea Doria

Andrea Doria is Full Professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University School of Medicine, Italy. He is Director of Postgraduate School on Rheumatology of University of Padua. In 2022, the Rheumatology Unit Prof Doria is leading was appointed EULAR Center of Excellence in Rheumatology 2022-2027

Professor Doria has long-standing experience of the clinical management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other connective tissue diseases. The Unit which he is leading is a tertiary referral rheumatology centre, within Italy, for the diagnosis and management of patients affected with connective tissue diseases and other rare Reheumatologic conditions.

He has authored over 500 ISI publications mostly on SLE. These include clinical studies describing new manifestations or subgroups of autoimmune disorders, prognostic risk factors, diagnostic tests and therapeutic interventions, as well as immunochemical studies that evaluate autoantibodies, epitopes and complementary epitopes of autoantigens.

Prof Doria is incoming President of Italian Society of Rheumatology. In 2016 he founded the European Lupus Society (SLEuro) and was the first President of the Executive Committee. He is member of the Lupus Academy Steering Committee and member of the the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) group

Professor Doria was involved as “expert” in the EUropean League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Standing Committee for the development of clinical and therapeutic recommendations in SLE.

He was the Chair of the 10^th European Lupus Meeting, held in Venice (Italy) 5–8 October 2016 and the Chair of the 14^thInternational Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus held in virtual format 6-9 October 2021.

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