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Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief
Professor Angelo Ravelli, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DINOGMI), Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
Professor Tadej Avčin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia


Senior Editors
Michael W Beresford, MBChB, MRCP (UK), MRCPCH, PhD, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Christoph Kessel, PhD, Assist. Prof. of Immunology, Translational Inflammation Research, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Raju Khubchandani, MD, Section of Pediatric Rheumatology, NH SRCC Children's Hospital, Mumbai, India
Susan Shenoi, MBBS, MS, RhMSUS, Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center, Unversity of Washington, Seattle, USA


Associate Editors
Amita Aggarwal, MD, DM (Clinical Immunology), FNASc, FAMS, FNA, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Jonathan Akikusa, MD, Rheumatology Unit, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
Simone Appenzeller, MD, PhD, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Stacy Ardoin, MD, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Ohio State University Rheumatology Clinic and Ohio State University Lupus Clinic, Columbus, OH, USA
Marija Jelusic, MD, MSc, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Paediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine and University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Centre of Reference for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Pui Y Lee, Md, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Angela Migowa, MD, MMED, PHD Candidate, Aga Khan University Medical College East Africa, Gent Univerity, Nairobi, Kenya
Petra Hissink Muller, MD, PhD, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Seza Özen, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Grant Schulert, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of CincinnatiCincinnati, USA
Professor Christiaan Scott, MBChB, FCPaed(SA)Grad, Cert Paed Rheum (UWA), University of Ottawa, University of Cape Town, Ottawa, South Africa
J.F. Joost Swart, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Marinka Twilt, MD, MScE, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Yosef Uziel, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Daniel Windschall, MD, Privatdozent (PD), DEGUM Stufe III, EULAR MSUS Level II, Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Northwestern German Center for Rheumatology, St-Josef-Stift Sendenhorst, Sendenhorst, Germany and Medical Faculty, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Rae S. M. Young, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Professor of Paediatrics, Immunology & Medical Science, Institute for Medical Science, University of Toronto,The Hospital for Sick Children​​​​, Toronto, Canada

Editorial Board Members
Ekaterina Alexeeva, MD, PhD, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Department Pediatric Rheumatology, National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health, Federal state autonomous institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
Sulaiman Al-Mayouf, MD, Department of Pediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jordi Antón, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Ezgi Deniz Batu, MD, MSc, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Alexandre Belot, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon, Lyon, France
Roberta Berard, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Paediatric Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre in London, and Western University London, Ontario, Canada
Bryce A. Binstadt, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA
Liudmyla Bogmat, MD, PhD, DSs, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Rheumatology and Comorbidities, State Institution "Institute for the Health Сare of Children and Adolescents of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine", Kharkiv, Ukraine
Claudia Bracaglia, MD, Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
Hermine Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA, FAAP, FACR, Professor of Pediatrics, UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
Juergen Brunner, Univ. Prof. Dr.med. Mag. Dipl.oec.med., Pädiatrische Rheumatologie, Department Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Klinisches Ethikkomitee, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Danube Private University, Krems, Austria
Jeannette Cappon, MD, Reade, Centre for Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alessandro Consolaro, MD, PhD, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Randy Cron, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's of Alabama, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
Erkan Demirkaya, MD, MSc, FRCP, Professor of Paediatrics and Medicine, Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, Victoria Children's Hospital, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Pavla Doležalová, MD, PhD, Professor of Paediatrics, Centre for Paediatric Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases ERN-RITA, Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, General University Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Perrine Dusser-Benesty, MD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, National Reference Centre for Auto-Inflammatory Diseases and Amyloidosis of Inflammatory Origin (CEREMAIA), Bicêtre Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Kremlin Bicêtre, France
Brian Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor Pediatrics, Medicine, IHPME, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Polly Ferguson, MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Iowa City, IA, USA
Dr. Ivan Foeldvari, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Asklepios Campus Hamburg, Semmelweiss Universität, Budapest, Hungary
Marco Gattorno, MD, Unit of Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Alexei A. Grom, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati Ohio, USA
Jaime Guzman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Troels Herlin, MD, DMSc, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Department of Paediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Michaël Hofer, MD, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Özgür Kasapςopur, MD, Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
Isabelle Kone-Paut, MD, Pediatric rheumatology and National Reference Centre for Auto-Inflammatory Diseases and inflammatory Amyloidosis Origin CEREMAIA, Bicêtre university hospital, ERN RITA member, University of Paris SaclayLe Kremlin Bicêtre, France
University of Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Caifeng Li, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Rheumatology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Bejing, China
Suzanne Li, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACR, Professor of Pediatrics, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA
Polly Livermore, PhD, MSc, BSc, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Alberto Martini, MD, Emeritus Professor, University of Genoa, G Gaslini Instiute, Genova, Italy
Francesca Minoia, MD, Pediatric Immuno-Rheumatology Unit, Fondazione IRCSS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
Takako Miyamae, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Esi Marie Morgan, MD, MSCE, Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, USA
Filipa Oliveira Ramos, MD, PhD, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitário Santa Maria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Karen Onel, MD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
Pierre Quartier, MD, Pediatric Immuno-Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Sick Children Hospital, Paris, France
Veronica Rypdal, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of North Norway, TromsøNorway, UIT The Arctic University of Norway, TromsøNorway
Sujata Sawhney, MD, MRCP (UK), CCST (UK), Pediatric Rheumatology Division, Institute of Child Health, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Eve Smith, MBChB, MRCPCH, BSc, PhD, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Professor Gabriele Simonini, MD, Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Charles Spencer, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
Flavio Sztajnbok, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Tenbrock, Translational Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunoloy, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany and Pediatric Rheumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Izr. Prof. Nataša Toplak, MD, PhD, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, UMC Ljubljana, Slovenia and University of Ljubljana, Medical faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sebastiaan Vastert, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (part of UMC Utrecht), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Professor Jelena Vojinovic, MD, PhD, University of Nis, Faculty of Medicine, Dept Pediatric Rheumatology, University Clinical Center Nis, Nis, Serbia
Professor Carine Wouters, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Founding Editors
Alberto Martini, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Genoa and Pediatria e Reumatologia, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
Charles Spencer, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

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