Andrea Doria MD

Andrea Doria is a Professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Unit of Connective Tissue Disease and Rare Rheumatic Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Italy. He is Head of the Rheumatology Unit, University of Padua and Director of Rheumatology postgraduate medical school.

Professor Doria received his medical degree and qualification in Rheumatology from the University of Padua. He was a Council member of the Italian College of Rheumatology (CRO) between 1999 and 2005 and a Council member of the Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR) from 2007 to 2010 and from 2013 until now. He is also a member of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).

Professor Doria has organised over ten international conferences on autoimmunity and was involved as an “expert” in the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Standing Committee for the development of clinical and therapeutic recommendations: (1) EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)—Assessment of the SLE patient (2008–2009); (2) EULAR recommendations for the management of SLE Part II—Neuropsychiatric disease (2008–2009); (3) Joint EULAR and European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis (2012). Professor Doria is a member of the Lupus Academy Steering Committee and co-chairs the 4th Annual Meeting held in Rome from 27th February to 1st March 2015. He was the chair of the 10th European Lupus Meeting, held in Venice (Italy) from 5–8th October 2016.