Carmen De Cunto MD

Carmen L. De Cunto is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University Institute School of Medicine of the Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here, she also works as a Pediatric Rheumatologist and is Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Section in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr De Cunto is the Coordinator of the program “Transition from Pediatrics to Adult Medicine” at the same hospital. For the last 20 years, she has been taking care of children and young adults with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP). Currently, she also works as a Consultant at Fundacion FOP Argentina, and as a Referral Consultant for patients with FOP around Latin America. Since 2016, she has been a member of the FOP International Clinical Council, where in 2019 she was named Co-Chair of the Clinical Trials Committee, and since 2020 has also been the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board IFOPA Registry.