Dr. Diana Karpec, MD, PhD, is a Rheumatologist at VUL Santaros klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania. Previously Diana worked as a Junior research fellow at State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine. She graduated from the Lithuanian University of Health Science Faculty of Medicine with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) and in 2017 she graduated with a PhD at Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine. Diana in 2017 was a Laureate of the Research Council of Lithuania scholarship and the World Federation of Scientists National Scholarship Program. Her research interests include Rheumatology, Autoantibodies, Systemic Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis, Phototherapy, Neurologic Examination, Clinical Immunology, Traumatic Brain Injury, Rheumatic Diseases, and Vasculitis.