Unravelling 50 years of Mixed Connective tissue Disease (MCTD)

Short description
The history of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) began 50 years ago as a result of long-term observation (made by G. Sharp and coworkers) of patients with features resembling lupus, scleroderma and dermatomyositis.
The webinar presents:
- Evolving views on clinical aspects of MCTD
- Growing knowledge on markers and pathogenesis of disease
- Development of diagnostic criteria
- Controversy over the nature of MCTD
- and other important issues.
Looking at the growing knowledge on MCTD we can follow 50 years of medicine progress.
According to Sharp, the nature of the disease poses many challenges for researchers and is stimulating the development of autoimmune disease research (Lupus 2009).
Speakers
Prof. Paola Triggianese is a M.D., Ph.D., Immunologist and lecturer in Rheumatology at the Tor Vergata University Hospital in Rome, Italy. She obtained Master Degrees in Rheumatology (2017) and Pediatric Immunology (2021). Dr Triggianese also obtained the National Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor in Rheumatology, in January 2020.
Since 2022, she is a HCP-sub Representative in the ERN ReCONNET.
Prof. Triggianese is also a Principal Investigator for National and International Registries (including Hereditary Angioedema and Autoinflammatory Diseases), and several clinical trials, mainly related to rare rheumatological diseases. She is a coordinator of the Hereditary Angioedema Reference Center and the Rheumatologic Transitional Unit at Tor Vergata University Hospital in Rome.
She is a Professor of Allergology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology at the School of Medicine of Tor Vergata University.
Prof. Sylwia Ornowska is a M.D, Rheumatology specialist in Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland since 2016. Since 2022 Prof. Ornowska is a member of the ERN ReCONNET and the Polish Society of Rheumatology. Fields of interests are: systemic connective tissue diseases, especially MCTD and capillaroscopy examination in CTDs (certified by Polish Society of Rheumatology).
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