Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Marco A. Cimmino graduated with honours in medicine at the University of Genova, Italy in 1978. He then obtained his specialization degrees with honours in Rheumatology (University of Genova, 1982) and Medical Hydrology (University of Milan, 1984). He became researcher in Rheumatology in 1981, associate Professor of Rheumatology in 2005, and obtained the Chair of Rheumatology in the Podiatric Course in 2007. His main research interests are epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases, imaging of arthritis and vasculitis through MRI, US and PET/CT, polymyalgia rheumatica, gout and Lyme disease. MA Cimmino published 240 papers in indexed journals with impact factor. He participated to the development of diagnostic criteria and management recommendations for polymyalgia rheumatic and giant cell arteritis, is chairman of the Pet Interest Group, and member of several rheumatological associations. He founded a university spin-off for the development of new imaging techniques in rheumatology. He has served in the editorial board of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, and is presently member of the editorial board of Bailliere’s Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology and chief editor of Reumatismo, the journal of the Italian Society of Rheumatology.

Co-Editor

Roberto F. Caporali (Milano)

Associate Editors

A. Alunno (L’Aquila), S. Fasano (Napoli), G. Filippou (Milano), G. Sakellariou (Pavia), M. Todoerti (Alessandria)

Editorial Board

L. Andreoli (Brescia), M. Benucci (Firenze), A. Bortoluzzi (Ferrara), S. Bugatti (Pavia), D. Camellino (Genova), G. Cuomo (Napoli), S. D’Angelo (Potenza), A. Delle Sedie (Pisa), A. di Matteo (Jesi), D. Gatti (Verona), G. Lepri (Firenze), M. Manara (Milano), F. Oliviero (Padova), C. Perricone (Perugia), F.M. Perrotta (Campobasso), N. Pipitone (Reggio Emilia), I. Prevete (Roma), L. Quartuccio (Udine), C. Scirè (Monza), M. Sebastiani (Modena), N. Ughi (Milano), V. Venerito (Bari)

Scientific (Advisory) Committee

B. Amor (Paris, France), F. Atzeni (Messina), T. Bardin (Paris, France), S. Bombardieri (Pisa), M. Botto (London, England), F.P. Cantatore (Foggia), A. Cauli (Cagliari) F. Ciccia (Napoli), F. Conti (Roma), M. Cutolo (Genova), M.A. D’Agostino (Roma), J.M. Dayer (Genève, Suisse), A. del Puente (Napoli), S. De Vita (Udine), P.A. Dieppe (Bristol, England), M. Doherty (Nottingham, England), A. Doria (Padova), C. Ferri (Modena), D. Filippini (Milano), B. Frediani (Siena), M. Galeazzi (Siena), M. Gattorno (Genova), R. Gerli (Perugia), E. Gremese (Roma), S. Guiducci (Firenze), L. Iaccarino (Padova), A. Iagnocco (Torino), F. Iannone (Bari) F. Ingegnoli (Milano), E. Lubrano (Campobasso), P.G. Macchioni (Reggio Emilia), A. Mannoni (Firenze), A. Marchesoni (Milano), A.T. Masi (Peoria, USA), M. Matucci Cerinic (Firenze), R. Meliconi (Bologna), P. Migliorini (Pisa), C. Palazzi (Potenza), E. Pascual (Alicante, Espana), C. Pitzalis (London, England), G Provenzano (Palermo), F. Salaffi (Ancona), Sebastiani (Roma), R. Scarpa (Napoli), L. Sinigaglia (Milano), J. Smolen (Wien, Österreich), A. Sulli (Genova), A. Tincani (Brescia), E. Tirri (Napoli), G. Valesini (Roma)