Andrea Doria is Professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Rheumatology Unit and Unit of Connective Tissue Disease and Rare Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. He is also the Director of the Postgraduate School on Rheumatology of the University of Padova. Professor Doria received his medical degree and qualification in Rheumatology from the University of Padova. He was a Council member of the Italian College of Rheumatology (CRO) between 1990 and 2006 and a Council member of the Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR) from 2007 to 2010, from 2013 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2020. In 2016, he founded the European Lupus Society (SLEuro) and was the first President of the Executive Committee. Professor Doria has long-standing experience with the clinical management of patients with connective tissue diseases. The unit in which he works is a tertiary referral rheumatology centre within Italy for the diagnosis and management of patients affected with systemic connective diseases. In addition, he has expertise in the management and follow-up of pregnant patients with systemic rheumatic diseases. Professor Doria has also trained over 35 students in Rheumatology.
