Leadership Team
The founding team of dedicated experts in myositis-related conditions working hard for worldwide collaboration to cure myositis diseases together.
Barbara Shafranski
Patient Research Partner
Legal & Organizational Advisor
New Jersey, USA
Elie Naddaf
Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Floranne Ernste
Rheumatology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Helene Alexanderson
Physical Therapy
Karolinksa Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Julie Paik
Rheumatology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, USA
Mazen Dimachkie
Neurology
University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS, USA
Lesley Ann Saketkoo
Adult & Pediatric Rheumatology/ Pulmonary Focus
LSU & Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Pedro Machado
Rheumatology/Neurology Focus
University College London
London, United Kingdom
Program Team Leaders
The team of dedicated experts in myositis-related conditions driving the programs for worldwide collaboration to cure myositis together.
Alejandro Benitez
Rheumatology
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Antonia Valenzuela
Rheumatology
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Christian Lood
Translational Science
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
Christopher Mecoli
Rheumatology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Didem Saygin
Rheumatology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jemima Albayda
Rheumatology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Jessica Day
Rheumatology
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research
Melbourne, Australia
Latika Gupta
Rheumatology
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS
University of Manchester
Manchester, England, UK
Malin Regardt
Occupational Therapy
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
Pari Basharat
Rheumatology
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada