Andrea Doria is Professor of Rheumatology at the Department of Medicine, Padua University School of Medicine, Italy, and Chief of the Rheumatology Unit at Padua University Hospital.
He is the president of the Italian Society of Rheumatology
During his tenure, the Rheumatology Unit of Padua received the designation of ‘EULAR Center of Excellence in Rheumatology 2022-2027’
During his academic career he has trained over 70 students in rheumatology and inspired some of them to be dedicated scientists.
In 2016, he founded the European Lupus Society (SLEuro) and served as the first President of its Executive Committee. He is currently serving as the Treasurer of the same society. He is a member of the Lupus Academy Steering Committee, a member of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) group, and a member of the OMERACT SLE Working Group.
Prof. Doria was involved as “expert” in the EUropean League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Standing Committee for the development of clinical and therapeutic recommendations.
He was a member of the Scientific Committee for several national and international rheumatology conferences, including the 10th European Lupus Meeting, held in Venice (Italy) 5–8th October 2016 and the 14th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the 6th International Congress on Controversies in Rheumatology and Autoimmunity held in virtual format from 6th to 9th October 2021
Prof Doria has also authored over 600 Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) publications on SLE (Scopus h-index 93, citations 33.168) and other rheumatological diseases.