Dr. Masataka Kuwana is a professor of rheumatology and a director of scleroderma/myositis center of excellence at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Kuwana has published more than 430 peer-reviewed scientific articles and written more than 10 book chapters. He is listed as an editorial board member of 7 peer-reviewed journals, and serves as an Editor-in-Chief of Modern Rheumatology and the Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders. Dr. Kuwana is considered an internationally recognized leading expert in systemic sclerosis, myositis, pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, and autoimmunity.