Dr.Yuko KANEKO is a rheumatologist, Professor at the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. She is also a councilor of Japan College of Rheumatology and The Japan Society for Clinical Immunology. Prof Kaneko received her M.D. from the Keio University School of Medicine in 1997 and served as a Resident, Faculty, and Instructor in Internal Medicine at Keio University. She was appointed as Assistant Professor in 2007, as Associate Professor in 2019, and as Professor at the Rheumatology Department in 2021. She completed her PhD (Doctorate of Medical Science) in 2010 at the Keio University School of Medicine. From 2012-2013, she worked as a researcher at the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, UK. She has published over 400 papers in peer-reviewed journals, with a focus on rheumatic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, Still’s disease, and IgG4-related disease.