Rolando Cimaz is working as Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Meyer Children's Hopital in Florence, and is an Associate professor of Pediartics at the University of Florence, Italy. He graduated from Milan University in Italy in 1987, is a specialist in Pediatrics (1991) and in Rheumatology (2003), and did his Fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology in Dallas, Texas, in 1993-1994. He has been a Maitre de Conférences des Universités at Université Claude Bernard-Lyon I in Lyon, France from 2005 to 2007. His main interest is pediatric rheumatology, and has special expertise and scientific interest in osteoporosis, antiphospholipid antibodies, Kawasaki disease, synovial T cells, and neonatal lupus. Currently he is involved in many research projects, nationally and internationally. He has been in the Council of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society from 1999 to 2005 (treasurer), and from 2014-present (Research Chair). He is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Italian Society of Pediatrics, and the French Society of Pediatric Inflammatory Diseases. He is co-author of more than 280 peer reviewed articles on PubMed, as well as more than 20 book chapters, all in the field of pediatric rheumatology. Editorial board member of international journals (Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, Lupus, Arthritis and Rheumatism) and co-editor of the book "Systemic Autoimmune Diseases in Pediatrics".