In memoriam: Professor Rolando Cimaz
Prof. Cimaz was the Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Meyer Children's Hospital in Florence, Italy and is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics 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, USA, in 1993-1994. He was Maitre de Conferences des Universites at Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I in Lyon, France from 2005 to 2007. His main interest was pediatric rheumatology and he has special expertise and scientific inte rest in osteoporosis, antiphospholipid antibodies, Kawasaki disease, synovial T cells and neonatal lupus.
He was on the Council of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society from 1999 to 2005 (treasurer) and from 2014-present (Research Chair) and was a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Italian Society of Pediatrics and the French Society of Pediatric Inflammatory Diseases. He was co-author of more than 320 peer-reviewed articles on PubMed, as well as more than 20 book chapters, all in the field of pediatric rheumatology. He had been on the Editorial board of several international journals (Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, Lupus, Arthritis and Rheumatism).
