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Specialized doctors worldwide

Who leads research into systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)? Everyone here comes from a public registry: as principal investigator of a study at ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. Those are two different things, so we list them in two separate lists next to each other instead of merging them into one figure.

Where these doctors work
Click or point at a dot to see who works there. 20 of the 69 physicians are on the map — we only place those who work at an institution whose city we know, and we don't guess about the rest.

This is not a referral and not a judgment on care. We know nothing about how these people treat, whether they accept patients, or how to reach them. We do not display contact details. If you want a second opinion or a referral, go through your own specialist.

Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

  1. 1 David Launay University Hospital, Lille, France leads 8 studies register →
  2. 2 Dinesh Khanna University of Michigan Health, Michigan Medicine, United States leads 7 studies · 19 publications as last author register →
  3. 3 Christopher P Denton Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom leads 7 studies · 14 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Robert F Spiera Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY, United States leads 7 studies register →
  5. 5 Ulf Müller-Ladner Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Kerckhoff Clinic, Departement of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology leads 6 studies register →
  6. 6 Luc Mouthon Cochin Hospital, France leads 5 studies · 6 publications as last author register →
  7. 7 Robert A Lafyatis Boston University School of Medicine Rheumatology Section, United States leads 5 studies · 5 publications as last author register →
  8. 8 Janet E Pope University of Western Ontario, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada leads 5 studies register →
  9. 9 Keith M. Sullivan Duke University, United States leads 5 studies register →
  10. 10 Tugba Civi Karaaslan Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Turkey (Türkiye) leads 5 studies register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Brett D Thombs Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Canada leads 4 studies · 25 publications as last author register →
  2. 12 Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold Oslo University Hospital, Switzerland leads 4 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  3. 13 Ariane E Herrick The University of Manchester, United Kingdom leads 4 studies · 6 publications as last author register →
  4. 14 Brigitte Granel ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX MARSEILLE, France leads 4 studies register →
  5. 15 Daniel E. Furst University of California, Los Angeles, United States leads 4 studies register →
  6. 16 Jean-Luc Cracowski INSERM 003, France leads 4 studies register →
  7. 17 Marie-Elise TRUCHETET University Hospital Bordeaux, France leads 4 studies register →
  8. 18 Maureen D. Mayes The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, United States leads 4 studies register →
  9. 19 Richard Burt Northwestern University, United States leads 4 studies register →
  10. 20 Yannick Allanore Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, France leads 3 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  11. 21 Lorinda S Chung Stanford University, United States leads 3 studies · 7 publications as last author register →
  12. 22 Eun Bong Lee Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, South Korea leads 3 studies register →
  13. 23 Gabriela Riemekasten Charité University, Berlin, Germany leads 3 studies register →
  14. 24 Isabelle MARIE University Hospital, Rouen, France leads 3 studies register →
  15. 25 Janet L Poole University of New Mexico, United States leads 3 studies register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

  1. 1 Brett D Thombs Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Canada leads 4 studies · 25 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Mandana Nikpour University of Sydney, Australia 24 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 3 Michael Hughes The University of Manchester, United Kingdom 23 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 4 Zsuzsanna H McMahan UTHealth Houston, United States 22 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 5 Dinesh Khanna University of Michigan Health, Michigan Medicine, United States leads 7 studies · 19 publications as last author register →
  6. 6 Francesco Del Galdo The Universitiy of Leeds, Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, St James's University Hospital, United Kingdom leads 1 study · 18 publications as last author register →
  7. 7 Oliver Distler University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland 17 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 8 Elizabeth R Volkmann David Geffen School of Medicine, United States 16 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 9 Maurizio Cutolo Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Italy 16 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 10 Laura Ross The University of Melbourne, Australia 16 publications as last author PubMed →

Also leading

  1. 11 Chingching Foocharoen Khon Kaen University, Thailand leads 2 studies · 15 publications as last author register →
  2. 12 Christopher P Denton Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom leads 7 studies · 14 publications as last author register →
  3. 13 Lingyun Sun Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, China 14 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 14 Ayumi Yoshizaki Tokyo University, Japan leads 2 studies · 12 publications as last author register →
  5. 15 Masataka Kuwana Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 12 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 16 Kathryn S Torok University of Pittsburgh, United States 12 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 17 Yannick Allanore Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, France leads 3 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  8. 18 Sindhu R Johnson Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Canada 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 19 Elana J Bernstein Columbia University Irving Medical Center, United States 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 20 Vanessa Smith Ghent University, Belgium 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  11. 21 Cosimo Bruni University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  12. 22 Jörg H W Distler University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  13. 23 Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold Oslo University Hospital, Switzerland leads 4 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  14. 24 Marco Matucci-Cerinic University of Florence, Denothe Centre, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Department of Biomedicine, Italy leads 1 study · 8 publications as last author register →
  15. 25 Benjamin Chaigne Université Paris Cité, France 8 publications as last author PubMed →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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