Do you have burning questions that can’t wait until your next appointment?Are you newly diagnosed and learning all you can? Please join this Ask the Doc webinar to find out what myositis experts have to say about dermatomyositis.
Eleni Tiniakou, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center. Her research focuses on identifying and describing specific T cells in myositis and scleroderma, and how these relate to cancer.
Jun Kang, MD is a dermatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology for the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center , as well as the director of Cutaneous Autoimmune Connective Tissue Disease program where he specializes in treating patients with dermatomyositis, cutaneous lupus, and other dermatologic manifestations of rheumatologic disease. Additionally, he has a database and tissue bank and conducts research on dermatologic manifestations of DM and lupus.
TMA’s Ask the Doc Webinar series features a member of TMA’s Medical Advisory Board, or another distinguished member of the myositis medical community. Those who live with myositis often have many questions about their condition, their medications, and how to navigate the healthcare system. Often they do not trust their local care team who may have limited understanding of myositis and how to treat it. This series offers those who live with myositis and their care partners the valuable opportunity to have their questions addressed by a knowledgeable expert.
