Emphases in Patient Care
Connective tissue diseases
All Vasculitis entities
Auto-Inflammatory Syndromes
Metabolic and Joint Disorders
Systemic Inflammatory Diseases
Differential diagnosis of rheumatic and other diseases
Innovative medical therapies
Special focuses and expertise
Systemic Sclerosis with experience in treating more than 1200 patients
ANCA-associated vasculitides: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Myositis and related syndromes
Interstitial lung disease and other lung manifestations (e.g. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, PAH) of inflammatory systemic autoimmune diseases
Digital ulcer treatment
Giant cell arteritis
Emphases in Research
Low-dose IL-2 therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus
Regulatory antibodies targeting G protein-coupled receptors
Pathogenesis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis and giant cell vasculitis
Animal models for interstitial lung disease, systemic sclerosis, and PAH
Clinical studies on AAVGPA, GCA, SLE and systemic sclerosis sclerosis
Emphases in Education
National Reference Center for Systemic Sclerosis
Vasculitis Center
Local reference center for severe rheumatic diseases
Lectures in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Additional Information/Services
German and European Systemic Sclerosis Network and Registry (EUSTAR and DNSS center)
Center of the German Trinational Vasculitis Registry (GeVas)
Center for research on antibodies directed against G protein-coupled receptors
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Director

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Riemekasten
Contact
UKSH International
Phone Lübeck: +49 451 500-10735
e-mail international@uksh.de