Presenter: Christian Pagnoux

Biography: Dr. Pagnoux trained and graduated in 2002 in internal medicine and clinical immunology in Paris, France. Between 2002 and 2010, he worked in the division directed by his long-time mentor, Prof. Loic Guillevin, who created the French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG). He has served as vice-president of this latter research group and has been involved in several therapeutic trials and cohort studies in vasculitis conducted by the FVSG or European Vasculitis Study Group.
Dr. Pagnoux moved to Canada in 2010 and was subsequently appointed to the Division of Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. He joined the steering committee of the North-American Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC), and founded CanVasc, the Canadian network for research on vasculitis, whose main objectives are to help conduct studies in the area of vasculitis, provide support and educational materials, and optimize patient care. He has written or co-authored more than 250 peer-reviewed publications and several textbook chapters on vasculitis.