Maurizio Cutolo is a Full Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Genova, as well as the Director Research Laboratories and Clinical Division of Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine and Specialities University of Genova. He received his medical degree from Naples University in 1978. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the European Network of rare connective tissue diseases (ERN ReCONNET) and the Chairman of the Classroom Board of the EULAR School. His interests include Neuroendocrine Immunology of Rheumatic Diseases, Vitamin D, steroid hormones and autoimmunity, Glucocorticoids and chronotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis, and Capillaroscopy in systemic sclerosis. He has 775 publications with 42601 citations and an h-index of 96 (Scoups, 18 October 2023).