Tatiana M.Reshetnyak is a professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Laboratory of Vascular Rheumatology of V.A.Nassonova Research Rheumatology Institute, the main referral center for autoimmune rheumatic disease of Russian Federation. She qualified in medicine from I.M.Sechenov’s Ist Moscow Medical Institute (Moscow) in 1977. She trained in medicine and rheumatology at the Institute of Rheumatology (Moscow) and, in 1993, she completed her thesis “Thrombocytopenia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome”. T. M. Reshetnyak is the author of 193 publications, including chapters in seven books, a national guide to rheumatic diseases, and the Federal clinical guidelines for rheumatology in Russia. T. M. Reshetnyak takes an active part in the educational activities of the research Institute by giving lectures/reports at Russian and international scientific conferences, congresses, and schools. Prof. Reshetnyak’s main clinical research interests focus on antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus and vascular events in different rheumatic diseases, in particular thromboembolic events, cardiovascular, pulmonary renal, and pregnancy complications.