Dr. Rao obtained his medical degree from Osmania University in India. He completed an internal medicine residency at Booth Memorial Hospital in New York and then joined Henry Ford Hospital as fellow in endocrinology. He has been section head of the bone and mineral division and program director for the endocrinology fellowship program. He has contributed extensively to the field of bone and mineral disorders.

He has authored or co-authored over 300 peer reviewed original papers, abstracts and book chapters. He is on the editorial board of several prestigious journals and has served on several guideline committees and position papers. Dr. Rao is an avid traveler. He spends a lot of his leisure time with his family and grandchildren. He loves to play tennis and he follows the Detroit Tigers faithfully.

Dana Gerstbacher, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology at Stanford Medicine Children's Health.

Dr. Horton is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Chancellor's Scholar, and pediatric rheumatologist at Rutgers University. His research focuses on the utilization, effectiveness, and safety of medications in large pediatric populations and the origins and management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Dr. Horton serves as a member of the Core Oversight Team of the ACR JIA Management Guidelines Committee.

Daniel J. Lovell, MD, MPH, is the Joseph E. Levinson Professor of Pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr Lovell’s clinical interests include the diagnosis and care of children with all pediatric onset rheumatic diseases.  His research career has been focused on design and performance of clinical trials to evaluate more effective treatments for children with rheumatic diseases. He chaired the Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG) for 30 years (1991-2021) and thus was a leader in the design and performance of all the national and international studies of biologics in JIA including those in SJIA. He is currently co-leading, with Dr. Hermine Brunner, all the North American sites in the international prospective study to redefine the classification criteria for chronic arthritis in children.  He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and has had NIH funding for over 25 continuous years.

Dr. Solomon is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Section of Clinical Sciences in Rheumatology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Arthritis & Rheumatology and has published over 450 peer-reviewed original articles. His H-index is over 120. He is an expert on drug and rheumatic disease epidemiology.

Danielle Fair, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Wisconsin.  She holds key roles as the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director and Clinic Medical Director within the division, where she dedicates the majority of her time to clinical education.  She also serves as the Medical Director for the annual Arthritis Foundation camp.   Her professional interests encompass medical education, mental health, and the application of point-of-care ultrasound in rheumatology.

Dr. Borenstein began his career as a board-certified physician in internal medicine and rheumatology after graduating from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where he completed medical school, residency, and fellowship training. He taught medicine at George Washington University, where Dr. Borenstein was appointed Associate Director for education and research for the Division of Rheumatology and was Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery. In 1997, he joined the Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates practice in conjunction with starting The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research in Washington, DC. Currently, he is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at The George Washington University Medical Center. Among his many memberships in professional medical organizations, Dr. Borenstein is a Master of the American College of Rheumatology, and the American College of Physicians. He was President of the Rheumatism Society of the District of Columbia in 1992 and President of the American College of Rheumatology from 2010-2011. His active involvement in the arthritis community has resulted in several awards, including The President's Award for Lifetime Service from the Arthritis Foundation and the Marriott Lifetime Achievement Award from the Metropolitan District Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Dr. Borenstein has been involved with outreach to the public through his radio program Dr. B on Call. He is Executive Editor thespinecommunity.com.

David D. Sherry, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus, from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to retirement, he was a medical editor for the Pediatric Rheumatology sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Sherry has authored or co-authored multiple chapters on amplified pain in standard medical textbooks. He has lectured internationally on the topic and has trained hundreds of health professionals to recognize and treat AMPS in children. Over the span of his career, he treated over 4000 children diagnosed with amplified pain syndromes. In 2018 the American College of Rheumatology recognized him as a Master Rheumatologist.

Dr. Deborah Levy is a Staff Rheumatologist and Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto and Team Investigator at the SickKids Research Institute. She has received local and national honours, and most recently was awarded a Department of Paediatrics Clinical Excellence Award, and the 2018 Ontario Rheumatologist of the Year Award.

She is the clinic director of the Paediatric Lupus clinic at SickKids, and her research focuses on long-term outcomes of childhood-onset lupus. Other interests include Advocacy and Models of Care in Paediatric Rheumatology, ensuring access to care for patients in underserved areas of Ontario. She is the Vice-President – Paediatric of the Ontario Rheumatology Association and Past-Chair of the Paediatric Committee of the Canadian Rheumatology Association.

Dr. Diane Alexander is an Assistant Professor of Health Care Management at The Wharton School. Her research is predominantly in health care, studying the economics of the provision of health care services and the actions of health care providers. Prior to joining Wharton, Dr. Alexander was an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She holds a PhD in Economics from Princeton University.