Dr. Mario Gismondi graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Perugia. He works as a Specialist Registrar in Internal Medicine in the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Ancona, Italy. He collaborates with Dr. Magdalena Dziadzio in the field of scleroderma. He has given his time to edit the stories written by Italian patients so that he can better understand what it is like to live with this complicated disease. He hopes that his contribution will be of help to those who suffer from scleroderma and to their families. | 
