Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, MD has been Director of the B. Shine Rheumatology Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus since 2006. She completed her Residency in Internal Medicine (1990-1994) at B’nai Zion Hospital, rheumatology fellowship at Rambam Hospital (1994-1997) and performed clinical fellowship at Royal Free Hospital (London) under Prof. C. Black and C. Denton (2000). She is Clinical Associate Professor and Head of Rheumatology Department at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine-Technion. Prof. Balbir-Gurman is a member of Israeli Rheumatology Society, ACR, EULAR, EUSTAR and SCTC; during years 2017-2022 she served as a Counselor of EUSTAR. She maintains the largest Israeli scleroderma patients' registry, operates a busy scleroderma and a multidisciplinary fibro-vascular clinic for CTD patients with respiratory problems. She published 145 articles in the field of scleroderma, vasculitis, RA, biological therapies, ultrasound in rheumatic diseases, and Covid-19. Prof. Balbir-Gurman has organized five musculo-skeletal US courses for Israeli rheumatologists; every two years she organizes an International Rheumatology Scientific Conference at Rambam. She took part in more than 50 RCT in the field of rheumatology as a site-PI. She serves as Editorial Board Member of IMAJ and Autoimmunity Reviews.