TY - JOUR T1 - Ignazio Olivieri, MD, 1953–2017 JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1682 LP - 1682 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.171010 VL - 44 IS - 11 AU - CARLO SALVARANI AU - MUHAMMAD ASIM KHAN Y1 - 2017/11/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/44/11/1682.abstract N2 - Professor Ignazio Benedetto Olivieri, age 64, died at his home in Trivigno, Potenza, Italy, on July 28 after having colon cancer for a year. He had received his medical degree and his rheumatology specialty training at the University of Pisa in Italy. He later became Chief of the Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Italy.He was an outstanding academic physician and clinical investigator who published more than 400 scientific papers. He headed a Behçet disease and spondyloarthritis (SpA) care and research team investigating the pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and outcomes of these diseases. His research contributions were recognized both nationally and internationally. He identified the predominant inflammatory lesions in dactylitis, defined … ER -