Description: This video addresses a critical part of standard treatment for vasculitis. Dr. Eli Miloslavsky discusses the role of steroid treatment in vasculitis, how we understand and measure steroid therapy, and ways to prevent steroid toxicity.
Presenter: Eli Miloslavsky, MD, specializes in diagnosing and treating vasculitis and other systemic diseases such as inflammatory myopathy and sarcoidosis among others. His research has focused on outcomes and treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis and glucocorticoid toxicity. Within medical education, his research has focused on simulation, consultative medicine, science education and peer teaching. Dr. Miloslavsky currently teaches at MGH and Harvard Medical School. He is a co-director of the MGH Vasculitis and Glomerulonephritis Center.