Dr. Charles-Schoeman is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). Over a decade ago she developed the UCLA myositis program and specializes in the care of patients with autoimmune inflammatory myopathies, often treating patients with aggressive systemic disease including interstitial lung disease. Her research interests include the study of vascular disease and inflammatory lipoproteins as targets for systemic disease treatment in patients with autoimmune disease including myositis, and she is also an active investigator in several clinical trials of novel therapies for these diseases.