Haner Direskeneli, MD is a Professor of Rheumatology and is currently the Chief ofVasculitis Clinic and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine in Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. 

He graduated from Istanbul University, had residency trainings in Internal Medicine/Rheumatology in Marmara University and fellowships in Lupus Research Unit, St. Thomas’ Hospital (1992) and Department of Oral Immunology in UMDS, London UK (1992-1993).

His current main research interests are genetics, immune mechanisms, infectious etiology, diagnosis with Doppler US and management of ‘Behcet’s Disease’ and genetics, immune mechanisms, disease assessment with imaging/outcome tools and management of ‘Takayasu’s arteritis”. 

He is a member of OMERACT Large-vessel Vasculitis and Behcet’s Study Interest Groups, and is part of the EULAR Taskforce for Imaging in Large-vessel Vasculitis. He is also a member of ACR Global Engagement Committee. He has >250 peer-reviewed articles.