Silke Schlüter

Silke Schlüter (Germany, 1975) was diagnosed with an autoimmune hepatitis and liver cirrhosis in 1990. The diagnosis polymyositis was made in 2012. This was replaced by the diagnosis of overlap-myositis 2015. Silke is the chair of the German Myositis-Group within the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Muskelkranke e.V. – DGM (german society for neuromuscular diseases) and federal board member of this DGM. She is also board member of the German “MYOSITIS NETZ e.V.” and the “International Myositis Society – iMyoS” and she is an ePAG at ERN ReCONNET. As a member of the MYOSITIS NETZ she is involved in the development of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure). She is co-author of several, national and international editorials, guidelines, and textbooks in the field of myositis. She is listed as a patient representative for national and international projects dealing with either myositis or neuromuscular and rheumatic diseases in general (ENMC, IMACS). Silke has a particular interest in disease management, mental health, and the development of standardized myositis criteria for diagnosis and treatment.