Dr. Didem Saygin
Overview
Clinical interests: Inflammatory myopathies (such as dermatomyositis, immune mediated necrotizing myopathy, anti-synthetase syndrome, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis), autoimmune interstitial lung diseases, checkpoint inhibitor induced myositis, musculoskeletal ultrasound
Research interests: Dr. Saygin has validated numerous myositis outcome measures including hand-held dynamometry, accelerometers, and PROMIS instruments in order to optimize the assessment of muscle strength and other disease related symptoms such as fatigue, pain, and physical function in both clinical practice and therapeutic trials. In addition to outcome measures, she has a particular interest in clinical trials, classification and response criteria, and data harmonization.
Professional activities: Dr. Saygin currently serves on the board of the International Myositis Society (iMyos), as vice chair of the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies (IMACS) Data Sharing Scientific Interest Group and member of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Committee on Nominations and Appointments and OMERACT Technical Advisory Group.
Dr. Saygin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myositis. Her top areas of expertise are Myositis, Polymyositis, Antisynthetase Syndrome, and Interstitial Lung Disease.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 64 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 41 articles in the study of Myositis.
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Locations
1611 W Harrison St, Suite 510, Chicago, IL 60612
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Saygin has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- MyositisDr. Saygin isElite. Learn about Myositis.
- Distinguished
- PolymyositisDr. Saygin isDistinguished. Learn about Polymyositis.
- Advanced
- Antisynthetase SyndromeDr. Saygin isAdvanced. Learn about Antisynthetase Syndrome.
- Interstitial Lung DiseaseDr. Saygin isAdvanced. Learn about Interstitial Lung Disease.
- Experienced
- Inclusion Body MyositisDr. Saygin isExperienced. Learn about Inclusion Body Myositis.
- Juvenile DermatomyositisDr. Saygin isExperienced. Learn about Juvenile Dermatomyositis.
- Mixed Connective Tissue DiseaseDr. Saygin isExperienced. Learn about Mixed Connective Tissue Disease.
- Necrotizing Myopathy (NM)Dr. Saygin isExperienced. Learn about Necrotizing Myopathy (NM).