Hideto Kameda is a Professor of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine at Toho University. His main areas of expertise are spondyloarthritides, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and interstitial lung disease. He is the president of the Japan Spondyroarthritis Society and a director of the Japanese Society for Clinical Immunology and the Japanese Society for Clinical Rheumatology and Related Research, an auditor of the Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration, and a councilor of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and the Japan College of Rheumatology. He is an Associate Editor of Cytokine and International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases and an editorial board member for Clinical Rheumatology, Modern Rheumatology and Immunological Medicine.