This episode focuses on scleroderma, a disease that the host of the CARRA Podcast was diagnosed with at nine years old. To help explain what the disease is all about, we turn to Dr. Kathryn Torok, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science. Dr. Torok is the director of the Pediatric Scleroderma Clinic at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, where she is also the co-director of the Pediatric Craniofacial Scleroderma Clinic. 

Dr. Torok explains the different types of scleroderma and how doctors diagnose them, as well as the possible treatment options and the challenges that patients and physicians face with this rare disease. As a leading researcher in pediatric scleroderma who co-leads CARRA's Scleroderma Workgroup, Dr. Torok also shares the latest exciting updates in her scleroderma research.