Maria Cristina Maggio has been an active part of the Vasculitis Study Group of the PRES (Pediatric Rheumatology European Society) since 2015. She has been a member of the Sports Medicine Commission of the Italian Society of Pediatrics since 2010.
Maria Cristina Maggio was a founding member of the "e-Health" Commission of the Italian Society of Pediatrics in 2012. She is a lecturer for the I level master "Advanced Skills in Pediatric Nursing" of the University of Palermo.
Maria Cristina Maggio organized and managed, in collaboration with Professor Corsello, a Pediatric Rheumatology portal, on the website of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, dedicated to doctors, patients and associations at a national level. It was an active part of the scientific committee organized by the Italian Society of Pediatrics for the revision of Italian guidelines for therapeutic management and follow-up of patients with Kawasaki disease, guidelines published in an indexed journal.
She also participated in the national board on the implementation of the "transition care" projects, for adolescents suffering from chronic rheumatology.
- Report of the Italian Cardiology Society Congress, Rome 15-17 December 2012: "Diet and lifestyle in subjects with childhood obesity";
- Moderation of the Italian Cardiology Society congress, Rome 15-17 December 2012;
- Report to the 1st conference "Association of Italian Territorial and Hospital Immunologist Allergists" pediatric section "update in allergology: from symptom to therapy", Palermo 8-9 November 2013: "The diagnostic path in hives";
- Report International Congress on Autoinflammatory Syndromes Berlin, November 22nd 2013: "A case of CAPS from Sicily";
- Report SIP congress, Palermo 11-14 June 2014: "The pyramid of physical activity in the adolescent";
- Conference Report "Autoinflammation today", Milan 10-11 October 2014: "Differential diagnosis in autoinflammatory diseases of the child";
- Report of the Italian Society of Pediatric Dermatology 2015: "Vasculitis in pediatric age";
- Moderation of the SIMIT Regional Congress in Sicily "The challenges of infectious diseases: new diagnostic markers, new therapeutic approaches", Palermo 29-30 May 2015;
- Report 71st SIP Congress, Rome 4-6 June 2015: "Atypical and incomplete Kawasaki disease";
- Report to the Congress “The pediatric diabetological network in Sicily. Organizational and welfare news: The new guidelines ", Palermo 29-30 June 2015:" Autoimmune diseases associated with diabetes ";
- Report to the Congress "DIABENDO, up to date in Endocrinology and Diabetology", Palermo 8 July 2015: "Physiopathology of GH Deficiency in pediatric age";
- Organization and report to the Congress "Italian guidelines on Kawasaki disease", Rome 11 September 2015: "New therapeutic schemes for high-risk patients";
- Report to the Conference "How to grow together around a molecule that calls GH", Catania 26 September 2015: "Clinical case";
- Reports to the National Congress of GdS Pediatric Rheumatology "One-to-One Rheumatology" Trieste 22-24 October 2015: a) "Reversible GH deficiency and hypogonadism after tocilizumab therapy";
b) "Platelet parameters in Kawasaki disease: cardiovascular risk factor or epiphenomenon?";c) "Pediatric Rheumatology Blog: State of the Art"; d) "When an atypical periodic fever hides an incomplete Kawasaki";
- Organization and relationship to the IPERN Training Course of Pediatric Rheumatology, Palermo May 23rd 2015: "The coxalgies - coxartites: from a true story to an integrated diagnostic procedure";
- Report on the joint SIP regional conference in Sicily "Many idioms, single language", Catania 19-21 November 2015: "Autoinflammatory syndromes: when to suspect them, how to treat them";
- Conference report "Current approach to chronic constipation in pediatrics", Palermo, December 19, 2015: "Constipation in endocrine and metabolic diseases;
- Sicily Forum Congress Pediatric Dermatology, Palermo 11-12 March 2016: "The skin and autoinflammatory syndromes: when to suspect them, how to treat them";
- Report 9th pediatric hospital-territory meeting, Partinico (PA) 2 April 2016: "Vitamin D: when, why and for how long";
- Organization and SIPPS conference report Sicily, Catania May 21st 2016: "The role of vitamin D in the development of the child";
- Report to the congress "Focus on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis", Palermo 25 February 2017: "Pediatric age therapy";
- Organization and report of the SIPPS conference in Sicily: "Clinical cases: Strange fevers", Catania 25 March 2017;
- Moderation and organization of the Congress "Fever, fevers and periodic fevers: tricks of the trade for the diagnosis" University of Palermo, Palermo March 27th 2017;
- Report and moderation conference "Update of Pediatric Rheumatology in Calabria", Catanzaro 15-16 April 2017: "Supportive strategies: physical / psychological";
- Moderation at the National Congress of GDS Pediatric Rheumatology Brindisi 11-13 May 2017;
- Report 73th SIP national congress "Children grow up", Naples 30 May - 1 June 2017: "Symptomatic treatment, rehabilitation and motor activity in adolescents with chronic rheumatology";
- Scientific coordinator of the national course "Pediatric ultrasound and juvenile idiopathic arthritis" Palermo 24 July 2017 and report: "Pediatric ultrasound and juvenile idiopathic arthritis";
- Report to the national congress "SIBioC Laboratory Medicine Day", Palermo 13-14 September 2017: "The fever of undetermined origin in the child";
- Report on the SIP joint regional conference in Sicily "The child ... not just a case", Gela (CL) 12-14 October 2017: "Framework of fever of undetermined origin";
- Discussant at the congress "Diagnostic approach to short stature due to SHOX gene deficiency", 27 October 2017;
- Report to the course "Hand to Hand: Rheumatology and Pediatrics to help patient development", Rome 5 February 2018: "Transitional care of young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Italy: results of a Delphi consensus survey";
- Organization, report and moderation SIPPS conference Sicily "Children today ... adults tomorrow", Catania March 24, 2018: "Food and epigenetics";
- Report 11th pediatric hospital-territory meeting, Partinico (PA) 7 April 2018: "When to think about rheumatic diseases in pediatric age";
- Report to the conference "Association of Italian Territorial and Hospital Immunologist Allergists" Sicily, Palermo 20 April 2018: "The management of chronic urticaria in the pediatric age: experiences in real life";
- Report of the SIEDP regional course-Sicily, Messina 18 May 2018: "True precocious puberty: emerging physiopathological aspects";
- Report 74th SIP Congress, Rome 12-16 June 2018: "Transitional care ... from the family pediatrician to the rheumatologist specialist";
- Moderation and responsible working group at the congress "Insights on the short stature of SHOX gene deficiency", Bologna 14 June 2018;
- Conference report "IL-1 beta days": the innovative approach to autoinflammatory diseases ", Rome 22-23 June 2018:" Still's disease in adolescents ";
- Moderation in the Congress "The relay: the passing of the baton from the neonatologist to the pediatrician", Palermo 5-6 July 2018;
- Moderation at the "Controversies in Pediatric Rheumatology" Congress, Brescia 4-6 October 2018;
- Report to the congress "Appropriateness and adherence to GH therapy: what experiences from endocrinologists and pharmacists?", Palermo 16 October 2018: "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis and GH";
- Report on the conference "The new frontiers of the treatment of rheumatic diseases", Palermo 30 November - 1 December 2018: "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: therapy";
- Participation in the round table at the Conference "Focus on Rare Diseases", University of Milan, Milan 2 March 2019: "Focus on rare autoinflammatory diseases. Insertion in the school, sports and recreational-motor activities of children and adolescents with autoinflammatory syndrome ";
44) Report to the Congress of the Italian College of Rheumatologists "Real Life Rheumatologist", Tempio Pausania 5-6 April 2019: "Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: what's new?";
- Organization and conference report SIPPS Sicilia “So equal ... so different. Gender Pediatrics ", Catania 13 April 2019:" Immunity and autoimmunity: gender characteristics ";
- Organization of relations and moderation congress and multicentric event “The ... usual fever. Familial Mediterranean Fever: new horizons ", Palermo 25 May 2019:" Familial Mediterranean Fever: not only fever ";
- Organization and conference report and multicentric event "And if it were not ... the usual fever?", Palermo 25 May 2019;
- Report 75th SIP congress, Bologna 29 May-1 June 2019: "Anti-inflammatory therapy at target";
- Reports to the Course "Diabetology and Pediatric Endocrinology", Agrigento September 13, 2019:to. "Congenital hypothyroidism";b. "Precocious puberty";
- Report to the XVII Congress of the Pediatric Rheumatology Study Group, Brindisi 3-5 October 2019: "Global approach to the patient with FMF";
- Report to the advanced specialization course: "Monogenic and multifactorial autoinflammatory diseases: diagnosis and new therapeutic perspectives", Siena, 18-20 September 2019: "FMF and recurrent pericarditis: when fever does not occur";
- Report to the "Hot Topic in Rheumatology" Congress, Palermo 25-26 October 2019: "The transition clinic".
