Member National Organizations

Australian Rheumatology Association
President : Dr. Claire Barret, Dr. Sam Whittle
Contact Person : Tracey Rudd

Bangladesh Rheumatology Society
President : Prof. Syed Atiqul Haq
General Secretary : Prof. Minhaj Rahim Choudhury

Chinese Rheumatology Association
President : Prof. Zhao Yan
Secretary General : Prof. Zhang Zhuoli

Emirates Society for Rheumatology
President : Dr. Jamal Ali AlSaleh
Vice President :

The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology
President : Dr. To Chi Hung
Honorary Secretary : YU Ka Lung Carrel

Indian Rheumatology Association
President : Prof. B.G Dharmanand
Secretary : Prof. Sharma Aman

Indonesian Rheumatology Association
President : Dr. Sumariyono

Iranian Rheumatology Association
President : Dr Mohsen Soroush
Secretary General : Dr Mohsen Akhiani

Iraqi Society of Rheumatic Diseases
President : Prof. Nizar Abdulateef
Vice President : Prof. Sami Salman

Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR)
President : Prof. Yoshiya Tanaka
Chairman International Affairs : Prof. Kunihiro Yamaoka

Jordanian Society of Rheumatology
President : Dr. Basel K Masri

Qazaq College of Rheumatology
President : Prof. Galymzhan Togizbayev
Secretary :

Korean College of Rheumatology
President : Sang-Cheol Bae
Chairman : Shin-Seok Lee

Executive Secretary : Seung-Ki Kwok
Director of International Corporation : Kichul Shin

Kuwait Association of Rheumatology
President : Dr. Fatemah Abutiban

Association of the Kyrgyz Republic Rheumatologists
President : Dr. Guli Saatova
Secretary : Dr. Zhetibaeva Saltanat Cholponbaevna

Malaysian Society of Rheumatology
President : Dr Asmah Mohd
Secretary : Dr Wan Rosmaiza Wan Musa
APLAR contact person : Dr. Lau Ing Soo

Mongolian Rheumatology Association
President : Dr. Zulgeral Dandii
Secretary : Tsolmon Darisuren

Myanmar Rheumatology Society
President : Prof. Chit Soe
Secretary General : Dr. Cho Mar Lwin

Nepal Rheumatology Association
President : Prof. Buddhi Prasad Paudyal
Secretary General : Dr. Binit Vaidya

New Zealand Rheumatology Association
President: Dr Vicki Quincy
Treasurer: Dr Mark Sapsford
Secretary: A/Prof William Taylor

Oman Rheumatology Club
President : Dr. Humaid AlWahshi

Pakistan Society for Rheumatology
President : Prof. Samina Ghaznavi
Secretary General : Dr Suleman Khan

Philippine Rheumatology Association
President : Dr. Emmanuel C. Perez
Secretary General : Dr. Sidney Erwin T. Manahan

Qatar Rheumatology Association
President : Dr. Samar Al Emadi
Executive Secretary : Mrs. Nanditha Krishnadas

Saudi Society of Rheumatology
President : Dr. Hanan Al Rayes
Secretary :

Singapore Society of Rheumatology
President : Dr. Howe Hwee Siew
Secretary General : Dr Nur Azizah Binte Allameen

College of Specialists in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Sri Lanka
President : Dr. Duminda Abeysinghe
Honorary Secretary : Dr. Pasindu Samarasinghe

Syrian Association For Rheumatology
President : Dr. Layla Kazkaz
Secretary General : Dr. Widad Aji

Taiwan Rheumatology Association
President : Prof. Chang-Youh Tasi
Secretary General : Dr Ko-Jen Li

The Tajik Rheumatology Society
President : Prof. Surayo M. Shukurova
Secretary General Dr. V Musaeva

The Thai Rheumatism Association
President : A/Prof. Prapaporn Pisitkun
Secretary General : Boonjing Siripaitoon

Tashkent Medical Academy
President : Dr. Rector Karimov Sh.I
Secretary General : Yarmukhamedov B

Vietnam Rheumatology Association
President : A/Prof Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan
Vice President : Dr Nguyen Van Hung
General Secretary: Dr. Nguyen Van Hung

Russian Cytokines Society
President: Prof. Vladimir A. Kozlov
Secretary General: Dr. Mark V. Goloviznin