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
Secretary General : Dr Shamim Ahmed

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

Emirates Society for Rheumatology
President : Dr. Jamal Ali AlSaleh
Secretary General : Dr Ahlam Almarzooqi

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

Indian Rheumatology Association
President : Prof S Chandrashekara
Secretary : Prof Vinod Ravindran

Indonesian Rheumatology Association
President : Prof Rudy Hidayat
Secretary General : Prof Vinod Ravindran

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 : Prof Wafa Madanat
Secretary General : Dr Basel Masri

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

Korean College of Rheumatology
President : Jung Soo Song
Chairman : Hoon-Suk Cha
Executive Secretary: Seung-Ki Kwok
Director of International Corporation : Kichul Shin
Contact Person : Hyeon-Jeong Kim

Kuwait Association of Rheumatology
President : Prof Heba Alhajeri
Vice President : Dr Mona Almutairi

Association of the Kyrgyz Republic Rheumatologists
President : Dr Guli Saatova
Secretary : Nazgul Omurzakova

Malaysian Society of Rheumatology
President : Dr Asmah Mohd
Secretary General : Dr Wan Rosmaiza Wan Musa
Secretariat : Leia The

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 : Dr Arun Kumar Gupta
Secretary General : Dr Binit Vaidya

New Zealand Rheumatology Association
President: Dr Vicki Quincy
Treasurer: Dr Mark Sapsford / A/Prof William Taylor
APLAR Representative: Rebecca Grainger

Oman Rheumatology Club
President : Dr. Humaid AlWahshi

Pakistan Society for Rheumatology
President: Prof Muhammad Ahmed Saeed
Secretary General : Dr Saira Elaine Anwer Khan
Secretariat : Azeem Khalid

Philippine Rheumatology Association
President : Prof Auxencio Lorenz Lucero Jr.
Secretary General : Dr Rosario Baes
Secretariat : Dr Maricris C. Ocampo

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

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

Singapore Society of Rheumatology
President : Dr Lian Tsui Yee
Secretary General : Dr Tze Chin Tan
Secretariat : Dr Julian Lim

College of Specialists in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Sri Lanka
President : Prof Palitha Dissanayake
Honorary Secretary : Dr Chathurika Dandeniya

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

Taiwan Rheumatology Association
President : Prof Cheng Tien-Tsai
Secretary General : Chun-Chi Lu / Hsin-Hua Chen / Chung-Yuan Hsu
Secretariat : Eunice Yeh

The Tajik Rheumatology Society
President : Prof. Surayo M. Shukurova
Secretary General : Dr Zumrad Khamroeva

The Thai Rheumatism Association
President : Prof Nuntana Kasitanon
Secretary General : Dr Punchong Hanvivadhanakul

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

Vietnam Rheumatology Association
President : A/Prof Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan
Standing 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