ArLAR College Members

Abdelatif Abiayad, MD

Algeria

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Adel Mahmoud El Sayed, MD

Egypt

Professor of Internal Medicine & rheumatology, Head of Rheumatology Division, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Assistant and Principal Investigator of national and multinational studies.

Member of the American college of rheumatology (ACR), Member of other Scientific Societies including Egyptian Society of Rheumatology & Joint Diseases (ESRD).

Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig, MD

Algeria

Professor of Rheumatology
President of the Algerian League Against Rheumatism-LAAR

Ayman El-Garf, MD

Egypt

Professor Emeritus of Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
President of the Egyptian Society for Joint Diseases and Arthritis-ESRD
Founding member of the ArLAR

Basel El-Zorkany, MD

Egypt

Professor of Rheumatology
Professor and head of rheumatology dept., Cairo University

Basel Masri, MD

Jordan

Past president

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Jordan Hospital & Medical Center

Amman, Jordan

President of the Jordanian Society of Rheumatology-JSR

Chafia Makhloufi-Dahoui, MD

Algeria

Professor of Rheumatology

Elyes Bouajina, MD

Tunisia

Professor of Rheumatology
President de La Ligue Tunisienne Anti Rhumatismale-LITAR

Faiq Isho Gorial, MD

Iraq

CABM, FIBMS (Rheumatology and Medical rehabilitation) Rheumatologist: Works at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Medical Department form 2007 till now

Hachemi Djoudi, MD

Algeria

Professor of Rheumatology
President of Algerian Society for Rheumatology-SAR

Hanan Al Rayes, MD

KSA

Consultant Rheumatologist, Lupus subspecialty
Associate Professor King Faisal University, Medicine College
President of the Saudi Society for Rheumatology-SSR

Héla SAHLI, MD

Tunisia

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Houria AYED, MD

Algeria

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Imad Uthman, MD

Lebanon

Professor and head of rheumatology department at American University of Beirut Medical Center

Iman Abbas El Kadi, MD

Egypt

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Kawther Ben Abdelghani, MD

Tunisia

Associate Professor in Rheumatology – Mongi Slim Hospital, Tunisia

General Secretary of the Tunisian League against Rheumatism (LITAR)

Khaldoun Alawneh, MD

Jordan

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Head of Rheumatology Division
King Abdullah University Hospital

Khaled El-Hadidi, MD

Egypt

Professor of Rheumatology, Cairo university and Vice-President of the Egyptian society of Rheumatology. Cairo, Egypt

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Khalid Alnaqbi, MD

UAE

Chief of Rheumatology, Assistant Professor (UAE University). Al Ain, UAE

Malik Djennane, MD

Algeria

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Manal El Rakawi, MD

Algeria

Professor and Consultant Rheumatologist. Algeria

Coordinator of Pain Section of the Algerian Society of Rheumatology, General Secretary of the francophone group of ArLAR.

Mira Merhachly, MD

Lebanon

Dr Mira Merashli is an assistant professor in rheumatology at the AUBMC , did her clinical training at the Royal London Hospital in UK, currently a fellow at the Royal College of physicians, has published more than 40 papers in peer reviewed journals

Mohammed Hamoudeh, MD

Qatar

Dr. Mohammed Hammoudeh is Senior Consultant in Rheumatology at Hamad Medical corporation In Qatar and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar

Presently he is chairman of IRB of HMC since April 2017.

Dr. Hammoudeh has published 96 publications in local, regional, and international journals.

Musa Hadidi, MD

Jordan

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, PhD

JSR co-founder

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Nelly Ziade, MD

Lebanon

Consultant Rheumatologist at Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital and Assistant Professor (Maître de Conference) of Rheumatology, Public Health, and Epidemiology at Saint-Joseph University. Beirut, Lebanon

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Nizar Abdulateef, MD

Iraq

Secretary General of the ArLAR Scientific Committee
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist
Professor of Medicine University of Baghdad / College of Medicine
President of Iraqi League for Bone and Joint Health
President of the Pan-Arab Osteoporosis Society

Salima Lefkir-Tafiani, MD

Algeria

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Samar El Emadi, MD

Qatar

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Doha, Qatar
President of the Qatar Rheumatology Society-QRS
Head of Rheumatology Division at Hamad Medical Corporation

Sami Salman, MD

Iraq

Prof Salman, MB ChB 1973, CES (France) 1980, MRCP(Ireland) 1984, DMR (London,UK) 1985, FRCP (Glasgow, UK) 2005.
Professor in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine in College of Medicine, University of Baghdad.

Samy Slimani, MD

Algeria

Associate Professor of Rheumatology in Batna, Algeria.
Samy Slimani is Associate Professor of Rheumatology in Batna, eastern Algeria.

Suad Hanawi, MD

UAE

MD, PhD. Consultant Rheumatologist at the Ministry of Health and Prevention of UAE. Chairman of Rheumatology at MOHAP, Deputy Chairman of the Central Research Ethic Committee, the Chairman of Dubai Health District REC. After receiving her Bachelor of Science, and the Medical Diploma, she obtained the fellowship of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and completed her clinical training in Rheumatology in Australia. Proceeded with her academic attainment by obtaining a PhD in Rheumatology.

Sulaiman Al Mayouf, MD

KSA

Professor, Consultant of Pediatric Rheumatology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
College of Medicine, Alfaisal University
Riyadh

Suzan Attar, MD

KSA

Professor and Rheumatologist, King Abdulaziz University. Jeddah, KSA
Professor& Consultant Rheumatologist in the Department of Internal Medicine at the King Abdulaziz University & King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia.

Thurayya Al Araissi, MD

Qatar

Dr. Thurayya Arayssi is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar. She obtained her M.D. degree from the American University of Beirut, and completed her residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine and her Geriatrics fellowship at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. She then joined the National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders (NIAMS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, completing a second fellowship in Rheumatology with a focus in the area of early arthritis.

Dr. Arayssi’s current research interests focus on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Behcet Disease, for which she has received funding as Principal Investigator. She has organized the Middle East Rheumatoid Arthritis Consortium (MERAC), which brings together renowned rheumatologists from the Middle East and the United States who share an interest in investigating the genetics and the clinical characteristics of Arab patients with RA for the purpose of improving their care. She has authored more than one hundred peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters in her area of expertise. She has also received several teaching awards and honors, including being inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Wafaa Madanat, MD

Jordan

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, PhD, FRCP (London)

JSR co-founder

Ziad Al Rawi, MD

Iraq

Professor of Rheumatology, University of Baghdad, Medical College. Baghdad, Iraq
Ziad Al Rawi FRCP (London), D.phys.Med. (London) Professor of Rheumatology, University of Baghdad, Medical College.

ArLAR College Members

Abdelatif Abiayad, MD

Adel Mahmoud El Sayed, MD

Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig, MD

Ayman El-Garf, MD

Basel El-Zorkany, MD

Basel Masri, MD

Chafia Makhloufi-Dahoui, MD

​Elyes Bouajina, MD

Faiq Isho Gorial, MD

Hachemi Djoudi, MD

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Hanan Al Rayes, MD

Héla SAHLI, MD

Houria AYED, MD

Imad Uthman, MD

Iman Abbas El Kadi, MD

Kawther Ben Abdelghani, MD

Khaldoun Alawneh, MD

Khaled El-Hadidi, MD

Khalid Alnaqbi, MD

Malik Djennane, MD

Manal El Rakawi, MD

Mira Merhachly, MD

Mohammed Hamoudeh, MD

Musa Hadidi, MD

Nelly Ziade, MD

Nizar Abdulateef, MD

Salima Lefkir-Tafiani, MD

Samar El Emadi, MD

Sami Salman, MD

Samy Slimani, MD

Suad Hanawi, MD

Sulaiman Al Mayouf, MD

Suzan Attar, MD

Thurayya Al Araissi, MD

Wafaa Madanat, MD

Ziad Al Rawi, MD

Elyes Bouajina, MD