
Board of Directors
Executive Council

Fatemah Abu Tiban, MD
Kuwait
President
Consultant of Medicine and Rheumatology
President of Kuwait Association of Rheumatology-KAR

Waleed AlShehhi, MD
UAE
Secretary General
Head of Rheumatology department HMC-DHCC

Manal El Rakawi, MD
Algeria
President Elect

Basel Masri, MD
Jordan
Past President
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Jordan Hospital & Medical Center Amman, Jordan
Secretary General of the Jordanian Society of Rheumatology-JSR

Nizar AbdulLateef Jasim, MD
Iraq
Chairman of the 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

Kamel Mroueh, MD
Lebanon
Treasurer
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Beirut, Lebanon
President of Lebanese Society of Rheumatology
Board Members

Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig, MD
Algeria
Professor of Rheumatology
President of the Algerian League Against Rheumatism-LAAR

Hachemi Djoudi, MD
Algeria
Professor of Rheumatology
President of Algerian Society for Rheumatology-SAR

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

Wafa Madanat, MD
Jordan
Consultant Rheumatologist
President of the Jordanian Society of Rheumatology - JSR
Chairman of Scientific Committee 2004-2010
Council Member of the International Society for Behcet's disease
Member of Editorial Board - Journal of the Royal Medical Services
Reviewer - Local and International Journals

Jamil Misseykeh, MD
Lebanon
Rheumatologist and has a master in clinical biology.
President of the Lebanese Society of Rheumatology - LSR

Soad Hashad, MD
Libya
Consultant pediatric rheumatologist and one of the founders of pediatric rheumatology O.P.D in Tripoli Children Hospital since 2008.

Rachid Bahiri, MD
Morocco
Professor of Rheumatology
Head of Rheumatology Department at CHU Rabat-Salé
President of the Moroccan Society for Rheumatology-SMR

Ali Al Shirawi, MD
Oman
Consultant Rheumatologist, Muscat, Oman
President of the Oman Society of Rheumatology-OSR

Riad Eid, MD
Palestine
Assistant professor of Medicine and Rheumatology at Alquds university
Sr.consultant Rheumatologist and Internal disease’s at Jericho hospital - Palestinian Ministry Of Health.
President of the Palestinian Rheumatology Society - PSR

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

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

Wafa Hassan Al-Bashir, MD
Sudan
Internal medicine and rheumatology consultant President of the Sudanese Society of Rheumatology Friendship Teaching Hospital Alia Specialized Hospital

Layla Kazkaz, MD
Syria
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Damascus, Syria
President of the Syrian Association for Rheumatology-SAR
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Hela Salhi, MD
Tunisia

Jamal AlSaleh, MD
UAE
Consultant Rheumatologist and Head of Unit at Dubai Hospital
President of Emirates Rheumatology Society
Regional Advisor for The Royal College of Physicians London
Member of Emirates Medical Association Executive Board
Past President of Emirates Osteoporosis Society Emirates Rheumatology Society and Arab League Against Rheumatism