Board of Directors
Executive Council
Nizar AbdulLateef Jasim, MD
President
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Medical City
Professor in Internal Medicine & Rheumatology at Baghdad College of Medicine
Chairman of the Scientific Council of Internal Medicine & Scientific Committee for Rheumatic Diseases in Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations
President of the Iraqi League for Bone & Joint Health
Iraq
Fatemah Baroun, MD
Secretary General
Specialist in Adult rheumatology and internal medicine at Jahra Hospital in Kuwait.
Kuwait
Shamma Al Nokhatha, MD
President Elect
Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Consultant at Tawam Hospital and Sh. Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Medical City in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
President of Emirates Society of Rheumatology
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences
UAE
Manal El Rakaawi, MD
Past President
Professor of Rheumatology at University Hospital Douera Algiers; Saad Dahlab University Blida, Algeria
Algeria
Imad Uthman, MD
Chairman of the Scientific Committee
Professor and head of rheumatology department at American University of Beirut Medical Center
Lebanon
Basel Masri, MD
Treasurer
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Jordan Hospital & Medical Center Amman, Jordan
Secretary General of the Jordanian Society of Rheumatology-JSR
Jordan
Board Members
Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig, MD
Professor of Rheumatology
President of the Algerian League Against Rheumatism-LAAR
Algeria
Hachemi Djoudi, MD
Professor of Rheumatology
President of Algerian Society for Rheumatology-SAR
Algeria
Ayman El Garf, MD
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
Egypt
Wafa Madanat, MD
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
Jordan
Hebah Al-Hajeri, MD
President of Kuwait Association of Rheumatology-KAR
Consultant Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital , Kuwait
Kuwait
Nelly Ziade Zoghbi, MD
President of the Lebanese Society of Rheumatology - LSR
Consultant Rheumatologist
Assistant Professor of Rheumatology Public Health and Epidemiology, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital and Saint-Joseph University Beirut
Lebanon
Soad Hashad, MD
Consultant pediatric rheumatologist and one of the founders of pediatric rheumatology O.P.D in Tripoli Children Hospital since 2008.
Libya
Abdellah El Maghraoui, MD
Professor of Higher Education in Rheumatology
Former Lecturer and Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat
Lecturer at Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences
Former Head of the Rheumatology Department at Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
President of the Association of Private Rheumatologists of Rabat
President of the Moroccan Society of Rheumatology
Board Member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)
Associate Member of the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS)
Morocco
Humaid Al Wahshi, MD
Senior Consultant Internist, Rheumatologist and Immunologist, Muscat, Oman
President of the Oman Society of Rheumatology-OSR
Oman
Riad Eid, MD
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
Palestine
Samar Al Emadi, MD
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Doha, Qatar
President of the Qatar Rheumatology Society-QRS
Head of Rheumatology Division at Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar
Hanan Al-Rayes, MD
Consultant Rheumatologist, Lupus subspecialty
Associate Professor King Faisal University, Medicine College
President of the Saudi Society for Rheumatology-SSR
KSA
Wafa Hassan Al-Bashir, MD
Internal medicine and rheumatology consultant President of the Sudanese Society of Rheumatology Friendship Teaching Hospital Alia Specialized Hospital
Sudan
Majed Abboud, MD
Syria
Souheil Aloui, MD
Tunisia