Executive Council
Basel Masri, MD
Jordan
ArLAR President
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Jordan Hospital & Medical Center
Amman, Jordan
President of the Jordanian Society of Rheumatology-JSR
Waleed AlShehhi, MD
UAE
Secretary General
Head of Rheumatology department HMC-DHCC
Fatemah Abutiban, MD
Kuwait
President Elect
Consultant of Medicine and Rheumatology
President of Kuwait Association of Rheumatology-KAR
Nizar AbdulLateef Jasim, 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
Kamel Mroueh, MD
Lebanon
ArLAR 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
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
Anas Muhanna, MD
Palestine
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Jerusalem, Palestine
Assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine/ Al Quds University
East Jerusalem/ Palestine
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
Layla Kazkaz, MD
Syria
Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Damascus, Syria
President of the Syrian Association for Rheumatology-SAR
Elyes Bouajina, MD
Tunisia
Professor of Rheumatology
President de La Ligue Tunisienne Anti Rhumatismale-LITAR
Prof. Khalid Alnaqbi
UAE
Chief of Rheumatology, Assistant Professor (UAE University). Al Ain, UAE