ArLAR College Members

Abdelatif Abiayad, MD

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Algeria

Adel Mahmoud El Sayed, MD

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).

Egypt

Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig, MD

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

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

Basel El-Zorkany, MD

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

Egypt

Basel Masri, MD

Past president

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Jordan Hospital & Medical Center

Amman, Jordan

President of the Jordanian Society of Rheumatology-JSR

Jordan

Chafia Makhloufi-Dahoui, MD

Professor of Rheumatology

Algeria

Elyes Bouajina, MD

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

Tunisia

Faiq Isho Gorial, MD

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

Iraq

Hachemi Djoudi, MD

Professor of Rheumatology
President of Algerian Society for Rheumatology-SAR

Algeria

Hanan Al Rayes, MD

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

KSA

Héla SAHLI, MD

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Tunisia

Houria AYED, MD

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Algeria

Imad Uthman, MD

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

Lebanon

Iman Abbas El Kadi, MD

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Egypt

Kawther Ben Abdelghani, MD

Associate Professor in Rheumatology – Mongi Slim Hospital, Tunisia

General Secretary of the Tunisian League against Rheumatism (LITAR)

Tunisia

Khaldoun Alawneh, MD

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

Jordan

Khaled El-Hadidi, MD

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

Egypt

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Khalid Alnaqbi, MD

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

UAE

Malik Djennane, MD

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Algeria

Manal El Rakawi, MD

Professor and Consultant Rheumatologist. Algeria

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

Algeria

Mira Merhachly, MD

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

Lebanon

Mohammed Hamoudeh, MD

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.

Qatar

Musa Hadidi, MD

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, PhD

JSR co-founder

Jordan

Nelly Ziade, MD

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

Lebanon

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Nizar Abdulateef, MD

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

Iraq

Salima Lefkir-Tafiani, MD

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Algeria

Samar El Emadi, MD

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

Qatar

Sami Salman, MD

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.

Iraq

Samy Slimani, MD

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

Algeria

Suad Hanawi, MD

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.

UAE

Sulaiman Al Mayouf, MD

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

KSA

Suzan Attar, MD

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.

KSA

Thurayya Al Araissi, MD

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.

Qatar

Wafaa Madanat, MD

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, PhD, FRCP (London)

JSR co-founder

Jordan

Ziad Al Rawi, MD

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.

Iraq

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