Board of Directors

Executive Council

Manal El Rakaawi, MD

President

Professor of Rheumatology at University Hospital Douera Algiers; Saad Dahlab University Blida, Algeria

Algeria

Bassel El Zorkany, MD

Secretary General

Professor and Head of the Rheumatology Department, Cairo University

Egypt

Nizar AbdulLateef Jasim, MD

President Elect

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

Fatemah Abu Tiban, MD

Past President

Consultant of Medicine and Rheumatology

Kuwait

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

Imane El Bouchti, MD

Professor of Rheumatology at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Cadi Ayyad University
Head of Rheumatology Department at Arrazi Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco
President of the association AMMAL
President of the Moroccan Society for Rheumatology-SMR

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

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Wafa Hassan Al-Bashir, MD

Internal medicine and rheumatology consultant President of the Sudanese Society of Rheumatology Friendship Teaching Hospital Alia Specialized Hospital

Sudan

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Layla Kazkaz, MD

Sr. Consultant Rheumatologist, Damascus, Syria
President of the Syrian Association for Rheumatology-SAR

Syria

Hela Sahli, MD

‎Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar.
Rheumatologist at the Rabat Rheumatology Department.
President of the Tunisian Anti Rheumatic league.
Member of the Arab league of associations for Rheumatology (ArLAR).
General Secretary of the Francophone Group of the ArLAR.

Tunisia

Jamal AlSaleh, MD

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

UAE