APLAR Member National Organizations

Australian Rheumatology Association

President : Dr. Claire Barret, Dr. Sam Whittle
Contact Person : Tracey Rudd

 

Bangladesh Rheumatology Society

President : Prof. Syed Atiqul Haq
General Secretary :Ā  Prof. Minhaj Rahim Choudhury

 

Chinese Rheumatology Association

President : Prof. Zhao Yan
Secretary General : Prof. Zhang Zhuoli

 

Emirates Society for Rheumatology

President : Dr. Jamal Ali AlSaleh
Vice President :

 

The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology

President : Dr. To Chi Hung
Honorary Secretary : YU Ka Lung Carrel

 

 

Indian Rheumatology Association

President : Prof. B.G Dharmanand
Secretary : Prof. Sharma Aman

 

Indonesian Rheumatology Association

President : Dr. Sumariyono

 

Iranian Rheumatology Association

President : Dr. Syed Reza Najafizadeh
Secretary General : Dr.Ā  Mohsen Soroush

 

Iraqi Society of Rheumatic Diseases

President : Prof. Nizar Abdulateef
Vice President : Prof. Sami Salman

 

Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR)

President : Prof. Tsutomu Takeuchi
Chairman International Affairs : Prof. Yoshiya Tanaka
JCR Secretariat : MsĀ Kazumi Kosuge

 

Jordanian Society of Rheumatology

President : Dr. Basel K Masri

 

Qazaq College of Rheumatology

President : Prof. Galymzhan Togizbayev
Secretary :

 

Korean College of Rheumatology

President : Sang-Cheol Bae
Chairman : Shin-Seok Lee

Executive Secretary : Seung-Ki Kwok
Director of International Corporation : Kichul Shin

 

Kuwait Association of Rheumatology

President : Dr. Fatemah Abutiban

 

Association of the Kyrgyz Republic Rheumatologists

President : Dr. Guli Saatova
Secretary : Dr. Zhetibaeva Saltanat Cholponbaevna

 

Malaysian Society of Rheumatology

President : Dr. Asmahan Md Ismail
Secretary : Dr. Shereen Ch’ng Suyin
APLAR contact person : Dr. Lau Ing Soo

 

Mongolian Rheumatology Association

President : Dr. Zulgeral Dandii
Secretary : Tsolmon Darisuren

 

Myanmar Rheumatology Society

President : Prof.Ā  Chit Soe
Secretary General : Dr. Cho Mar Lwin

 

Nepal Rheumatology Association

President : Prof. Buddhi Prasad Paudyal
Secretary General : Dr. Binit Vaidya

 

New Zealand Rheumatology Association

President: Dr Vicki Quincy
Treasurer: Dr Mark Sapsford
Secretary: A/Prof William Taylor

 

Oman Rheumatology Club

President : Dr. Humaid AlWahshi

 

Pakistan Society for Rheumatology

President : Prof. Samina Ghaznavi
Secretary General : Dr Suleman Khan

 

Philippine Rheumatology Association

President : Dr. Emmanuel C. Perez
Secretary General : Dr. Sidney Erwin T. Manahan

 

Qatar Rheumatology Association

President : Dr. Samar Al Emadi
Executive Secretary : Mrs. Nanditha Krishnadas

 

Saudi Society of Rheumatology

President : Dr. Hanan Al Rayes
Secretary :

 

Singapore Society of Rheumatology

President : Dr. Howe Hwee Siew
Secretary General : Dr Nur Azizah Binte Allameen

 

College of Specialists in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Sri Lanka

President : Dr. Duminda Abeysinghe
Honorary Secretary : Dr. Pasindu Samarasinghe

 

Syrian Association For Rheumatology

President : Dr. Layla Kazkaz
Secretary General : Dr. Widad Aji

 

Taiwan Rheumatology Association

President : Prof. Chang-Youh Tasi
Secretary General : Dr Ko-Jen Li

 

The Tajik Rheumatology Society

President : Prof. Surayo M. Shukurova
Secretary General Dr. V Musaeva

 

The Thai Rheumatism Association

President : A/Prof. Prapaporn Pisitkun
Secretary General : Boonjing Siripaitoon

 

Tashkent Medical Academy

President : Dr. Rector Karimov Sh.I
Secretary General : Yarmukhamedov B

 

Vietnam Rheumatology Association

President : Prof. Tran Hgoc An
Vice President : Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan
General Secretary: Dr. Nguyen Van Hung

 

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

 

Russian Cytokines Society

President: Prof. Vladimir A. Kozlov
Secretary General: Dr. Mark V. Goloviznin