Committees

Scientific Organising Committee

Chair

Prof. G.D. Kitas, Consultant Rheumatologist, Director of Research & Development, Clinical Director, Ambulatory Care, Dudley Group of Hospitals, UK

Co-Chairs

Prof. George C. Tsokos, Chief, Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA
Prof. Piet Van Riel, Head of the Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS

Scientific Advisory Board

Members*

J. Bathon, MD, Professor of Medicine, Deputy Director, Division of Rheumatology, Director, Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, USA
M. Cutolo, Full Professor of Rheumatology, Director Research Laboratories and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Director Postgraduate Academic School of Rheumatology, University of Genova, ITALY
B. Diamond, Investigator, Center for Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, USA
S. Gabrielle, Medical Director, Office for Strategic Alliances, William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Co-PI & Director of Education, Mayo Center for Translational Science Activities, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
W. Grassi, Prof, Director of the Postgraduate School in Rheumatology at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, and Chief of the Rheumatology Clinic at the Jesi Medical Center, Ancona, ITALY
Garry S. Hoffman, Harold C. Schott Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Lerner College of Medicine, USA
L. Klareskog, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, SWEDEN
T. Kvien, Editor, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Professor II, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital Oslo, NORWAY
R. Moots, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Liverpool, Clinical Sciences Centre, University Hospital Aintree, UK
S. Rantapaa-Dahlqvist, Professor Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå Universitet, SWEDEN
G. Schett, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
Y. Schoenfeld, Head, Department of Medicine 'B' and Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center (Affiliated to Tel-Aviv University), ISRAEL
D. GI. Scott, Consultant Rheumatologist, Honorary Professor of Rheumatology, Clinical Director Comprehensive Local Research Network for Norfolk and Suffolk, Patient Involvement Officer Royal College of Physicians, Chief Medical Advisor to the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, UK
Nan Shen, Professor of Medicine, Director, Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology , Renji Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, China
D. Solomon, MD, MPH, Chief, Section of Clinical Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
D. Symmons, Professor of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology, The University of Manchester. Medical Director and Head of the Arthritis research UK Epidemiology Unit, UK
P.P. Tak, Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, EULAR & FOCIS Center of Excellence, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
P. Taylor, Professor, Head of Clinical Trials and Campus Dean, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Imperial College London, UK