Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR)

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Australian Rheumatology Association

www.rheumatology.org.au  
President:
Professor Geoffrey McColl 
54 Maltravers Road
Ivanhoe East VIC 3079
Australia
Tel: 61 3 9349 1878
Fax: 61 3 9349 3618
Email: gjmccoll@unimelb.edu.au

Contact person:
Ms Robyn Middleton
ARA Secretariat
Email: robynm@racp.edu.au
Representative:
Dr Samuel Whittle
Consultant Rheumatologist
Rheumatology Unit,
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
28 Woodville Road
Woodville South SA 5011
AUSTRALIA
Tel: 61 8 8222 6688
Mobile: 61 431 972 381
Fax: 61 8 8222 7156
Email: samuelwhittle@gmail.com




Bangladesh Rheumatology Society

President:
Professor MN Alam
E-mail: profmnalam@gmail.com
Secretary General:
Dr Syed Atiqul Haq
Aptt 3B
House 11 (Dhanmondi terrace)
Road 10, Dhanmondi
Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh
Tel: 880 2 8614222 / 880 2 811 7426
Email : syedatiqulhaq@yahoo.com



Chinese Rheumatology Association

www.chinarheum.org  
Chairman:
Professor Fengchun Zhang
Chairman Chinese Rheumatology Association
Department of Rheumatology
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Dongdan, Beijing 100730, PRC
Tel: 86 10 8806 8792
Fax: 86 10 8806 8799
Email: zhangsamfc@hotmail.com, zhangfccra@yahoo.com.cn

Secretary General:
Professor Feng Huang, MD
Secretary General
Chinese Rheumatology Association
Chinese PLA General Hospital
28 Fuxing Road
Beijing 100853, PRC
Tel: 86-10-6693 9849
Fax: 86-10-6817 0961
Email : fhuang@301hospital.com.cn
Fhuang1964@yahoo.com



The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology

www.fmshk.com.hk/hksr
President: 
Dr Mok Chi Chiu
Department of Medicine,
Tuen Mun Hospital,
Tsing Chung Koon Road,
Tuen Mun, New Territories
Hong Kong SAR
Email: ccmok2005@yahoo.com

Secretary: 
Dr Tam Lai Shan
Department of Medicine,
Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, New Territories
Hong Kong SAR
Email: tamls_813@yahoo.com



Indian Rheumatology Association

www.indianrheumatology.org  

President: Rohini Handa
Senior Consultant Rheumatologist
Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals
Z-6, Ground Floor
Hauz Khas
New Delhi – 110016
India
Tel:  +91-11-4265 7606
Fax: +91-98105 32843
Email: rohinihanda@hotmail.com

Secretary & Contact Person:
Dr Binoy J Paul
Consultant Rheumatologist 
NAZRETH
Golf Link Road
Chevayur
Calicut 673017
Kerala
India
Tel: 91-495-2354876 
Fax : 91-974-4466595
Email : drbinoyjp@gmail.com




Indonesian Rheumatism Association

President:
Dr Handono Kalim, PhD
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Brawijaya / Syaiful Anwar Hospital Malang
J1. J. A. Suprapto No. 2 Malang,
East Java 65111
Indonesia
Tel: +62 341 365585
Fax: +62 341 350912
Email: handonokalim@gmail.com, kalimhandono@ymail.com

Secretary:
Dr Bambang Setiyohadi
Indonesia Rheumatism Association
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia / Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
Jl. Diponegero 71, Jakarta 10430
Indonesia

Contact address:
Jl. U. No. 27 Rt. 13/7
Kebon-Baru
Tebet, Jakarta 12830
Tel: 62 21 31930 166
Fax: 62 21 31936 736
Email: reumatik@indosat.net.id or reumatik@telkom.net.id




Iranian Rheumatology Association

President:
Dr Fereydoun Davatchi,MD
Professor and Head
Rheumatology Research Centre
Tehran University for Medical Services
Shariati Hospital
Kargar Avenue
Tehran 14114
Iran
Tel: 9821 8802 6956
Fax: 9821 8802 6956
Email: fddh@davatchi.net



 

Secretary General:
Dr Mahmood Akbarian
Secretary General
Rheumatology Research Centre
Shariati Hospital
Kargar Avenue
Tehran 14114
Iran
Tel: 9821 8802 6956
Fax: 9821 8802 6956
Email : akbarian@neda.net



Iraqi Society of Rheumatic Diseases

President:
Professor Ahmed Ziad Alrawi
Email: zsal_rawi@yahoo.com
Vice President:
Professor Sami Salman
Medical City
PO Box 61200
Baghdad Iraq
Email: ssshihab2@gmail.com



Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR)

President:
Professor Nobuyuki Miyasaka
Department of Medicine and Rheumatology
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
1-5-45 Yushima Bunkyo-ku 
Tokyo 113-8519 
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5803 5201
Fax: +81 3 5684 0057
E-mail: miya.rheu@tmd.ac.jp

 




 

Correspondence:
Professor Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Chairman of JCR Committee on International Affairs
Department of Allergy and Rheumatology
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-8655
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5800 8825
Fax: +81 3 5802 4803
Email: yamamoto-tky@umin.ac.jp

JCR Committee on International Affairs
Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR)
Okamotoya Bldg 9F
1-1-24 Toranomon, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0011
Japan
Tel: 81 3 5251 5353
Fax: 81 3 5251 5354
Email: jcr@ryumachi-jp.com




Central Asian and Kazakhstan Association of Rheumatologists

President:
Dr A Seisenbayev
Abaya av., 155, off. 4, Almaty,
Republic of Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 - 727 266-37-26
Fax: +7 - 727 266-37-26
Email: zdrav_kz@nursat.kz


Secretary:
Dr O Mashkunova
Tel: + 7 727 220-12-21
Fax: +7 - 727 266-37-26
Email: omashkun@mail.ru



Korean Rheumatism Association

www.rheum.or.kr
President:
Dr Duke Whan Chung
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Kyung Hee Medical Center School of Medicine
Kyung Hee University
Seoul, 130-702
Korea
Tel: 82-2-958-8368
Fax: 82-2-964-3865
E-mail: dukech@khmc.or.kr

Chairman of the Board:
Dr Soo-Kon Lee
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine
Yonsei University College of Medicine
134 Shinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu
Seoul, 120-752,
Korea
Tel: 82-2-2228-1947
Fax: 82-2-393-5420
E-mail: sookonlee@yuhs.ac

Contact Persons:
Chairman of the Board
Director of International Cooperation
Executive Secretary:
Dr Bin Yoo
Department of Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Ulsan, College of Medicine
Asan Medical Center 388-1 Pungnap-dong Songpa-Gu
Seoul 138-040
Korea
Tel: 82-2-3010-3282
Fax: 82-2-3010-6969
E-mail: byoo@amc.seoul.kr

Director of International Cooperation:
Dr Jae-Bum Jun
Department of Rheumatology
The Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
Hanyang University
17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Gu
Seoul 133-792
Korea
Tel: 82-2-2290-9244
Fax: 82-2-2298-8231
E-mail: junjb@hanyang.ac.kr

The Korean Rheumatism Association
Hangang Hyundai HYEL 803
2-36 Hangangno 2-ga, Yonsan-gu
Seoul 140-012 Korea
Tel: 82-2-794-2630
Fax: 82-2-794-2631
Email: rheumatism1@korea.com



Kuwait League Against Rheumatism Autoimmunity

Contact:
Dr Adel Alawadhi
Email
: adel.alawadhi@yahoo.com




Association of the Kyrgyz Republic Rheumatologists

President:
Dr Guli Saatova
17/1 Baitik Baatyr str., office 14
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: 00996- 312- 660715
Fax: 00996-312-543256
Email: saatova@mail.ru
Secretary:
Dr Ilshat Yuldashev
17/1 Baitik Baatyr str., office 14
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: 00996- 312- 660715
Fax: 00996-312-523256
Email: yuldashev@hotmail.com






Malaysian Society of Rheumatology

www.msr.org.my
President:
Dr Muhaini Othman
Malaysian Society of Rheumatology
c/o Academy of Medicine Malaysia
19, Jalan Folly Barat
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 03 20930100
Email: acadmed@po.jaring.my

Secretary:
Dr Heselynn Hussein
Malaysian Society of Rheumatology
c/o Academy of Medicine Malaysia
19, Jalan Folly Barat
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 03 20930100
Email: pphesely@hpj.gov.my




Mongolian Rheumatology Association

President:
Dr Z ulgerel Dandii
Chiodogiin street 3, HSUM,
Cardio-Rheumatology Department
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Tel: 976-99154572
Email: gereldz@yahoo.com
Secretary:
Dr Purevjal Otgonbayar
Peace Street, Bayanzurkh duureg,
Clinical Hospital 2,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Tel: 976-91993435
Email: puujee.otgoo@yahoo.com



Myanmar Society of Rheumatology & Rehabilitation

President:
Professor Dr Than Toe
Public Clinic, Yangon, Myanmar
Former Head, Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology & Rehabilitation Yangon General Hospital
Lanmadaw Township
Yangon
Myanmar
Tel: 95 1 289897, 09-99-27199 (M)
1-664214  (Res)
1-229676 (Clin)
Fax : 95 1 526052 /664210
Email : thantoe@mptmail.net.mm
General Secretary:
Asso Prof Dr Chit Soe
Rheumatologist, Yangon General Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, Lanmadaw Township, Yangon,
Myanmar
Tel: 95 1 379 106
Fax
: 95 1 538 675



New Zealand Rheumatology Association

President:
Dr Andrew Harrison
Wellington Regional Rheumatology Unit
Hutt Hospital
High Street
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
Email: andrew.harrison@otago.ac.nz

Secretary:
Dr Daniel Ching
Secretary
New Zealand Rheumatology Association
28 Carlisle Place, Timaru
New Zealand
Tel/Fax: 643 6861994
Email: d.a.ching@xtra.co.nz



Oman Rheumatology Club

President:
Dr. Ahmed Alsaidi
PO Box 11 PC 134
Oman
Tel: 00968 24599174/99477001
Fax: 00968 24599666
Email: drama@omantel.net.om
Secretary:
Dr. Musallam Al Mashani



Pakistan Society for Rheumatology

President:
Dr Nighat Mir Ahmad
212 Sarwar Road Lahore Cantt Pakistan.
Email : nighatmir__@hotmail.com

Secretary: 
Dr Sumaira Farman
FMH College of Medicine & Dentistry Shadman, Lahore
Pakistan
Home Phone: +92 42 5894679 
Cell: + 92 300 8480910
Email: sumaira_farman@hotmail.com




Philippine Rheumatology Association

President:
Dr Jose Paulo P. Lorenzo

Administration Director:
Jo-Ann Marasigan
Administration Director
Philippine Rheumatology Association

Contact :
Ms Jo-Ann H Marasigan
Philippine Rheumatology Association (PRA)
Room 1408, 14/F N-Tower,
Cathedral Heights Bldg. Complex (CHBC)
St Luke’s Medical Center
E Rodriquez Sr. Ave
Quezon City 1102
Philippines
Tel: 63 2 726 8875 or 63 2 723 0101 loc. 5148
Fax: 63 2 726 8875
Email: pra@pacific.net.ph or pra_office@yahoo.com
Website: www.philippinerheumatology.org




Singapore Society of Rheumatology

President:
Dr Bernard Thong
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng
Singapore 308433
Email: bernard_thong@ttsh.com.sg
Secretary: 
Dr Chong Yong Yeow
Department of Rheumatology & Immunology
Block 6 Level 9 #09-00
Singapore General Hospital
Outram Road
Singapore 169608
Tel: (65) 63214028
Fax: (65) 62207765



Sri Lanka Association of Rheumatology and Medical Rehabilitation

President:
Dr RGA Thalgahagoda  
Retired Consultant Rheumatologist
No:30/1C, Galmaduwa Vihara Road
Kundasale
Sri Lanka
Tel: 94 812420455
E mail: rashkesh@sltnet.lk
Secretary:
Dr (Mrs) LP Weerasekara
Department of Rheumatology & Rehabilitation National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Tel: 94 11 698 922 (Hospital)
94 11 813 796 (Residence)
Fax: 94 11 813 796
Email: lilani_weerasekera@yahoo.com



Syrian Association For Rheumatology

www.rheumatology-syria.org
President:
Dr. Layla Kazkaz
PO Box 11679
Damascus, Syria
Tel: 963-11-6615635
Fax: 963-11- 6662091
Email: drl-kaz@scs-net.org
Secretary:
Prof. Nasouh Al Saidi
Al-Mowasat Hospital
Damascus, Syria
Tel: 963-11-2317469
Email: n-saidi@scs-net.org



The Rheumatology Association, ROC

President:
Dr. Shue-Fen Luo
1F, No 16, Lane 34, Kin-Men St.,
Taipei 100,
Taiwan, ROC.
Tel: 886-3-3281200 ext 8811
Mobile: 886-968-372-482
Email: lsf00076@cgmh.org.tw

Secretary General:
Dr. Kuang-Hui Yu
1F, No 16, Lane 34, Chin-Men St.,
Taipei 100,
Taiwan, ROC.
Tel: 886-3-3281200 ext 8814
Email: gout@cgmh.org.tw



The Tajik Rheumatology Society

President:
Dr Surayo M. Shukurova
734025 Tajikistan Dushanbe st Somoni – 59A
Tel: +992 37 224 1819
Mobile: +992 93 505 10 92
Fax: +992 37 221 7853
Email: shukus@mail.ru

Secretary General:
Dr V Musaeva
734012 Tajikistan Dushanbe st Lahuti–4/33–13
Tel: +992 372 278468,
       +992 918 821415
Fax: +992 372 217853
Email: vikki_82@mail.ru



Thai Rheumatism Association

President:
Dr Somchai Uaratanawongs
Thai Rheumatism Association
9th Floor, Royal Golden Jubilee Bldg
2 Soi Soonvijai
New Petchburi Road
Bangkok 10310
Thailand
Tel : 66 2 716 6524
Fax : 66 2 716 6525
Email : info@thairheumatology.org, aluvs@diamond.mahidol.ac.th



Emirates Society for Rheumatology

President:
Dr Waleed Al Shehhi
Email: uu70@yahoo.com

Secretary General:
Dr. Humeira Badsha
Consultant Rheumatologist
Dubai Bone and Joint Center
PO Box 118855
Dubai
Tel: +9714 423 1400
Fax: +9714 4231 1488 
Email: humeira.badsha@dbaj.ae




Tashkent Medical Academy

President:
Dr Rector Karimov Sh.I
Tashkent Medical Academy
100047, Musakhanov St. 103,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel: +998-71-2643780
Email: mmirzakhanova@mail.ru
Secretary General:
Dr Yarmukhamedov B
Tel: +998-93-1720212
Email: behzod@mail.ru



Vietnam Rheumatology Association

President:
Prof Tran Ngoc An
Vietnam Rheumatology Association
Rheumatology Department
Bach Mai Hospital
178 Giai Phong Road
Dong Da District
Hanoi
Vietnam
Tel : 84 4 869 4463 / 84 4 834 3832,
        084 4 868 6982
Fax : 84 4 869 1607
Email : tr.an@fpt.vn
Secretary General:
Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan
Rheumatology Department
Bachmai Hospital
78 Giai Phong Rd
Hanoi
Vietnam
E-mail : lanquang511@yahoo.com