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Australian Rheumatology Association

www.rheumatology.org.au  
President:
Assoc Professor Lyn March
c/o Ms Robyn Middleton
ARA Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
145 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel: 61 2 9256 5458
Fax: 61 2 9256 9692
Email: lynmar@med.usyd.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 6529 5040
Fax: 86 10 6529 6891
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 Gavin Ka-Wing Lee
c/o Department of Medicine
Pamelo Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan
Hong Kong, SAR
Tel: 852 25956111
Fax: 852 25153182
Email: gavinlee@netvigator.com

Secretary:
Dr Temy Mok,
Department of Medicine,
Queen Mary Hospital,
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Tel: 852 2855 4111
Fax: 852 2904 9443
Email: temy@hkucc.hku.hk


Indian Rheumatology Association

www.indianrheumatology.org  
President:
Professor Ashok Kumar
Professor of Medicine
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar
New Delhi – 110029
Tel: 91-11-2659 3615
Fax: 91-11- 2658 8663
Email: ashok.145@gmail.com
Secretary & Contact Person:
Dr Amita Aggarwal
Department of Clinical Immunology
Sanjay Gandhi PGI,
Rae Barelli Road
PO Box 375
Lucknow 226 014 India
Tel: 91-522-2668800 Extn.2296
Fax : 91-522-2668017
Email : secretary.ira@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: prof_kalim@yahoo.com
reumatik@indosat.net.id
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 10010
Indonesia

Contact address:
Jl. U. No. 27 Rt. 13/7
Kebon-Baru
Tebet, Jakarta 12830
Tel: 62 21 330 166
Fax: 62 21 336 736
Email: reumatik@indosat.net.id




Iranian Rheumatology Association

President:
Dr Fereydoun Davatchi
Rheumatology Research Centre
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 Takao Koike
Hokkaido University
7 Choume 15 jou Nishi Kita-ku
Sapporo
Hokkaido 060-8638
Japan
Tel: 44 11 716 2111
Fax: 44 11 706 7710
E-mail: tkoike@med.hokudai.ac.jp


Correspondence:
Professor Tsutomu Takeuchi MD PhD
Chairman of JCR Committee on International Affairs
Professor of Medicine and Vice –Dean
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine,
Saitama Medical Centre, Saitama Medical School
1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8550, Japan
Tel: +81 49 228 3433
Fax: +81 49 226 5284
Email: tsutake@saitama-med.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




Korean Rheumatism Association

www.rheum.or.kr
President:
Professor Ho Youn Kim
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine
Catholic University Medical College
Kangnam St. Mary’s Hospital
#505 Banpo-dong
Seoch-ku
Seoul, Korea
Tel: 82 2 590 1428
Fax: 82 2 537 46732
Email: ho0919@catholic.ac.kr
Executive Secretary:
Prof Dae-Hyun Yoo
Executive Secretary
Korean Rheumatism Association
Department of Rheumatology
Hospital of Rheumatic Diseases
Hanyang University Medical College
Seoul 133-792
Korea
Tel: 82 2 2290 9202
Fax: 82 2 2298 8231
Email: dhyoo@hanyang.ac.kr
rheumatism1@korea.com

Contact :
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
: adelalawadhi@yahoo.com

Malaysian Society of Rheumatology

www.msr.org.my
President:
Dr Swan Sim Yeap
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 Suk Chyn Gun
Malaysian Society of Rheumatology
c/o Academy of Medicine Malaysia
19, Jalan Folly Barat
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 03 20930100

Myanmar Society of Rheumatology & Rehabilitation

President:
Professor Dr Than Toe
Public Clinic, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: 95 1 226 244
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 Nora Lynch
Medical Specialists Group
100 Mountain Road, Epsom
Auckland, New Zealand
Tel: 649-6231170
Fax: 649-6231172
Email: rngillies@xtra.co.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

Pakistan Society for Rheumatology

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

Philippine Rheumatology Association

President:
Dr Caroline G. Arroyo


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

Contact :
Ms Jo-Ann Marasigan
Philippine Rheumatology Association
Room 1408, 14/F N-Tower, Cathedral Heights Bldg (CHBC)
St Luke’s Medical Center
E Rodriquez Ave
Quezon City 1102
Philippines
Tel: 63 2 726 8875
Fax: 63 2 726 8875
Email: pra@pacific.net.ph

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 Justina Tan
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng
Singapore 308433
Email: justina_tan@ttsh.com.sg

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, Chin-Men St.,
Taipei 100,
Taiwan, ROC.
Tel: 886-3-3281200 ext 8811
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

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

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




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