Education & Public	International Clinical Trials	Paediatric Rheumatology
Epidemiology	Behcet’s Disease	Systemic lupus erythematosus
Spondarthritis	Osteonecrosis	Sjogren’s Syndrome
Molecular Biology & Genetics	Osteoarthritis	Osteoporosis
Scleroderma	Orthopedics in Rheumatology	Gout
Cytokines in Rheumatic Disease	Complementary Therapy	Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vasculitis

Education & Public

Chair: Dr Prakash K Pispati, India Consultant Rheumatologist & Head Rheumatology Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre 8-2, Pushpak, 31 Altamount Road Mumbai 400 026, India Tel: 91 22 2386 9840 Fax: 91 22 2495 0508 Email: prakashpispati@vsnl.net Dr Kevin Pile, Australia Associate Professor Medicine Bag 8, Institute of Medicine Townsville Hospital PO Box 670, Townsville 4810, Australia Tel: 07 4796 1267 Fax: 07 4796 1261 Email: kevin.pile@jcu.edu.au

Dr David Barraclough, Australia Education Subcommittee - APLAR c/o Suite 24 Private Medical Centre Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville, Victoria, Australia Tel: 61 3 9349 3566 Fax: 61 3 9347 1362 Email: barracd@clari.net.au Dr Anand Malaviya, India Consultant Rheumatologist Flat No 2015 Sector B-2 Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110 070, India Tel: 91 11 2613 0725 Email: anand_malaviya@yahoo.com

International Clinical Trials
Chair: Dr Peter Brooks, Australia Edith Cavell Bldg Royal Brisbane Hospital Qld 4029, Australia Tel: 61 7 3365 5106 Fax: 61 7 3365 5533 Email: p.brooks@mailbox.uq.edu.acu	Dr Kusuki Nishioka, Japan Director, Institute of Medical Science St. Marianna University School of Medicine 2-16-1 Sugao Miyamae-ku Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 216-8512, Japan Tel: 81 44 977 8111 Fax: 81 44 977 9165 Email: k4nishi@marianna-u.ac.jp

Paediatric Rheumatology
Chair: Dr Prudence Manners, Australia Princess Margaret Hospital for Children PO Box D184, Perth Western Australia 6001 Tel: 61 8 9340 8174 Fax: 61 8 9388 2097 Email: pruem@ichr.uwa.edu.au pruem@paed.uwa.edu.au	Dr Shumpei Yokota, Japan Yokohama City University School of Medicine 3-9 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku Kanagawa 236-0004 Japan Tel: 81 45 787 2800 Fax: 81 45 786 9503 Email: syokota@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp

Epidemiology

Chair: Dr Syed Atiqul Haq Bangladesh Rheumatology Society Internal Medicine Appt 3B, 11 Dhanmondi House 10 Dhanmondi Road Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh Tel: 880 2 966 0255 / 880 2 811 7426 Email: sahaq@citech.net Dr John Darmawan, Indonesia Jalan Seroja Dalam 7 Semarang 50136 Indonesia Tel: 62 2431 6496 62 2444 7345 Fax: 62 2431 0028 Email: jd131035@hotmail.com

Dr Chen Shun-Le, China Professor Department of Rheumatology Ren Ji Hospital, 145 Shan Dong Rd (C) Shanghai 200001, People’s Republic of China Tel: 86 21 6238 4622 / 86 21 6336 3475 86 21 6326 0477 / 86 21 6326 0930 Fax: 86 21 6336 3475 86 21 6373 0455 (Home) Email: slchen@online.sh.cn Dr Bae Sang Chul, Korea c/o Dr Yeong Wook Song Executive Secretary Korean Rheumatism Association Department of Internal Medicine Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu Seoul, 110-774, Korea Tel: not provided Fax: not provided Email: c/o Myoung Chul YOOPresident<ysong@snu.ac.kr>

Behcet’s Disease
Chair : Dr Fereydoun Davatchi, Iran Rheumatology Research Center Shariati Hospital Kargar Ave Tehran 14114 Iran Tel: 9821 802 6955 / 9821 802 6956 Fax: 9821 882 0983 Email: FDDH@NEDA.NET	Dr Zaid Shafeeq Al-Rawi, Iraq PO Box 42085, Al-Karkh Baghdad Iraq Tel: 81 45 787 2800 Fax: 81 45 786 9503 Email: syokota@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Co-Chair : Dr Chen Shun-Le, China Professor Chair, APLAR SIG on SLE Department of Rheumatology Ren Ji Hospital, 145 Shan Dong Rd (C) Shanghai 200001 People’s Republic of China Tel: 86 21 6238 4622 / 86 21 6336 3475 86 21 6326 0477 / 86 21 6326 0930 Fax: 86 21 6336 3475 / 86 21 6373 0455 (Home) Email: slchen@online.sh.cn Dr Mahmood Akbarian, Iran Professor of Rheumatology Rheumatology Research Center Shariati Hospital, Kargar Avenue Tehran 14114, Iran Tel: not provided Fax: 9821 802 6956 Email: akbarian@neda.net

Co-Chair: Dr Sandra V Navarra, Philippines Co-Chair, APLAR SIG on SLE 1000 Medical Arts Bldg University of Santo Tomas Hospital Manila Philippines 1015 Tel: 63 2 731 3050 Fax: 63 2 731 3050 (???) 63 2 726 8875 Email: snavarra@pacific.net.ph Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology 222 MAB, St Luke’s Medical Center E Rodriguez Ave QC Tel/Fax: 632 723 1108 Email: snavarra@pacific.net.ph

Spondarthritis
Chair : Dr Ratanavadee Nanagara, Thailand Email: ratanava@kku.ac.th Dr Chou Chung Tei, Taiwan China Medical College Hospital 11F No 99 Sec 2 Jen-Ai Road Taipei, Taiwan, China Tel: 886 2 322 7362 Fax: 886 2 322 7352 Email: ctchou@vghtpe.gov.tw	Dr Howe Hwee Siew, Singapore Dept of Rheumatology & Immunology Tan Tock Seng Hospital 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng Singapore 308433 Tel: 65 6 357 7822 Fax: 65 6 357 7837 Email: hwee_siew_howe@ttsh.com.sg

Osteonecrosis

Chair: Dr Myung Chul Yoo, Korea Dept of Orthopedic Surgery Kyung Hee Medical Center #1 Hoeki-dong Dong Dae Mun-ku Seoul 130-702, Korea Tel: 82 2 958 8101 Fax: 82 2 958 8100 Email: mcyookuh@chol.com

Sjogren’s Syndrome

Chair : Dr Y Zhao Dr. Yan Zhao, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology Peking Union Medical College Hospital No.1 Shuaifuyan Beijing, 100730 P.R.China Email: zhaoypumch@yahoo.com.cn Dr Zaid Shafeeq Al-Rawi, Iraq PO Box 42085, Al-Karkh Baghdad Iraq Tel: not provided Fax: 9641 816 2524 Email: zsalrawi@uruklink.net Dr Maureen Rischmueller (Australia) Department of Rheumatology The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 28 Woodville Road Woodville South South Australia 5011 Tel: not provided Fax: not provided Email: Maureen.Rischmueller@nwahs.sa.gov.au

Dr Dong Yi, China Dept of Rheumatology Peking Union Medical College Hospital 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, East City Beijing 100730 People’s Republic of China Tel: 86 010 652 9507 Fax: 86 010 6512 4875 Email: dongyi@imicams.ac.cn Dr Takayuki Sumida (Japan) Head & Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan Tel: 81 29 853 3105 Fax: 81 29 853 3222 Email: tsumida@md.tsukuba.ac.jp Asahikawa Medical College Asahikawa, Japan

Molecular Biology & Genetics
Chair: Dr Kusuki Nishioka, Japan Institute of Medical Science St Marianna University School of Medicine 2-16-1 Sugao Miyamae-ku Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8512 Japan Tel: 81 44 977 8111 Fax: 81 44 977 9165 Email: k4nishi@marianna-u.ac.jp	Dr Ho Youn Kim, Korea 505 Ban Po Dong Seo Cho Ku Mary’s Hospital Kang Nam St Seoul, Korea Tel: 82 2 590 1428 Fax: 82 2 599 3589 Email: rheuma@cmc.cuk.ac.kr ho@catholic.ac.kr

Osteoarthritis

Chair : Dr Hajime InoueProfessor Science of Functional Recovery and Reconstruction Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine & Dentistry 2-5-1 Shikata-cho Okayama-shi 700-8558, Japan Tel: 81 44 977 8111 Fax: 81 44 977 9165 Email: hinoue@md.okayama-u.ac.jp, gakkaim@ryumachi-jp.com Dr. Kozo Nakamura, Japan University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo JAPAN 113-8655 Tel: 81 3 3815 5411 Fax: 81 3 5800 8858 E-mail: nakamurak-ort@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Dr Nicholas Bellamy, Australia C Floor Clinical Sciences Bldg Royal Brisbane Hospital QLD 4029 Australia Tel: 61 7 3365 5560 Fax: 61 7 3346 4603 Email: nbellamy@medicine.uq.edu.ac (permanent fatal error)

Osteoporosis

Chair : Dr Lau Tang Ching, Singapore c/o Dr Cheng Yew-kuang Secretary Singapore Society of Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology Department of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng Singapore 308433 Tel: not provided Fax: not provided Email: not provided Dr Farhad Shahram, Iran Secretary General Iranian Rheumatology Association Rheumatology Research Center Tehran University for Medical Sciences Shariati Hospital, Kargar Avenue Tehran 14114 Iran Tel: 9821 802 6955 Fax: 9821 802 6956 Email: shahram@neda.net shahram@sina.tums.ac.ir

Dr Philip N Sambrook, Australia Professor of Rheumatology University of Sydney Institute of Bone & Joint Research Level 4 Block 4 Royal North Shore Hospital St Leonards Sydney 2065 Australia Tel: 61 2 9926 7281 Fax: 61 2 9906 1859 Email: sambrook@blackburn.med.su.oz.au sambrook@med.usyd.edu.au

Scleroderma
Chair : Dr Yeong Wook Song Department of Internal Medicine Seoul National University Hospital 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-Gu Seoul 110-774 Korea Tel : 82 2 744 2558 Fax : 82 2 744 7109 Email: rheumatism1@korea.com	Dr Farhad Gharibdoost Scleroderma Unit Rheumatology Research Center Shariati Hospital Kargar Avenue Tehran 14114 Iran Tel: not provided Fax: not provided Email: f_gharibdoost@hotmail.com

Orthopedics in Rheumatology

Chair : Dr HC Liu Taiwan 18-1 Sagamiara National Hospital Sakuradai Sagamihara Kanagawa Japan 228-8522 Tel: 81 42 742 8311 Fax: 81 42 747 2165 Email: ochi@ort.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Gout
Chair : Dr Worawit Louthrenoo, Thailand Thai Rheumatism Association Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand Tel: 66 53 946 449 (18-6-04) Fax: 66 53 357 959 (18-6-04) Email: info@thairheumatology.org fullwlouthre@mail.med.cmu.ac.th	Dr Edward S Tehupeiory, Indonesia Division of Rheumatology Dept of Internal Medicine Faculty of Medicine Hasanuddin University / Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital Jl Perintis Kemerdekaan Km 11 Jjung Pandang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia Tel: 62 411 313 451 62 411 510 677 Fax: 62 411 315 798 62 411 513 971 Email: not provided

Cytokines in Rheumatic Disease

Dr Farhad Shahram, Iran Secretary General Iranian Rheumatology Association Rheumatology Research Center Tehran University for Medical Sciences Shariati Hospital, Kargar Avenue Tehran 14114, Iran Tel: 9821 802 6955 Fax: 9821 802 6956 Email: shahram@neda.net shahram@sina.tums.ac.ir Dept of Medicine ROC Dr. Shoichi Ozaki St. Marianna University School of Medicine 2-16-1 Sugao Miyamae-ku Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 216-8512 Japan Tel: 81 44 977 8111 Fax: 81 44 977 7861 E-mail: ozk@marianna-u.ac.jp

Chair : Dr Takeouchi, Japan Dr Chia-Li Yu, Taiwan Veterans General Hospital Hospital-Taipei #201 Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road Taipei Taiwan 11217 Tel: 886 2 2875 7403 Fax: 886 2 2871 3241 Email: clyu@vghtpe.gov.tw

Complementary Therapy
Chair : Dr Chung-Tei Chou, Taiwan c/o Dr Shue Fen Luo Secretary General The Rheumatology Association, ROC 1F No 16 Lane 34 Chin-Men St Taipei 100 Taiwan, ROC Tel: 886 2 2875 7403 Fax: 886 2 2871 3241 Email: clyu@vghtpe.gov.tw	Dept of Medicine Dr. Shoichi Ozaki President c/o Dr Jyotsna Oak Secretary General, Indian Rheumatism Association B-1/11, Narayan Pujari Nagar Dr Annie Besant Road Worli Bombay 400 018, India Tel: 81 44 977 8111 Fax: 81 44 977 7861 E-mail: ozk@marianna-u.ac.jp

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr Koh Ee-tzun, Singapore Department of Rheumatology / Allergy & Immunology Singapore Society of Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology Tan Tock Seng Hospital 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng Singapore 308433 Tel: 65 6357 7822 Fax: 65 6357 7837 Email: Ee_Tzun_Koh@ttsh.com.sg Dr Bao Chunde, China Professor of Medicine Department of Rheumatology Renji Hospital Shanghai Second Medical University #145 Shan Dong Rd (c) Shanghai 200001 People’s Republic of China Tel: 86 21 6328 4622 Fax: 86 21 6336 3475 Email: baochunde@renji.com

Professor Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Japan Department of Allergy & Rheumatology Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku 113-0033 Japan Tel: 81 3 5800 8825 Fax: 81 3 5802 4803 Email: yamamoto-tky@umin.ac.jp Vasculitis Dr. Takao Koike Hokkaido University 7 Choume 15 jou Nishi Kita-ku Sapporo Hokkaido 060-8638 Tel: 44 11 716 2111 Fax: 44 11 706 7710 E-mail: tkoike@med.hokudai.ac.jp

Vasculitis

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